F-4G Phantom 20oz (590ml) Stainless Steel Tumbler

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A U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4G Phantom II aircraft (BuNo 150484) of fighter squadron VF-213 Black Lions on the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk during that carrier's deployment to Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966. The U.S. Navy experimented with aircraft camouflage and painted half of the aircraft of Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) with dark green colours to blend in with the Vietnamese jungle. The results proved inconclusive for the U.S. Navy, whereas the U.S. Air Force concluded that the camouflage was effective. U.S. Navy planes would not be camouflaged until the 1980s. Several aircraft in the standard grey/white paint scheme are visible in the background.

The Phantom is one of the short-lived USN-F-4Gs, 12 were converted from F-4Bs with AN/ASW-12 two-way datalink communication system and approach power compensator which, coupled with the shipboard AN/SPN-10 radar and AN/USC-1 datalink allowed hands-off carrier landings. All surviving F-4Gs were rebuilt as F-4Bs in October 1966, one had been shot down over Vietnam. The designation "F-4G" was later used for USAF "Wild Weasel" conversions of F-4Es.