The Marine Corps natara ya mbụ F-4Bs na June 1962, na "Black Knights" nke VMFA-314 na Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California na-aghọ ndị mbụ arụmọrụ skwodron. Marine Phantoms si VMFA-531 "Gray Ghosts" e kenyere Da Nang airbase na South Vietnam si n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ n'ụsọ oké osimiri na 10 May 1965 na mbụ e kenyere iji nye ikuku agbachitere maka USMC. Ha n'oge na-adịghị malitere nso ikuku nkwado ọzọ (CAS) na VMFA-314 'Black Knights', VMFA-232 'Red Devils, VMFA-323 'Death Rattlers', na VMFA-542 'Bengals' n'oge na-adịghị rutere na oge ochie airfield. Marine Corps F-4 pilots kwuru atọ iro (abụọ MiG (mgbe na mgbanwe na USAF) n'oge nile nke ndị a na-arụ ọrụ ụgbọ elu na-akwụ ụgwọ na 75 ụgbọ elu na-alụ ọgụ, na-emekarị anọ MCMA MCMA-18 / MCMA-4 "Gray Ghosts" e kenyere na Da Nang airbase
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