{EXCERPT} Reuters India, India - 20 minutes ago... performed far better in its
Iraq combat debut than had been predicted by critics, the general in charge of
Marine Corps aircraft said Friday....
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Did USAF Phantoms ever land and take off from a carrier deck? I
believe that at least the USAF F4-C was at least initially was nearly
identical to the Navy F4-B. Was the F4-D and F4-E capable of taking
off and landing from a carrier deck? Was it ever done?
If the F4-D/E was not capable of carrier operations why? Was it from
systems not being able to take the stress or was it structural?
