F4 Phantom
Mar 6, 2020 09:45:31 #
One of the great fighter planes and the big gun fighter in Vietnam. Used to watch them take off from DaNang fully loaded two abreast in full afterburners clawing for altitude. The noise was ear shattering.
Mar 6, 2020 09:47:00 #
Nice shot of a landing approach! Spent most of my AF service loading/maintaining F4 weapons systems; long shifts in SEA (‘73) .... and more than a couple of Phantom ‘bites’ to show for it! Lot of little things poking out of the underside waiting for you!🤣
Mar 6, 2020 09:55:04 #
Shutterbug243 wrote:
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That's definitely a wall hanger and if i'd flown Phantoms, that would be on the wall (with permission of course). As the Catapult and Arresting Gear Office on the USS Eisenhower (Ike) back in the 80's, one of my favorite planes to launch was the Phantom before it was phased out and replaced by the Tomcat. Attach the bridle, stiffen the strut and sitting cocked up, it was simply awesome watching it go down the catapult, full afterburner, 0-150 knots in 3 seconds....even better at night.
Mar 6, 2020 10:36:05 #
Mar 6, 2020 11:12:38 #
I heard some one say about a phantom if you put two engine on a brick it would fly. LOL great image.
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Mar 6, 2020 13:52:23 #
...watched 'em work from Khe Sanh when my Cav Troop was operating out of there for Lam Son 719. Very refreshing. ;0)
Mar 6, 2020 14:38:11 #
Great shot of an F4-D looks like one of the planes that I worked on at Hill AFB in the late70’s then we changed to the F16 A/B
Mar 6, 2020 16:10:23 #
Shutterbug243 wrote:
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There are very few Phantoms flying today. (Most were converted into target drones and shot down by F-15 & -16 pilots in training.) This is the one (an Air Force F-4D) owned by the Collings Foundation. It's carrying a centerline fuel tank and two travel pods under the wings. (No room in the cockpit for luggage.)
I flew 300 combat missions (1971-'72) in the back seat, flying from Ubon RTAFB, in Thailand. Thanks for the superb pic.
Mar 6, 2020 16:34:52 #
Mar 6, 2020 17:07:12 #
Hello, RichinSeattle. I flew O-1 Bird Dog (L-19) in RVN 6/70-7/71, 300+ observation missions along Ho Chi Minh trail, mostly in Cambodia in '71. When we found bad guys we'd call on you in Udorn through AF FACs. Support was awesome. Maybe you were among thefts-mover responders. I took a lot of photos w/Canon FTQL... slides mostly. IQ definitely not what it is today.
GR in Bellingham
GR in Bellingham
Mar 6, 2020 17:38:13 #
Geegnome wrote:
Hello, RichinSeattle. I flew O-1 Bird Dog (L-19) in RVN 6/70-7/71, 300+ observation missions along Ho Chi Minh trail, mostly in Cambodia in '71. When we found bad guys we'd call on you in Udorn through AF FACs. ...GR in Bellingham
Hi GR. It's possible I worked with you. Had only a couple missions in Cambodia, in '71. We, in Ubon (8th TFW), worked mostly with O-2s and OV-10s in Laos, and then many missions over NVN in late '72. I think you must mean you called on Ubon or Korat F-4s rather than Udorn, which is a long way from Cambodia.
Mar 6, 2020 18:01:57 #
Yes, thank you. Ubon it was. I was thinking I should look at the map before messaging. We flew out of Ban Me Thuot, VN, working with AF O-2s. We'd find stuff, call the O-2 working above, and when they'd call in f-4s or A1Es, we'd mark targets for them.
Glad you're safe.
GR
Glad you're safe.
GR
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