Na 30 Disemba 1960, VF-121 "Pacemakers" na NAS Miramar ghọrọ onye ọrụ Phantom mbụ ya na F4H-1Fs (F-4As). VF-74 "Be-devilers" na NAS Oceana ghọrọ ndị mbụ Phantom squadron mgbe ọ natara F4H-1s (F-4Bs) na 8 Julaị 1961. Squadron dechara ụgbọelu ụgbọelu na October 1961 na Phantom mbụ zuru ụgbọelu nkwakọba n'etiti August 1962 na March 1963 n'ụgbọ mmiri Forrestal. Nke abụọ nke US Atlantic Fleet squadron iji nweta F-4Bs bụ VF-102 "Diamondbacks", bụ ndị na-ewere ọhụụ ọhụrụ ha na cruise nke Enterprise. Onye mbụ U.S. ụgbọelu ụgbọelu na-aga na Pacific Fleet na-anata mmeri Phantom V-4B bụ VF-1Fs (F-4Bs) na-efe efe na North America na-aga n'ihu na-aga n'ihu na-aga n'ihu na-aga n'ihu na-aga n'ihu na-aga n'ihu na-aga n'ihu na-
Julaị 8, 1961