The F-4 Phantom and the Luftwaffe
Dec 21, 2014 07:32:21 #
Some great low-level, high speed flying here. Be sure to watch the English performance from 1992, right below. Unfortunately, England wasn't having one of its typical clear, sunny days during this demo, so it's sometimes hard to find the gray plane in the gray sky.
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this-is-the-most-awesome-f-4-phantom-air-show-demo-of-a-1673408085
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this-is-the-most-awesome-f-4-phantom-air-show-demo-of-a-1673408085
Dec 21, 2014 07:54:06 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Some great low-level, high speed flying here. Be sure to watch the English performance from 1992, right below. Unfortunately, England wasn't having one of its typical clear, sunny days during this demo, so it's sometimes hard to find the gray plane in the gray sky.
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this-is-the-most-awesome-f-4-phantom-air-show-demo-of-a-1673408085
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this-is-the-most-awesome-f-4-phantom-air-show-demo-of-a-1673408085
You got me with this one.
Brought back lots of memories being in the cockpit of our old F-4B's in Nam.
Semper-Fi.
Dec 21, 2014 08:56:28 #
WereWolf1967 wrote:
You got me with this one.
Brought back lots of memories being in the cockpit of our old F-4B's in Nam.
Semper-Fi.
Brought back lots of memories being in the cockpit of our old F-4B's in Nam.
Semper-Fi.
:thumbup:
Dec 21, 2014 12:19:14 #
The only thing better than those videos would have been one in the cockpit.
Some of those gut wrenching maneuvers would show what fighter pilots miss when they get too old to do them.
Some of those gut wrenching maneuvers would show what fighter pilots miss when they get too old to do them.
Dec 21, 2014 13:50:34 #
Considering the F-4 was a mid-50's design, it's a testament to the strength of the design.
Dec 21, 2014 17:20:31 #
Dec 21, 2014 17:38:59 #
Okay you Phantom wizards. Do any of you know which variant designator was used twice?
Dec 21, 2014 17:40:32 #
nicksr1125 wrote:
Okay you Phantom wizards. Do any of you know which variant designator was used twice?
List of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II variants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II_variants
Dec 21, 2014 17:50:51 #
St3v3M wrote:
List of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II variants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II_variants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II_variants
That's cheating, St3v3m :lol: I expected you to know it off the top of your head.
I was assigned to VF-121 in 1966-67 at NAS Miramar, CA. At least a couple were assigned to us for awhile. I think most of them were assigned to VF-154 before being converted back to F-4B standard.
Dec 21, 2014 17:57:09 #
nicksr1125 wrote:
That's cheating, St3v3m :lol: I expected you to know it off the top of your head.
I was assigned to VF-121 in 1966-67 at NAS Miramar, CA. At least a couple were assigned to us for awhile. I think most of them were assigned to VF-154 before being converted back to F-4B standard.
I was assigned to VF-121 in 1966-67 at NAS Miramar, CA. At least a couple were assigned to us for awhile. I think most of them were assigned to VF-154 before being converted back to F-4B standard.
3rd AGS 90th AMU Clark Air Base with the F-4E before Mount Pinatubo kicked us out.
Dec 21, 2014 20:24:55 #
St3v3M wrote:
3rd AGS 90th AMU Clark Air Base with the F-4E before Mount Pinatubo kicked us out.
VF-121, NAS Miramar 1966-67; 91st TRS, Bergstrom AFB, TX 71-72; 38th TRS, Zweibrucken AB, Germany 74-75, 15th TRS, Kadena AB, Okinawa 85-86; 4th TFW, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC 86-88. Spent most of my AF career working in a PPIF (photo processing & interpretation facility). Otherwise known as a WS-430B mobile lab. Finished my career running the gun camera program at Shady J just before they converted to the F-15 Strike Eagle.
Dec 21, 2014 20:26:31 #
nicksr1125 wrote:
VF-121, NAS Miramar 1966-67; 91st TRS, Bergstrom AFB, TX 71-72; 38th TRS, Zweibrucken AB, Germany 74-75, 15th TRS, Kadena AB, Okinawa 85-86; 4th TFW, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC 86-88. Spent most of my AF career working in a PPIF (photo processing & interpretation facility). Otherwise known as a WS-430B mobile lab. Finished my career running the gun camera program at Shady J just before they converted to the F-15 Strike Eagle.
Thank You For Your Service!
Dec 21, 2014 20:33:51 #
St3v3M wrote:
Thank You For Your Service!
My privilege. Likewise, thank you for yours.
Dec 21, 2014 20:40:14 #
Dec 22, 2014 01:10:12 #
the f-4 was by far the sexiest jet fighter ever made. i would add the f-100 super sabre and the f-105 to the list as well
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