Shutterbug243 wrote:
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Dramatic image in DL. Thanks for sharing. Great composition.
I love that plane! As a kid I built models of it in the 70's.
Nice! First aircraft I worked on in the Navy. Loved that airplane.
Retired CPO wrote:
Nice! First aircraft I worked on in the Navy. Loved that airplane.
Did you learn the work at Millington NAS?
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.
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.
The only fighter flown by the Marines, Navy, and Air Force.
Iconic aircraft. Great image. vz
TriX
Loc: Raleigh, NC
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.
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.
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.
Good plane and nice image.
Dave.
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