Spinners Posted November 27, 2011 Posted November 27, 2011 (edited) McDonnell Douglas Phantom FR.3 - 899 Naval Air Squadron, Royal Navy, 1982 The adoption of the Rolls-Royce Spey for the British Phantoms led McDonnell Douglas to offer a range of Phantoms powered by the British turbofan including the F-4L for the US Navy and the swing-wing F-4S but the only extra variants to see production were the RF-4K (Phantom FR.3) for the Royal Navy and the similar RF-4M (Phantom FR.5) for the RAF. The total production of the two new variants was a meagre 50 aircraft and which also saw a small reduction in the RAF's F-4M order to 100 aircraft. TMF's 'what if' RF-4K with an overall EDSG scheme and 'B' type roundels and steaming south in 1982 (and swinging by Vietnam en route - navigator's aren't what they used to be)! Edited November 27, 2011 by Spinners Quote
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