This Phantom had the distinction of flying with the US Navy Blue Angels 1972-1974, The fighter was transferred to the Naval Air Test Center (NATC) located at NAS Patuxent River, MD when the team re-equipped with A-4 Skyhawks. It kept the Blue Angels color scheme until finally repainted in standard operational colors during 1985.The aircraft is presently the on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum, marked as a VF-96 fighter aboard the USS Enterprise, and displayed at Sikeston Veterans Park adjacent to the airport.