2013年2月5日，英国英格兰东南部空域，来自维特蒙德空军基地的德国空军 F-4F“鬼怪”II 战斗机与美国空军 KC-135R 加油机进行空中加油训练，这是德国空军为数不多的在役“鬼怪”战斗机了。（An F-4 Phantom from Wittmund Air Base, Germany, flies beside a KC-135R Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, during a training mission Feb. 5, 2013, over Germany. Both the F-4 and the KC-135 platforms have been used by air forces worldwide since before the Vietnam War.）