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I guess this is soft porn. Now, aerial refueling...
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Iran - July 29, 2008
F-4E Phantom II of the Iranian Air Force releasing Mk11 training bombs
Iran - July 29, 2008
F-4E Phantom II of the Iranian Air Force releasing Mk11 training bombs
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An F-4 Phantom II. Interception over the Atlantic. Photo taken by the crew of a TU-142 of the 76th OPLAP.
An F-4 Phantom II from Squadron VF-31 (in 1977 it was based aboard the aircraft carrier “Saratoga”) intercepts a Tu-95RTs. Photos taken by a crew from the 392nd ODRAP
F-4 Phantom II from Squadron VF-31 lands on the aircraft carrier Saratoga. 1977.
An F-4 Phantom II from Squadron VF-31 (in 1977 it was based aboard the aircraft carrier “Saratoga”) intercepts a Tu-95RTs. Photos taken by a crew from the 392nd ODRAP
F-4 Phantom II from Squadron VF-31 lands on the aircraft carrier Saratoga. 1977.
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This picture of an F4H about to fly under the Golden Gate Bridge appears from time to time, rarely with the explanation. The comments usually include statements that it is a fake, imaginative explanations as to why the landing gear is down, the pilot was grounded thereafter forever, etc.
In actual fact, it is not a fake. It was not authorised per se, but also did not result in the pilot making his last flight as an officer in the U.S. Navy. It did involve cameras, often a incentive for a pilot to do something stupid although not in this case. An AirPac-approved camera crew was on board Ranger (CVA-61) to get footage for a David Wolper documentary, "The Story of a Carrier Pilot". See
The fact that the footage of this launch is not in the documentary is easily explained by the Navy's unwillingness to appear to condone stupid stunts like flying under bridges, which in any other circumstance would have the pilot's wings removed immediately after landing, assuming that he hadn't screwed up, crashed, and died. The picture above was presumably taken by a member of the public from Vista Point or a boat.
The plan on 19 October 1962 was for XO Ken Stecker of VF-96, The Fighting Falcons, and another pilot in a second F-4 to be launched well before reaching the bridge after the ship departed NAS Alameda. However, the launch was momentarily delayed (the launch officer was reportedly E. Inman "Hoagy" Carmichael who retired as an admiral, so obviously his career wasn't adversely affected either). When it did occur, Stecker decided that going under the bridge was a better option than trying to climb over it. That was not overly challenging because there is at least 220 feet between the bridge and the water. Stecker subsequently became CO of VF-96.
The other pilot was launched just after the carrier passed under the bridge, as documented by this photo taken from a helicopter. The splash is from the bridle used to launch the jet. It was normally retained (that's what the "plank" protruding ahead of the deck in front of each catapult track was for) and reused, but it was limited to a specific number of launches and it was often simply expended when it was one launch short of the limit if it had lasted that long without incurring visual damage.
http://thanlont.blogspot.com/2018/10/f-4-flying-under-golden-gate-bridge.html
In actual fact, it is not a fake. It was not authorised per se, but also did not result in the pilot making his last flight as an officer in the U.S. Navy. It did involve cameras, often a incentive for a pilot to do something stupid although not in this case. An AirPac-approved camera crew was on board Ranger (CVA-61) to get footage for a David Wolper documentary, "The Story of a Carrier Pilot". See
The fact that the footage of this launch is not in the documentary is easily explained by the Navy's unwillingness to appear to condone stupid stunts like flying under bridges, which in any other circumstance would have the pilot's wings removed immediately after landing, assuming that he hadn't screwed up, crashed, and died. The picture above was presumably taken by a member of the public from Vista Point or a boat.
The plan on 19 October 1962 was for XO Ken Stecker of VF-96, The Fighting Falcons, and another pilot in a second F-4 to be launched well before reaching the bridge after the ship departed NAS Alameda. However, the launch was momentarily delayed (the launch officer was reportedly E. Inman "Hoagy" Carmichael who retired as an admiral, so obviously his career wasn't adversely affected either). When it did occur, Stecker decided that going under the bridge was a better option than trying to climb over it. That was not overly challenging because there is at least 220 feet between the bridge and the water. Stecker subsequently became CO of VF-96.
The other pilot was launched just after the carrier passed under the bridge, as documented by this photo taken from a helicopter. The splash is from the bridle used to launch the jet. It was normally retained (that's what the "plank" protruding ahead of the deck in front of each catapult track was for) and reused, but it was limited to a specific number of launches and it was often simply expended when it was one launch short of the limit if it had lasted that long without incurring visual damage.
http://thanlont.blogspot.com/2018/10/f-4-flying-under-golden-gate-bridge.html
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In February or January of 1981 while deployed aboard USS America (CV 66) a S-3A Viking was launched while at anchor inport at St Thomas US Virgin Islands. This happened about an hour before getting underway.
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Naval Air Station, North Island, California, 13 August 1978. Dependents and visitors of Naval Air Reserve Unit examine an F-4 Phantom II aircraft of Fighter Squadron 301, VF-301, which is on display for the Open House for family, employee’s appreciation day.
VF-151 Vigilantes F-4N Pahntom launched from USS Midway (CV 41) circa mid 1980s.
g121126 by Photograph Curator, on FlickrNaval Air Station, North Island, California, 13 August 1978. Dependents and visitors of Naval Air Reserve Unit examine an F-4 Phantom II aircraft of Fighter Squadron 301, VF-301, which is on display for the Open House for family, employee’s appreciation day.
VF-151 Vigilantes F-4N Pahntom launched from USS Midway (CV 41) circa mid 1980s.
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An F-4B Phantom II of Fighter Squadron VF-111 Sundowners drops 227 kg Mk 82 bombs over Vietnam during 1971.
A U.S. Air Force SAM Hunter killer group of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing takes fuel on the way to North Vietnam for a strike during "Operation Linebacker" in October 1972.
An F-4B Phantom II of Fighter Squadron VF-111 Sundowners drops 227 kg Mk 82 bombs over Vietnam during 1971.
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