F4 Phantom
Mar 5, 2020 18:49:46 #
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Mar 5, 2020 19:06:31 #
Shutterbug243 wrote:
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Dramatic image in DL. Thanks for sharing. Great composition.
Mar 5, 2020 19:21:02 #
Mar 5, 2020 19:40:11 #
I love that plane! As a kid I built models of it in the 70's.
Mar 5, 2020 19:41:38 #
Nice! First aircraft I worked on in the Navy. Loved that airplane.
Mar 5, 2020 19:57:01 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Nice! First aircraft I worked on in the Navy. Loved that airplane.
Did you learn the work at Millington NAS?
Mar 5, 2020 20:18:00 #
Beautiful! Smells like Victory! My father was an AF fighter pilot; flew them from the P-47 to the F-4. He loved the F-4. Me too. Thanks for the great shot.
Mar 5, 2020 20:23:57 #
DaveO wrote:
Did you learn the work at Millington NAS?
I went to "A" school for electronics at Millington NAS. The work on the F-4 specifically was on-the-job training in VF-84 in Oceana Virginia. First deployment on an Aircraft Carrier was with that squadron with that airplane.
Mar 5, 2020 20:43:12 #
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Mar 5, 2020 22:17:26 #
Excellent shot of a great aircraft, able to take a a lot of abuse and keep flying. They flew out of DaNang when I was there in 68/69.
Mar 5, 2020 23:02:00 #
TriX wrote:
Excellent shot of a great aircraft, able to take a a lot of abuse and keep flying. They flew out of DaNang when I was there in 68/69.
Yep. And deliver the goods when and where needed, despite a lot of abuse.
Mar 6, 2020 06:06:26 #
Retired CPO wrote:
I went to "A" school for electronics at Millington NAS. The work on the F-4 specifically was on-the-job training in VF-84 in Oceana Virginia. First deployment on an Aircraft Carrier was with that squadron with that airplane.
LOL! 13,000 sailors and 4,000 Marines! June through Oct of '68 before going to MCAS Cherry Point. Non-mechanical! My Group had A-6, A-4 and F4 squadrons.
Best memories included watching the F-4's run touch and goes at dawn with those twin J-79's glowing. This happened quarterly to burn off excess fuel so our funds wouldn't get cut for lack of use.
Mar 6, 2020 06:09:41 #
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