A close-up view in flight of the RAF's new Phantom jet, from the Royal Air Force station, at Coningsby, Lincs, today. The Phantoms will form part of the first RAF Phantom Squadron to be formed in May this year. It will be No 6 Squadron, RAF Air Support Command, equipped with the Phantom FGR Mk 2. Housed in wells under the fuselage, are the Sparrow Missiles, used primarily in the strike or reconnaissance role. Thje FGR 2 Phantom, can fly at nearly the speed of sound. Over100 have been ordered by the RAF.14 Janaury 1969
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14 January 1969Photographer:
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