Marine Corps F-4B-11-MC Phantom BuNo 149453 VMFA-314 Valley Forge LPH-8
31 August 1965. A U.S. Marine Corps McDonnell F-4B-11-MC Phantom II (BuNo 149453) of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron Three One Four (VMFA-314) “Black Knights” is loaded aboard the Essex-class amphibious assault ship USS Valley Forge (LPH-8, ex CV-45) at Naval Air Station North Island, California. This was for one of two round-trip voyages Valley Forge made to Okinawa carrying Marines and aircraft before commencing a WestPac deployment in the South China Sea in the fall of 1965. U.S. Navy photo from Valley Forge’s 1965-’66 cruise book