John Newlin flew the McDonnell F3H Demon and the F4B Phantom II. He also accrued flight time in the Chance-Vought F8D Crusader and the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. He retired from the Navy in 1980.

On January 11, 1947, the prototype for the McDonnell F2H Banshee made its first flight. A larger development of the FH Phantom, the Banshee would go on to see service during the Korean War as an ...