F-4 Phantom Helmets

Helmets belonging to pilots of 82nd Aerial Target Squadron Detachment 1 sit on a table in the 82nd ready room at Holloman AFB, N.M., Dec. 16, 2016. Pilots of the 82nd participated in the retirement flight and ceremony for the final variant of the Phantom II, the QF-4 unmanned aerial target flown by the 82nd at Holloman AFB.The F-4 Phantom II entered the U.S. Air Force inventory in 1963 and was the primary multi-role aircraft in the USAF throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The F-4 flew bombing, combat air patrol, fighter escort, reconnaissance and the famous Wild Weasel anti-aircraft missile suppression missions.