McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service
Aircraft replaced by and replacing the Phantom
Sir Sydney Camm, the Chief Designer at Hawker for many years, once said that no British aircraft could be considered a success until it was able to match the capabilities of the Phantom.

McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service

Section Title: Aircraft replaced by and replacing the Phantom
Table Section Text: Sir Sydney Camm, the Chief Designer at Hawker for many years, once said that no British aircraft could be considered a success until it was able to match the capabilities of the Phantom.

Unit	Formed	Variant	Role	Previous operations (withdrawn)	Disbanded	Replaced by	Reference

700P NAS	1968	FG.1	Operational Evaluation	Wessex HAS.3 (1967)	1969	Sea King HAS.1

767 NAS	1969	Operational Conversion	N/A	1972	N/A

892 NAS	1969	Fleet Air Defence	Sea Vixen FAW.2 (1969)	1978	no replacement

2 Sqn	1970	FGR.2	Tactical Reconnaissance	Hunter FR.10 (1970)	1976	Jaguar GR.1

6 Sqn	1969	FGR.2	Close Air Support/Tactical Strike	Canberra B.16 (1969)	1974

14 Sqn	1970	FGR.2	Canberra B(I).8 (1970)	1975

17 Sqn	1970	FGR.2	Canberra PR.7 (1970)	1975

19 Sqn	1977	FGR.2	Air Defence	Lightning F.2A (1977)	1992	Hawk T.1

23 Sqn	1975	FGR.2	Lightning F.3/F.6 (1975)	1988	Tornado F.3

29 Sqn	1975	FGR.2	Lightning F.3/F.6 (1975)	1987

31 Sqn	1971	FGR.2	Close Air Support/Tactical Strike	Canberra PR.7[xi] (1971)	1976	Jaguar GR.1

41 Sqn	1972	FGR.2	Tactical Reconnaissance	Bloodhound Mk.2 SAM (1970)	1977

43 Sqn	1969	FG.1	Air Defence	Hunter FGA.9 (1967)	1989	Tornado F.3

54 Sqn	1969	FGR.2	Close Air Support/Tactical Strike	Hunter FGA.9 (1969)	1974	Jaguar GR.1

56 Sqn	1976	FGR.2	Air Defence	Lightning F.6 (1976)	1992	Tornado F.3

64 Sqn	1968	FG.1/FGR.2	Operational Conversion	Javelin FAW.7/FAW.9 (1967)	1991	N/A

74 Sqn	1984	F.3	Air Defence	Lightning F.6 (1971)	1991	Hawk T.1A[xii]

92 Sqn	1977	FGR.2	Lightning F.2A (1977)	1992

111 Sqn	1974	FGR.2	Lightning F.3/F.6 (1974)	1990	Tornado F.3

1435 Flt	1988	FGR.2	N/A	1992

Sentence(s)

In 1974, 111 Squadron converted from the Lightning to the Phantom FGR.2, to operate in the air defence role and 43 Squadron had used the FG.1 version since 1969.

final_sentence: In 1974, 111 Squadron converted from the Lightning to the Phantom FGR.2, to operate in the air defence role and 43 Squadron had used the FG.1 version since 1969.