F-4 Phantom

F-4 Phantom
Appears in	Call of Duty: Black Ops
Used by	United States Navy
Weapons	15 x Mk 77 Incendiary Bombs
Found in	S.O.G. The Defector Redemption

The F-4 Phantom II is a fighter jet used by the U.S. Navy, the Marine Corps, and the Air Force during the Vietnam War. It is featured in the game, Call of Duty: Black Ops.

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Within the single-player campaign, F-4 Phantoms are seen in the mission "S.O.G.", usually flying by to deliver napalm strikes to the NVA. They also appear at the end of "The Defector" after Alex Mason desperately radios for an airstrike against a T-55 and advancing NVA troops; shortly thereafter, Delta Squadron (a group of Phantoms), appears in dramatic fashion, dropping a fuel-air explosive bomb (FAEB) on the enemy position and allowing Mason and his squad to escape Hue City in a PBR boat. Phantoms can also be seen in the final level, "Redemption": once Mason escapes the underwater station, swims to the surface and is picked up by Weaver and the U.S. Navy, two formations of Phantoms perform a triumphant flyover.

In Multiplayer, the Phantom are used for the Killstreak reward Napalm Strike.

Trivia

• The F-4 Phantoms in-game bear the markings of VF-114, a real Navy fighter squadron that operated Phantoms during the Vietnam War.
• The Phantom in-game is not a solid object, as it is not supposed to interact with any objects except the napalm that it drops. This means that it is possible to see the Phantom collide with a Chinook or Cobra during its flight and simply pass through.
• In the level "SOG", when the player is at the top of a hill and must fight downhill to reach several napalm barrels, there is a sequence in which two Phantoms fly by from left to right and deliver an aerial napalm strike, culminating in a large, impressive wall of fire. This may be a reference to the film, Apocalypse Now, in which fighter jets dropped napalm in the same fashion and led to the famous film quote, "I love the smell of napalm in the morning."
• There are pilots visible in the aircraft, but only if the camera is close enough to the aircraft. They can only be seen if the player goes into theater mode and brings the camera all the way up to the aircraft.
• The F-4s at Firing Range are USAF Phantoms that were based at Udorn, Thailand during the Vietnam War.

Images

The pilots of the Phantom.

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The squadron markings on the Phantom

Top View of the F-4 Phantom.

F-4s seen in Firing Range at the edge of the map.

A frontal view of the F-4.