Photos F-4 Phantom II Paradise

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VF-84 Jolly Rogers F-4B Phantom about to trap on board USS Independence (CVA 62) off Vietnam, October 1965.

 

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An old photo of the Israeli F-4 Phantom over Jerusalem.

 

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'XV401' '1' from No.41 Squadron RAF taxiing for take-off at Luqa Malta. No. 41 superseded letters with numbers for a while. This was a refueling stop as 41 Squadron never came for 3 week's exercises.

(Godfrey Mangion).

 

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Turkey:
F-4E 2020 Terminator

F-4E Terminator 2000 during Ex Anatolian Eagle 21

 

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Two F-4E Phantom II aircraft assigned to the 512th and 526th Tactical Fighter Squadrons fly one of their last aerial missions over Burg-Hollenzollern, near Ramstein Air Base. Both squadrons will replace their Phantoms with F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. Tail No. 512 is piloted by Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Bruce Gillett and navigated by Captain (CPT) Mike Craig. LTC Tom Speelman is piloting tail No. 526 with 1st Lieutenant (1LT) John Rogers navigating, 20th March, 1985

The aircraft are air-to-air heavy with four AIM-7 Sparrows and four AIM-9 Sidewinders.

 

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5,000th F-4 in a vertical climb.
May 24th, 1978 the 5,000th F-4 was delivered marking the 20th anniversary of the types first flight.

 

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FG.1 from 111 Squadron RAF out over the North Sea

 

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USAF F-4 Phantoms departed EAA AirVenture Oshkosh for the last time, July 2016

 

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QF-4s fly one last missing man formation at Col Bud Day's funeral on August 1st, 2013 at Barrancas National Cemetery, NAS Pensacola FL.

One of the most decorated Airmen in Air Force history, whose career spanned three wars and four decades, has passed away.

Retired Col. George Everett "Bud" Day, an Air Force pilot, shot down during the Vietnam War and imprisoned in the infamous "Hanoi Hilton" along with Sen. John McCain, defiantly resisted the North Vietnamese for more than five years and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions. He passed away July 27, in Shalimar, Fla., at age 88.

 

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Royal Navy and US Navy F-4 Phantoms

 

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as always.. all pics I post are mine...

 

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more....

 

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and... still more

 

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tired of em' yet?

 

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phancon holloman

 

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