F110A

F-110A Spectre

McDonnell Douglas Photos courtesy of Tom Pirtle

BuAer No. 149405

This is 1 of 2 Navy F-4H-1's that were delivered to the Air Force at
Langley AFB on 24 Jan 1962 for evaluation. It was later assigned
Air Force serial number 62-12168. The other F-4H-1 was BuAer
No. 149406 and was assigned serial number 62-12169.

BuAer. No. 149405 or 149406

McDonnell Douglas Photo courtesy of Buck Seibert

62-12199

This was the first and only F-110A ordered by the Air Force on 30 Mar 1962.
It made it's maiden flight on 27 May 1963. The F-110A had been redesignated
F-4C by this time. This aircraft crashed on 6 Dec 1967 in St. Louis.

The Air Force also ordered 2 YRF-110A reconnaissance aircraft on 29 May 1962
which later became YRF-4C's. They were serial numbers 62-12200 and 62-12201.

The name Spectre was chosen for the F-110A. When the Navy designation F-4H-1
and Air Force designation F-110A were dropped, for the common designation of F-4,
the Spectre name was eliminated and the name Phantom was adopted.

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