JANUARY 24--Two Navy F4H Phantom II fighters, designated F-110A by the Air Force, arrived at Langley AFB for use in orientation courses preliminary to the assignment of Phantom's to units of the Air Force Tactical Air Command. The F-4 Phantom is a tactical fighter that can fly more than 1,800 miles without refueling, and its top speed exceeds 1,600 mph. It has held several world time- to-climb and speed records.

Originally designed for the Navy, the F-4 was modified to meet Air Force needs. The first two models of the aircraft to enter the Air Force inventory, the F-4C and F-4D, were used in Southeast Asia.The F-4E, a more sophisticated model equipped with an internally mounted 20 mm cannon, has been phased into the Tactical Air Command, Aero- space Defense Command, Pacific Air Forces, and United States Air Forces in Europe inventory. It was also used in Southeast Asia. The Phantom is used by the Air Force for close air support for the Army and for air superiority and interdiction missions.