U.S. Navy VF-111"Sundowners" Phantom, CVW-15, USS Coral Sea (CVA-43)
McDonnell Douglas F-4B-26MC Phantonm II

I was very impressed with the painting of the VF-111 by Mark Waki
(see http://www.markwaki.com/pages/F-4B%20Profile%20VF-111%20NL201.htm)
and based this skin on his wonderful artwork.  On a request by STORM, I
decided to venture in.  I spent a lot of time (over 2.5 weeks!) trying to 
get the rusted appearance and minute stencils on the fuselage.  I think 
it worked out well enough!

I based this skin on my previous VFMA-232 (see acknowledgments therein 
for borrowed stuff!).

This particular rendition shows the aircraft that on 6 March 1972, 
LT. Gary Weigand and LTJG Bill Freckleton downed a Mig-17 near the 
Tonkin Gulf, the 161st "SUN DOWNER" kill in three wars 
(http://tradecorridor.com/sundowners/vietnam.htm) 
and (http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-squadron-vf111.htm).

More on this particular aircraft and the MiG...
"...The MiG-17 turned back to its air-to-air role on March 6 1972: two 
MiG-17PFs scrambled from Kep airfield to intercept US aircraft which 
entered in Vietnamese airspace, and the leader performed evasive 
maneuvers. His wingman, who spotted an F-4B, managed to put him in 
his tail and claimed to shot it down. When the MiG leader ceased to 
maneuver, was downed by an AIM-9D fired by the second F-4B Phantom 
(piloted by Lt. Garry Weigand and Lt(jg) William Freckleton). The 
appearance of two MiG-21s sent to assist the now alone MiG-17 forced 
the naval fighter to withdraw. Later that same day another pair of 
MiG-17s surprised a flight of F-4Bs -which were acting as top cover 
of four A-7E Corsairs attacking an unidentified Vietnamese airfield- 
and shot down two of them with bursts of 37/23 mm (none of those VPAF
claims are confirmed by USN..." 
(http://dzampini.boom.ru/Vietnam/GreenSnakes.htm)

As per usual: make back-ups of the original Phantom files as these 
files will over-write the old ones:

To install: Copy the files into your:
USAF\Resource\3DObjects\Controllable_Aircraft\f4e folder

Happy Flying mates,
Cheers,
Raptorman (raptorman@pacificcoast.net)