c/Commander
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I think the guns were an external pod-type retrofit on the Navy F-4s, but I could be mistaken.
CVN21,and the F35.
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c/Commander said:
From what I can find the Phantoms had the 20mm gatling gun mounted under the radome. I remember them being there on the USS Saratoga when we were sending planes into Vietnam in 1972-73. The plane had it's first flight in 1958 and was retired in 1995-96.
http://www.milavia.net/aircraft/f-4/f-4_specs.htmhttp://www.milavia.net/aircraft/f-4/f-4_his.htm
The link tells you about the 20mm cannon and show you some picures that makes it pretty obvious that it was there.
I think the AF used variants that might not have had the 20mm cannon, but I couldn't find any reference to the pilots having a problem with no guns. If you can find that article I'd be more than happy to read it for myself.