Why You Need to Respect the F-4 Phantom II Fighter
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- Why You Need to Respect the F-4 Phantom II Fighter - The McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom II is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bo--mber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. It first entered service in 1960 with the Navy. Proving highly adaptable, it was also adopted by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force, and by the mid-1960s had become a major part of their air arms.
The F-4 Phantom II flew with the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Both the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds flight demonstration teams flew the F-4 Phantom II in air shows worldwide. The fighter also flew with the air forces of 11 allied countries, including Australia, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Germany, Greece, Israel, Egypt, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
When the F-4 Phantom II came out it in 1958 it was a revolutionary design - one that went on to set several aviation records.
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14 minutes of video and took 3 weeks to complete it. You only see a slight error in the entire content. Aren't you wise in judging something? Think about it !!!
Everyone that clicks replys shall see this.
Is that why the intro is literally the description given by google... word for word
@@HeliasPrin Greeks fought the Italians with little to no weapons. They have the soul of the Roman's and the honor of the Spartans yet the intelligence of the Athens.
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G4, 🐱🐈🐵🦊🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆
@@Sexynut012247 he was giving a description for the purpose to teach people about its life and service dumbo
I was stationed down the road from Camp Pendleton's MCAS at 53 area dispensary. I was taking private multiengine flight lessons on the base (private lessons that I paid for. The instructors were all Marine pilots qualified to instruct) and got to know several of the F4 pilots. It was a pretty cool time in my life. I met this one pilot who was a Colonel and he saw my last name and asked me where I was from. He asked me if I knew a guy named Norman with the same last name from the same city. I told him I had an uncle named Norman. We got to talking and it was my uncle that he had served with. Long story short, I ended up getting a ride in an F4.
my grandpa flew the RF-4E for the Luftwaffe. I made him a scale model version of it in the camo patter his plane had for Christmas last year.
Micsmit 45, you are a good grandson. I know he’ll treasure it always. SEMPER-FI!
it's in front of one of the Luftwaffe F-4, in a AirShow in Lorraine, that I learnt I could never try to be a FP, because of my glasses....
How old is your grandfather? My uncle trained some Luftwaffe pilots on the F-4 in California back in the mid 80’s. I have the video from the flight line on VHS.
@@bigbore4498 he's 83 I think, I'm terrible with ages.
@@Micsmit_45 Well my uncle turned 70 this year. If they were closer in age, it could have been. But 13 years is a while unless he was transitioning from from another aircraft.
The F4 is a beast and still one of my favorite aircraft.
It did everything that was ever asked of it. Although it didn't do anything all that well.
My uncle flew the F4 from 67 till 70 for the US marines. His F4 brought him and his radar intercep officer back from 1 mission with the outer 3 feet of the port wing basically gone and most of the rear horizontal stabilizer shredded by a very near miss of a Sam.
I don't think many modern aircraft would continue to fly with massive damage like the F4 could and often did.
Robert Gutheridge, F4’s could take some serious battle damage and bring its crews home. I’m living proof of that.
@@arttafil6792 from one to another thank you for your service.
The F-4 has always been one of my favorite aircraft. Might have something to do with my uncle flying them. I was 15 tango air crew chief on a uh 60 black hawk.
During desert storm the F-4 was still being used as a wild weasel.
When it took off you felt it . F16 and f15 you heard them but F4 you felt with every bone in your body.
I don't think a F22 or F35 could take the kinda of damage the F4 did and still bring the crews home.
Glade you made it to many never did.
Robert Gutheridge , Thank you sir for your service as well. I did one thing that I don’t know if any other flight crew did. Make a single engine landing on a carrier at dusk. After one Bolter, they rigged the j-bar for me and that’s how I finally landed. My RIO and I were covered in foam when we got out of our F4. Our nose gear was sheared off and the starboard main gear was shoved up through the wing. I remember what we were told in flight school, “Any landing that you can walk away from is a good one”. SEMPER-FI!
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@@MikeNaples I've seen that before it's crazy. .
But the f15 isn't dependent on computer systems to adjust the trim tabs 10 or more times a second.
I think that is the down fall of the 5th generation fighters.
Do you think a F4 could have stayed in the air with the whole side of a wing tore off?
This and the F14 are THE most brutal and gorgeous aircraft ever made in this class. Period.
The F4E with the long snout is a very sexy airplane. I saw one once at the Cleveland airshow and that thing could wake the dead on takeoff.
I was always on Naval bases as a kid, way before 9/11. I remember walking to the commissary and these F4's and Tomcats all over the base. I still think the f-14 is a beauty.
F - 15 is the baddest jet until the F -22 came out
Valkyrie 🙃
Absolutely!
I grew up in Cocoa Beach, Fl., in the 60's/70's. My Dad was a Radar Guidance Engineer out at The Cape with GE Aerospace. As teen boys we used to pull our cars over on A1A right at the end of the runway at Patrick AFB and watch the F4's take off right over our heads with their GE J79 engines pouring out black smoke and flame as they roared into the sky. That experience, along with my aptitude for advanced math lead me down my Aerospace Engineering career with Lockheed Martin, where I recently retired.
The F-4 Phantom is an awesome airplane. This is the shape of a fighter plane instilled in the minds of many kids back in the 70's including me.
I worked on the F-4 in Thailand in the early 1970s. I truly think this bird and the F-111 are the precursor to the fighters you see today. I think the upgrades are long overdue. Great video. Peace!
A flying tank with a glide ratio of a bathtub. It is, however, one badass aircraft.
Amazing what 2 big ass jet engines can do.
Think a bathtub fitted with flight controls would glide better lol Just sayin' Love the Phantom...
Distinctive, but butt-ugly.
DIDN'T NEED MUCH OF A GLIDE PATTERN,/ WHY DO YOU THI YOU THINK THEY EQUIPPED THIS GAS HOG WITH 2 25 YARD LONG J 79 ENGINES PURE POWER.
is the aerodynamic so bad?
Beautiful bird, the f-4 and f-14 are my favorite jet fighters and sadly both ceased service.
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Ceased service with the US Armed Forces*
my first bird I worked on vf-161 uss midway great fighter. hard as shit to mantian!
sorry maintain
As historians say, one sight of F-14 coming loaded with weapons and wings swept back at Mach 2.0+ was enough for the enemies to run back home. F-14 to still day with some minor upgrades (especially the F-14D Super Tomcat that was developed in the 90s) is still a lethal fighter/interceptor. It would have been a great gen 4.5 platform like the SU-35 and SU-30. The airframe had still lots of potential left.
those two plus A-10
Always thought this was a great looking plane.
same still one of the best looking
Absolutely a beautiful plane!
F16 is best looking
@@erdemcelik9260 most popular u mean
@@nosferatu6599 nop
F-4 Phantom II, proof that with a big enough engine a brick can fly.
Steven Wiederholt , you have no idea how right you are. I can give you an example of that. F4N BN 151410 ended my combat flight career at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan on January 27, 1967. On a test flight.
@@arttafil6792
I have a feeling there is a "And There I Was" story here. :-)
I was a Security Policeman Osan 68, Everyday Inflights were called ALL F-4's.
@@larryjoyce2204
Charlie Diamond? :-)
Steven Wiederholt As long as that brick has wings, a fuselage, ailerons, rudder , elevators, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, as long as the CG is correct, as long as it has proper incidents, as long as it can carry fuel and the wing load is correct, as long as the brick has the correct aerodynamic design, then yes the brick will fly.
@John Kochen
Just Like Me! :-)
I absolutely adore this plane. My uncle flew one during Vietnam. It's a beautiful piece of machinery.
All right Toad. Only 50 weight Castrol R
"World's largest distributor of MiG parts"
mig 17 and mig 21 shot down several f4 on vietnam.....
@society and Vietnam small air force says hello to the world number one, looks the wikipedia...
Claude wiwiam jertes Only the mig 21s are good but American planes are far better
@society gendut
@@jedimasterjoe5386 wrong, man...no look for propaganda...wikipedia is better.
I went from being a crew chief on A-10's to F-4E's. Holy shit, what a difference. The F-4 was a brute.
A10 to f4.... ???
@@nauatg Yes, I worked on A-10's at England AFB and F-4's at Ramstein AB, Germany.
Literally You have my dream job... I work on pax aircraft trolling the friendly skies... well before.. not so much now... freighters FTW!!
@@jeffrielley920 long years ago..... No f4 on Ramstein AFB whjch has been for long a logistical Hub.....
@@nauatg Yep, this was way back in 1982 - 1984. Fantastic base, better than Nellis in Las Vegas.
I am lucky to still see them at the Athens airshow every year!
I've served in a Greek F-4 Squadron about 25 years ago.
The sound of two F-4s taking off together was dreadful the first few times I heard them. Of course a little time later I was used to it. I had to refuel them after every flight and some times get the pilots back to the barracks.
It was a great sight to see those war birds doing evasive manoeuvres above the airfield every day.
There's a variant version of the Phantom which truly shuts s**t down, code-named "Alt-F4".
LMAO.
I served in the USAF from 1977-81. I was a jet engine mechanic working on the F-4E. I was stationed at George Air Force Base, located just north of Victorville CA. The base is now civilian operated and is called Southern California Logistics Airport. So many memories.
How would you describe this aircraft? Was the maintenance easy?
@@mr.normalguy69 I would say yes. The two engines were set close to the ground, so it was easy to reach most parts. Even removing an entire engine didn't take very long. Unlike the other aircraft we maintained, the F-105F Thunderchief aka "Thud."
Everyone on CZcams comments worked on or flew the planes they are watching
From one to another thank you for your service to our country.
@@robertgutheridge9672 And the same to you.
The F4 to me is the coolest looking plane ever ! My Dad worked at McDonnell Aircraft and spray painted these planes. I remember on open house day I got to go up and look inside these planes...I was 8yrs. old and had a love for them ever since. Little did I know I would grow up and eventually work for the company myself. I was going to join the service if I didn't get hired... but I did when I filled out my app and handed it in. 🤣. A beautiful plane and my favorite !
In the 1970's I was stationed aboard the USS Midway. The mainstay of our aircraft fleet was the F-4. Beautiful, powerful, fast and lethal. I remember being topside one afternoon (after work), just taking it all in. All of a sudden a Phantom passed the ship from stern to stem, eye level, and maybe 30 yards away. When he went by he made no sound until he was already by us. It took a couple of seconds before the blast to catch up. Unforgettable. My favorite aircraft.
I was in the Navy 1970-74, this was, and, IS one of the most impressively designed Planes I have ever seen!!!
Thanks Michael. I mean that, too.
My favorite but I’m prejudice, a friends’ father flew an F4 and when I was 16 he quietly took each of us up separately😃 it was the most awesome thrilling experience of my life, but it came with a big downside; roller coasters became boring afterwards🙁
Hnnngggg you’re so goddamn lucky.
LIKE RIDING A ROCKET. BUT, YOU BE BE STRONG EN TO CONTROL THAT BAD BOY
I’m willing to make that sacrifice
I call b.s on this....lemme guess, your "friends" old man's name was Doug Masters and your first name is Chappie...right? Did he let you squeeze off a Hades bomb?
My dad was a f-4 phatom II pilot and flew it for almost 23 year. He also flew the f-5 an f/a-18
He was a PHANTOM PHLYER.
Re 11:23. All Greek F-4s have been upgraded by the German DASA and have received: the Hughes APG-65GY radar (the same one fitted on the F-18C/D), the Honeywell H-764G navigation system combining LINS & GPS, the NAVCOM AN/APN-232 CARA radar altimeter and Elbit Modular Multi-Role Computer (MMRC). The cockpit has also been enhanced with Elbit multi-function colour displays, new DTS & the imaging system V-80AB-F, and the AN/APX-113 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF). The weapons system officer’s (WSO) role has now been upgraded to match the capabilities of the APG-65GY radar that features multiple modes of operation. Furthermore, the use of the Litening pod is the WSO’s sole responsibility. An experienced WSO serves as the ‘brains’ of the tactical formation, providing regular situational awareness updates to other jets, increasing the probability of a kill in air-to-air missions or providing accurate attack parameters for air-to-ground missions. With the Litening pod, Greek F-4s can now undertake non-traditional intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (NTISR) duties and launch laser-guided bombs (or designate these weapons for other types). The upgraded Greek F-4E PI(Peace Icarus)-2000 AUP (Avionics Upgrade Program) is capable of carrying the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), AGM-65G air-to-ground missile upgraded with the CCD seeker, AGM-130 air-to-ground guided missile.
I grew up on RAF bases, the F4 was present at one of them. I have such a soft spot for this plane, so thank you for making the video, really enjoyed it. 😁👍🇬🇧
I got to serve in VMFA 212 and 235 on Kaneohe Bay in the 80s. There is nothing like standing next to one of these thunder pigs chained down at high power while in full AB.
First model I ever put together and painted as a kid. Love the F4
Basically F-15 Eagle's father. That's enough reason for respect, right there.
When I was a kid, I'd walk around the local airport (Yakima Wa).
One day there was an F4 taking off with Full afterburner.
The flame looked well over half of the plane's length and the sound was thunderous. ;-)
Actually greek f-4 phantoms were upgraded in the hellenic aviation industry by german firms, closely resembling german air force's ICE upgrade.Turkish airplanes were upgraded to terminator 2020 standard by israeli firms enabling them to fire the popeye missile and later the indigenous som missile
I served in the Navy in the early sixties. My first duty was Vf101 located in Key West . I was at Boca Chica naval air station . The squadron had just changed from the F3h Demon to the F4 Phantom. I became a F4 plane captain as my first assignment. They were awesome planes.
I was a crew chief on F-4's from 1966 to 1970 and later on A-7 and F-16's. They all have their own good and not so good traits, but the F-4 has part of my heart.
One of the very best aircraft EVER.!
Sad to see them disappear.!
Many years ago, over 40 years now, I was on a training exercise at Camp Lejeune, NC and was returning to the field after towing a broken down 5 ton back to the main base. My unit had moved positions from where I had left from and the coordinates I received from a Lt had me in an area that was unfamiliar. As my A-driver and I tried to figure out where we were an F4 came in at a really low level, it was an impressive sight by the way, above us and we decided it was time to get the hell away from there. Turns out when we found the unit and rechecked the map the grid coordinates we were given were at the approach to the live fire air to ground range for fighter aircraft.
My grandfather flew these in Vietnam, after piloting a Jug in WWII
Awesome video. My late dad worked on these planes for 27 years. Such a beautiful bird!!
One of the best looking military aircraft ever IMO.
I got the honor to work on these for 4 years in the Marine Corps. VMFA 112 Cowboys. Worked power plant an fuel systems. The best time was chained down at the high power ramp. In full after burner under the belly checking the fuel rails it would take your breath away an make snot poor out your face. What a rush!!
In Greece we respect it highly. We still use it as part of our fleet of jet fighters
Πάω στοίχημα ότι και εσύ πάτησες το βίντεο γιατί έδειχνε ελληνικο phato 🧐😄😄
@@mpananas1uss170 όχι, μου άρεσε ο τίτλος και πάτησα και μετά είδα και δικά μας
I grew up building models of the F4. I still thinks its a good looking bird.
So did I! I believe even today 30 + years later I could assemble one without looking at the instructions. They took time to make, if only because they always came with a lot of ordnance. One of mine is Hasegawa Randy Cunningham's F-4J...
Me too!!! I always loved this plane and I also loved the Corsair plane!!! Ba Ba Blacksheep era
Love the F4, beautiful plane.
Hmm I consider it more of a beautiful brick but okay
I’m in love with Phantom! ❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
I’m in love too ❤️🇺🇸❤️🇺🇸
Always liked the Phantom..had a cool plastic model of it, when I was a kid :)
I was lucky enough to see the last two phantoms fly few years ago at oshkosh
Brings back memories of working on those pigs as we crew chiefs called them. We had a love-hate relationship with it.
One awesome sight was a just before dawn weather lookup flight launch.
In the dim light of predawn seeing the all the planes electro luminescent strips lit up amd the engines break into after burner, the 7 shock diamonds glowing in the exhaust. Quite a sight.
It was a blast working as a crewchief on these beasts, 81st OMS, 81st TFW, RAF Bentwaters, East Anglia, Suffolk, UK !
Yes! I was there. Bentwaters ECM pod shop for a while, then went to Woodbridge pod shop, rhaw, for the A-10s. I think I was there around Fall of 78 to Fall 1980. USAF 77-83
I also was a crew chief at Bentwaters in 75 and 76....
My favourite aircraft of all time. I remember building and painting an Airfix model of one 45 years ago as a kid, felt real proud of it till I realised I’d put the tail wings on pointing upwards lol.
I'm in the same path my dear pal
Ha ha ha. I didn’t think I would be the only one.
Пацаны. Конец. Света будит. Кароче. Ждём от. Никиты. Никиты. Унтожыть митиорит
All these years later the F-4 Phantom II is still in my top 5 of all time favorite aircraft because not only was it lethal it also just down right sexy
I am lucky enough to have been a Plane Captain Stationed at Pax River Maryland in 1960-1063. I was able to fly mach - 2 in the back seat so was given a gold Mach two pin from McDonald Douglas. Loved those TEST PILOTS!!
You know if the Thunderbirds and Blue angels used the Phantom,... You know its a legitimate legend👌
My favorite jet, ever! Grew up with it!
My grandfather served with this plane at Danang Vietnam air base, along Nellis Air Force base
The amount of stories he’s told me are more than enough for a lifetime!
He hates his one superior officer due to him being a transfer and bossing him around but he did his job with no flaw!
I also have gifted him many toy planes as a kid and models as well, the secondary living room at my grandparents has them put in specific spots
Yes the USAF's F-4E models (which I worked on at Bitburg AB Germany in 1974 to 1976 as a Weapons Mechanic (bomb & missile loader) were another one of their "triple threats" in that it could strafe you, it could bomb you and when working on them it could fall on you too. I still have a couple of scars that were not so affectionately called "Phantom Bites" visible on my back from working on a low slung, greasy, grimy and sharp cornered angled edges everywhere. Probably my favorite duty then was when we were the "End of the Runway" crew where each aircraft taxi'd up to me where I'd stop them, plug in my headset to talk to the pilots, telling them to keep their hands up and their feet off the pedals, while I gave the signal for the other two guys to start pulling safety pins and doing visible checks as they crawled around the soon to be taking off aircraft. Then after counting the pins after they were done (as I recall there were either 7 or 9 of them sometimes more then one pin per hanging red flag too ALL depending on the weapons load) and giving the pilots a sharp salute, I wished them to have a good flight and we'll see you back here in a few hours as then they were using the range facilities at Zaragoza AB in Spain and out over the Mediterranean Sea as well. Then we'd go to "midnight chow" at the chow hall and then return to the end of the runway to welcome them back. We were usually a 4 man load crew but whenever one was off or gone they'd take that broken crew and make them the end of the runway crew. And it was GREAT DUTY and was probably the best job I had and did in the USAF!!!
What? Still in use after 62 years? Set sixteen world records? Hit 1650 mph?
Flew to 100,000 feet? To 30,000 in sixty seconds and on the deck below 125 feet? Nine hard-points. 36,000 lbs. of thrust and the most produced of any American supersonic aircraft; 5195. The Rhinoceros is one of my favorite animals. T.
Huge thank you for this vid!!
As someone that has researched this gorgeous animal of a warplane since I was a mere teen, Have multiple model aircraft both static and RC, My love for what it's achieved, and its longevity are testament to how good, and well constructed these aircraft are.
Far from perfect... but the best looking and meanest ever built.
Japan recently retired theirs, Licence built by Mitsubishi Aircraft back in the early 80's (depending on sources...late 70's) Very few aircraft have had an active service life like the Beloved Phantom II.
My home, Australia even had them on loan in the early 70's from the US Airforce whilst we waited for the F-111 to be fit for service.
Those that knew both... much preferred the F-4 ...Superior in many ways... and with all the upgrades this bird got, it only got better and better... cue the F-35. sigh...
Absolute garbage, cheap, and much easier to look after than an aging aircraft.. and as a 27+ year apprentice aircraft engineer, Ageing aircraft need a lot of extra care and maintenance that simply put... Governments don't want to pay for. F-14's hit that too....Who doesn't miss the F-14D's... oh wait... maintenance personnel... lol...
Phantoms Phorever!!
Very good video. I learned new things despite my previous interest about this aeroplane.
Awesome video and full of interesting details !! Superb !!
The F4 Phantom actually began life as the F110A. It was originally designed for the U. S. Air Force. The Air Force rejected it and the Navy took it when Mc Donald Aircraft added carrier capabilities. After the Navy showed what the Phantom could do, the Air Force took another look at it. Because the Navy changed the designation to the F4, the Air Force was forced to keep the designation. I spent all but five of my 21 years of service working on the various versions of the Phantom.
It's impressively loud too !
Phantom is such a bad ass looking plane. I saw two as a kid riding in my father’s car. They were landing at the plant in saint Louis as we drove by. I’ll always remember that.
I worked with a guy who flew an f-4 in Vietnam he told me he flew around 300 air combat missions and that he also participated in operation rolling thunder in northern Vietnam he was a pretty cool guy
The phantom was pure muscle
Airplane equivalent of muscle cars.
It just always looked to me like a flying collection of aerodynamic fixes, wing dihedral past the dog tooth, differential spoilers and anhedral on the elevators.
Ender that’s exactly what it is
Ender, that’s what made them so beautiful to those of us lucky enough to have flown them.
Don't forget the flux capacitor.
When I was a kid in the 60s the Phantom was the first aircraft that really grabbed me. It looked amazing, and they still look good today.
The F-4 was a beast and the problems in Vietnam were more tactics issues vs. it being all blamed on the fighter. "Dog fighting" was not where this plane was going to shine. Engage, haul ass, come back around and attack from a distance.
If you never heard one of these planes fly overhead, low and fast, then you just can't imagine the power those engines put out.
MS SmallBiz we really could have used an internal gun, but the morons that thought they knew everything said that guns would be obsolete
Love the Phantom Wild Weasel for sure ;-)
The phantom has always been respected. Its a great air craft.
My first view of the F4 Phantoms was in late December 1966 when we moved to Niceville, FL as my dad (USAF) was serving his final years in the military at Eglin AFB. We immediately saw and heard many, and I do mean MANY aircrafts flying low overhead preparing to land at Eglin. I'd never seen a Phantom before and was mystified on how this aircraft looked. Loved the design and the noise it made nearly 24 hours a day while watching/listening to them fly overhead for final approach to Eglin. The Phantoms weren't the only aircrafts we saw/heard, just that they were the ones was observed the most during that time. Never forgotten it.
Love the F-4. I also loved the A-4 Skyhawk. Two beautiful birds. And growing up as a kid near a Joint Naval Air Station, I also had the opportunity to see the A-37 Cessna Dragonfly flown by the Air Force. An incredibly small aircraft. I met a Dragonfly driver who was 4’5”.
+1 A-4. Love the Scooter
The old saying about the F-4 was "that it is proof that with enough thrust a brick can fly." My Dad let me know that the Vietnamese were terrified by the F-4 because even when flying close to the ground, you can't hear it coming, only when it has passed.
Then there was the intruder. That would be flying down on the deck that in the jungle you couldn't see it but sure the hell could hear it.
wwell i can tell u that s wrong man :)) sadly vietnam airforce with a few mig 21 and even mig 17 kick f4 ass pretty hard. Even with better rada and outnumber
Hoan Duong Trong you are a funny guy
@@hoanduongtrong4302 The F-8 Crusader was the mig killer to where the mig pilots would eject without even being shot at if an F-8 Crusader was behind them. If the F-4 had a gun pod they would run away. Then the F-4 Navy pilots went to Top Gun training and when they came back the Mig pilots ran like they always did with their hit and run tactics where we could not chase them because of the rules of engagement. I would not brag at all because not all pilots were Vietmanese, they were Rusian and Chinese.
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My all time favorite fighter.
Grew up watching the 117th TRW ANG with the RF-4C. Always nice to see them flying. Was young and thought the drop tanks and camera pods were bombs.
i remember during my vacation in sc in 1980 i watched them come and go on a base near columbia, whose name i can't remember, it was the first time i saw so many fighter jets at the same time, wonderful show
My favorite Aircraft of all time
My first fighter jet in AC x, love to fly this machine all day 😁
The F4-E was a flying tank with wings. I worked on her APQ-120 fire control radar during the Viet War at Ubon AB. It was the first transistorized fire control radar in the Air Force, the D-model radar package (APQ-109) actually had vacuum tubes, like in an old-school amplifier. If I remember correctly, we lost 2 aircraft during my six-month TDY, one was shot down by small arms fire hitting a LOX bottle in the nose wheel well. Also, if I am not mistaken, Ubon had the largest number of F4's in the entire SE Asian theater during the war. When tandem F4's took off in full-AB at night, it was ear-splitting but very cool with their J-79's exhaust ablaze and fluorescent green formation lights illuminated. It was a brutal, tough airplane that I took a lot of abuse but handed out much more than it received.
Didn't the video mention later f4s were upgraded with apg-65 radars? Did you ever get to work on them because the early f18c/d variants had them also.
Greetings from Aurich where the "Richthofengeschwader" is near by (called Wittmundhafen). Was my youth watching take off and landing the F4F during late 70`s and early 80`s. First the pilots and "Auntie" made a very good job. We still sleep wery well during night, knowing that the "Alarmrotte" is always on duty. Thanks!
I already did respect, I mean that thing has a bloody amazing powerplant
For me that flying elefant is one of the most beautiful bird I know and it represent the ultimate Israeli air Force fighter jet
My favorite old-school jet, the F4 Phantom.
My favorite, old-school combat pistol, Browning Hi power, followed by close 2nd place with the CZ 75 B.
My favorite combat rifle , Springfield M-14.
Old school still works today.
Have over 2800 hrs. in the Phantom - 3 combat tours in Nam - used every system on the jet including the HB H-7. In my opinion the best jet of its era!
F4 will remain one of the best looking beast💓👍
Well liked over here in the UK.
As a Viet Nam vet, I had the privilege of watching F4s take off several times while over there and always thought they were awesome! At one time, they were the best. Sounds like even now, they are excellent!
The guy who co-founded top gun, (originally british btw), was an f-4 pilot and he lives in my village, he's a really interesting guy
I heard the F4 described as proving " you can make a brick fly if you put a big enough motor on it".
pos? guess you live with your head up the butt. great aircraft... awesome if it had been built with an internal gun...
Oh wow...never heard that one before.
ha in the F4s case there is 2 huge engines on the brick
Am I dreaming - he's saying Vietmanese - right?
Its a software voice.
"Nort veetmanese"
Also he says "Swong Song"
“Vietmon”
Yeah...vietmanese...right next to the viet-mustard...right?
My grandfather used to fly the F4 Phantom in Vietnam :( what a legend he was
I got a ride in an F-4 Wild Weasel out of Seymour Johnson AFB back in the mid-80's while I was stationed in Myrtle Beach, SC. They had shut the airfield down for three months at Seymour Johnson AFB to resurface the runway. They sent all the aircraft down to Myrtle Beach during that time.
I respect the Phantom very much. I worked on the radar systems. Including the Phantom F4-J bird. Two Vietnam war time cruises. 1967-68 and 1968-69. I was in the Navy, VF-154 Black Knights, attached to the USS Ranger. It was a rugged bird. Great pilots.
F4 phantom ...is still a beautiful plane it was well build to get the pilot to what ever mission long & then bring him back to base safe I heard did very well with the Greek air force & loved by the pilots even today some operated on its body not easily penetrated by hits can take punishment & still can flying it's lifting capacity provided excellent power blast of bombs to completed damage it's different objectives on top of that it combined good shooting it was a very trust worthy plane .
Saw this in person at a museum. It is HUGE for a fighter
As a Marine Nam Vet, I was stationed on an air base in Chu Lai 68-69 1st MAW MAG 12 and saw these planes everyday. My all time favorite jets.
Always needed a centerline tank to go anywhere..Great bird though !!
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, IT WAS A SERIOUS GAS HOG.
I ain't gotta respect nothin!!!
F-4 was a great plane for it's time though it's got my respect.
As a child in the mid sixties, my dad an AIR Force pilot would drive us to the flight line to watch the F4’s shoot touch and go landings. They were fast and very loud and made a huge impression on me .
My father was a Marine during the Vietnam war and worked on the jet engines for this and the A4. I had a mad crush on this jet when I was a kid.
4 Jets replaced it basically seeing the beginning of the video for the AF and Navy...... That is why you need to respect the F4.
The F4 Phanthom is still employed in the various militaries today, as active. I believe Iran, Japan, South Korea, Greece, Egypt, and Turkey uses these amazing jets.
한국은 이제 이 어르신을 KF-21이 대신하여 임무대기중입니다 부디 편히 잠드소서
As a kid whenever I would go to the library I would always look up these books about fighter jets & would always marvel at the F-4 Phantom II...