Hello,
i have read that the tyres at least where different and optimized for
the softer landing on land.
The carrierversions had small but highpressure tyres and the
landversions had bigger ballontype wheels with lower pressure.

Greetings
Max

John schrieb:

Did USAF Phantoms ever land and take off from a carrier deck? I
believe that at least the USAF F4-C was at least initially was nearly
identical to the Navy F4-B. Was the F4-D and F4-E capable of taking
off and landing from a carrier deck? Was it ever done?

If the F4-D/E was not capable of carrier operations why? Was it from
systems not being able to take the stress or was it structural?

John Dupre'