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Here's a pic of HMS Ark Royal in 1978 with Phantoms aboard.

Reagan didn't take office until Jan 1981.

ETA: oops, forgot the pic:

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The Falklands war broke out April 1982 when Ronald Regan was President. Those are FG-1 Phantoms on Ark Royal. They were integrated with the RAF when Ark was scrapped. Then in 1990-91 the Phantom force from Leuchars was shredded at Whiteinch Glasgow.
 
The Falklands war broke out April 1982 when Ronald Regan was President. Those are FG-1 Phantoms on Ark Royal. They were integrated with the RAF when Ark was scrapped. Then in 1990-91 the Phantom force from Leuchars was shredded at Whiteinch Glasgow.
Since I apparently wasn't clear enough, my point was that Reagan could not have given the Brits F-4s because the Brits had them before Reagan took office.
 
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Thanks to this thread, I learned that the Soviet AF/FAA and the US Navy had airplanes with almost the same designation, the only difference was the series letter. I don't know what this knowledge is for, but I find it just kind of funny.
 
Thanks to this thread, I learned that the Soviet AF/FAA and the US Navy had airplanes with almost the same designation, the only difference was the series letter. I don't know what this knowledge is for, but I find it just kind of funny.
Example?
 
Test pilot Ray Fowler, sitting in the left cockpit, took the XP-82, the second prototype — but the first to fly — for a ride, June 2019

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The only flying Twin Mustang leads the way for a Boeing B-29 (the restored 'Doc'), July 2019

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The source: smithsonianmag.com
 
Just to clarify, the RAF and Royal Navy had "British" Phantoms (F-4K and F-4M) from 1967, until being phased out in 1990/91.
The Phantoms "given" to the RAF were modified F-4J models, designated F-4J(UK), serving as a "stop gap" in RAF service until full introduction of the Tornado F3.
Thanks - this we knew here's one at Wattisham
74 Sqn, F-4J Phantom II, ZE354 'Z' at Wattisham - original Large B&W Positive.jpg
 

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