In the fleet with Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21), March 1973-October 1975
![VF-21 overhead Ranger](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/VF21Ranger1974.jpg)
A VF-21 F-4J overhead USS Ranger (CVA-61) in the South China Sea, summer 1974
![VF-21 launch](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/VF21F4JCVA61_1973.jpg)
A VF-21 F-4J launches from USS Ranger (CVA-61) in the Tonkin Gulf, spring 1973
![VF-21 Cubi Point takeoff](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/207bwTOff.jpg)
A VF-21 F-4J takes off from NAS Cubi Point, R.P., summer 1974
![VF-21 Missilex](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/205Missilex75.jpg)
A VF-21 Freelacers F-4J taxies from the NAS Miramar line with a live AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, circa 1975.
![VF-21 engine start](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/155808Fantail.jpg)
A VF-21 F-4J on USS Ranger’s (CVA-61) Elevator #4 getting read to start engines.
![Earl](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/EarlR_VF21Mar73.jpg)
LT Earl J. Robinson mans up a VF-21 F-4J, spring 1973.
![VF-21 overhead ranger](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/VF21Aug75.jpg)
A flight of VF-21 F-4Js dump fuel and descend into USS Ranger’s landing pattern, fall 1975.
![VF-21 refueling probe and basket](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/VF21Basket.jpg)
A VF-21 F-4J broke off a tanker’s basket and trapped back on board USS Ranger with it attached to its refueling probe.
![section go](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/VF21Ward2.jpg)
Section takeoff from NAS Miramar 1974
![VF-21 line 75](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/VF21StartFeb75.jpg)
VF-21 F-4Js on the NAS Miramar line, early 1975
![VF21STart75](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/VF21STart75.jpg)
![line startup 75](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/VF21Start75_2.jpg)
A VF-21 F-4J starts up in the line at NAS Miramar, early 1975
![VF-154 Tanking](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/154TripleStixTank.jpg)
An F-4J Phantom II of VF-154 Black Knights extends its refueling probe as it approaches a refueling basket from a VA-145 Swordsmen KA-6D Intruder.
![VF-154 F-4J](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/BWVF154F4J1974.jpg)
A VF-154 F-4J over the South China Sea operating from USS Ranger (CVA-61), summer 1974.
![VF-154 trap](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DumperTrapBad.jpg)
A VF-154 F-4J traps on board USS Ranger (CVA-61) in the South China Sea, summer 1974
![VF-154 tanking 73](http://oldro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/vf154tank.jpg)
A section of VF-154 F-4Js await their turn on the VA-113 A-7E tanker, Gulf of Tonkin, spring 1973