Excellent! I remember as a child back in the late 1970's, (completely obsessed with the Phantom), being on a family walking holiday in the Malvern hills here in the UK and having two USAF F4's come piling through a valley about fifty feet below where I was standing and about 100 feet away from me. I can still clearly visualise looking down into the cockpits as they came round from my left to right and seeing the back seater in the second aircraft looking right up at me, waving. He wore a bright orange helmet and dark oxygen mask. Apart from the three other members of my family, there was no one else on the hill side that morning. He was waving at me. It made my year!!
In the 80's I had the misfortune of living directly under the flight path of El Toro Marine Base in Irvine, Ca. Everyday and often at night. These guys would be flying overhead. Sometimes, they were so low that you could wave at the pilots and they would give you a thumbs up! 😎 God bless the USMC and all those they protect. Hoo Ra!
I was privileged to serve with the F-4 during my Navy years, 1966-70. Nothing sounded meaner, flew faster and looked more beautiful in the sky to me than a Phantom. An absolutely unsurpassed interceptor / fighter / bomber.
For a short time there was the development of an F-4X that was going to go for the speed/alt record. All they did to it was some aerodynamic reshaping, widened the intakes, and added a water/methanol injector system. In theory it would have hit mach 3 and some change. It would have been able to keep pace with an SR-71. Of course all the SR-71 had to do was push the throttle forward and it would walk away from it. But the point is: A) the F-4X could still get up there and go that fast, and B) the SR-71 could only WALK away....not run. With effectively bone stock J-79s. The F-4 Phantom II. Proof bricks can fly with enough thrust. 😁
I have always _loved_ the Phantom. For me, it was the first "serious" looking fighter jet. It had this tough, badass look about it, like an onery motherfμcker just looking to get in a rumble. Especially when all the hard points were fully loaded out and maxed with armaments. Reminds me of one of those Roadrunner cartoon scenes when Wile E. Coyote has an overwhelming mass of rockets, missiles, TNT, etc. all crammed and targeted into the TR standing on an "x" drawn on the middle of the road.
Did this guy have any idea at the time that he was shooting the single greatest F-4 phantom footage in history? AMAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Alf-Einar Sivertsen Lol, I am an Audio engineer, I grew up my entire life on Military Bases as my Father was an F-4 Pilot, spent a hell of a lot of time around Jet Aircraft. Of course the video is crappy dumbfuck, it is old.
We moved from Lake Arrowhead down to Apple Valley. I loved watching the Phantoms from George flying all the time. As a child I fell in love with them and until I went to Willow Run air show with my Uncle and saw the F 18 Blue Angels were my favorite! But those Phantoms as an adult and a career in Naval Aviation behind me hold a special place in my heart.
As an old F-4 crew chief with several Phantom bites to prove it, that was music to my ears. I crewed F-4Cs, Ds, Es, and RF-4Cs back in the ‘60s and ‘70s. My favorite fighter of all time!
Another 431 here. TJ 80-83 F4-D. (Torrejon) Same here, Phantom bites, and hydraulic stained knees. Would do it all again. Thanks for your service guys! (See my Phantom Phixer logo?)
Music to my ears. 431 crew chief on F-4Ds (Holloman) and Es (DaNang, Takhli) and AMU maintenance officer on RFs. Scars and sun-damaged skin…….I’d it all again.
The F-4 is just so classic looking, so muscular. Today you see a Ferrari, a Lambo, a Porsche, and you appreciate what they can do and of course, their beautiful esthetic design. But when you see a 1960 Thunderbird, or '64 Riviera, or '67 Corvette, you feel something much deeper inside, that tells you you're looking at an old soul. Same with the Phantom. I once watched a documentary of the 1973 Yom Kippur / Arab-Israeli War. The veteran pilot said that when he came back from a mission during that war, which was a hard one for both sides, he'd affectionately caress the nose of his F-4, like it was a horse in an old western. He said only that plane knew the hell that the two of them had just been through, and he was expressing his gratitude for bringing him back. Never forgot that.
I don't know exactly how other country's pilots see themselves, but in the US, I'd say we see ourselves as modern cowboys, like Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. Maybe that's just me, though.
Beautiful Aircraft! I was lucky enough to be a part of the last USAF Active Duty squadron, the 561st Wild Weasels. Deployed with them a couple of times in the '90s.
I was in the 37TFW at that time. 563rd AMU... and CRS from 1984-86. I remember launching our jets for a mobility ORI... we launched 24. Top Gun doesn't come close when you've got 6 jets at EOR, 6 coming out of the chocks, 6 cranking and 6 going through final pre-flights with everyone going crazy trying to get the last jets put together so they can fly. Lots of hard work but good times.
@@motorbikemadness5773 I was there at the same time, 35th CRS. I worked at the PMEL. I calibrated the test cell and I maintained the SOAP machine. It was a shame they closed the place down.
I'm a recently retired A.E. with America's largest defense contractor. My Dad was an Engineer at Cape Canaveral from '56 thru '76 and I grew up in Cocoa Beach, just north of Patrick AFB (now SFB) and they had a fighter squadron there at that time. As young teen boys we used to ride our bikes down A1A and sit at the end of the runway to watch the Mighty F4 Phantom II's take off with full military power right over our heads. They were big SOB's and man did that J79 smoke but they held 52 world speed, altitude, time to altitude and timed closed course records.
Absolutely fantastic. Such a shame our litigious culture means we'll never get to see this sort of display. Thanks for sharing, and great quality film and camera work too!
My Father worked at the St. Louis McDonnell Douglas plant where the F4 was built. He was one of the engineers who helped designed the jet. Well, that along with the F15, F18 and various missile systems that he never talked about. Anyway, back in the 70s, St. Louis had a National Guard post right at Lambert Field just a few hundred yards away from McDonnell Douglas and the National Guard F4s (probably test flights from MD as well) used to fly over our house on a regular basis. From our house the airport was only ~15 miles away from Lambert Field and sonic booms were heard on a regular basis back in those days. I don't recall anyone complaining about the noise or broken windows, then again, I was only 6-12 years old.
@@robertsinger1374 Just go out exactly where the California quakes are going on now(California City Ca). They crack out there to the point of being somewhat irritating. When they were flight checking the F-22 it was daily and many times triple booms from multiple AC flying by boom! boom! boom!
I want to share my own story... When I was younger (early 80's) I was working on the farm in Northern Indiana. They used to fly F4's out of Grissom which wasn't much more than 75 miles away. I was sitting at the end of a barn in the shade eating my lunch, leaning up against the barn doors... nice and quiet, relaxing. No warning... 2 F4's came from behind me over the roof of the barn at somewhere around 1000ft.. I'm pretty sure they were even lower than that. At any rate, I never even heard them coming. when they broke the roof of that barn I nearly shat myself. I could see afterburners running and they were out of sight in no time flat. Those guys were hauling mail... I know supersonic flight is prohibited in most places, but I'm not so sure of those guys were sub. I never heard anything but birds chirping until it was too late. I've never been that close to one running... let alone one at operational speed. Next to the B-58, I think that's the loudest aircraft I've ever heard.
+funkyzero My Ex's grandparents used to live 1/4 mile from the end of the property line at Grissom in Bunker Hill. Full burner takeoffs all day. The best reason to go see the old folks......NASTY!!!
+Zee Kusa I was at Amberley Australia RAAF airbase when they were flying the F4Es - I was sitting in a steel building about 100m from the runway - an F4E doing a "low level high speed pass for a VIP in the tower" was supposed to go by at Mach .9 - he "slipped through" the barrier and it was the loudest noise I have EVER heard - because I didn't hear him coming I thought one had crashed right alongside the building. Thousands of dollars damage (mainly glass smashing) all around the base and the nearby town (Ipswich). MAGIC aircraft, still one of my favourites after all these years - and yes mate, I am bit deaf.....got a million stories to tell about those big buggers. And don't forget those pilots were flying CANBERRAs before they got the Phantoms - like getting out of a Mini and climbing into a Ferrari...
I too grew up in the same area, same time frame and clearly remember the sound barrier being broken when I was young. I swore the front wall of the house moved in and out as it happened and then all the neighbors piled outside. I was just thinking of that while watching this video, what a coincidence to see your post. Google Maps shows I was about 67 miles from Grissom in the DeMotte/Roselawn area.
I'm an old Phantom Phixer (Elmendorf AFB F-4E and Bergstrom AFB RF-4C). I was there for the F-4's last big hurrah during Desert Storm as we assembled RF-4C's and F-4G Wild Weasels. I miss those old planes and will always love them.
Love this Phantoms. I live in south west germany and in this area both the US airforce and our Luftwaffe often do trainingflights, few year's back around 9 in the morning 2 PHANTOMS screamed me out of my bed. Best alarm clock ever.
Marco H. I used to live in Germany as a kid, my father was in the USAF in the late eighties. I remember riding across Germany and the Phantom's would often be in formation flying low down the Autobahn, it was awesome
My father was career Air Force, as an NCO in AFCS (Communications), and spent his career in tower and radar operations. I too, love the F-4 , what a beast. But I still have a very soft spot in my heart for the F-100 Super Sabre. Probably, because as a child, that's the plane they were flying out of Myrtle Beach when we were stationed there, and because the first time I ever saw the Thunderbirds , that was the plane they were flying then. Magnificent. Thanks for a great video, and NVANG---great flying!
@@johnbenson222 That was Mono Lake at the first part and the Phantoms were out of China Lake NAS. We used to watch them fly up the Owens Valley there way back when. Then probably Mead later in the video.
I was with the 1st Marine Air Wing in Chu Lai, VN.,66-67, just over a sand dune from a MAG - and these ugly beauties would take off by 2's and 4's pretty much around the clock. After awhile, you got to where could sleep right thru the thundering noise. I loved every second of it.
Know what you mean. On weekends away from the base & later when discharged I kept waking up missing the jets coming in to land. Our barracks were about 300m from the end of the runway on the approach.
As this year marks the 50th anniversary of the battle for Hamburger Hill (Hill 937, Dong Ap Bia), I have read several books in the past two months about the battle. In all three books, I was impressed by each author's description of Phantoms dropping bombs on the hill. This video displays what those guys (on both sides) must have heard. I can imagine that this was music to the ears of our grunts.
Awesome! A special thanks for not adding any music to this video. And an extra EXTRA special thanks for not adding that goofy song "Danger Zone" from Top Gun either!
wipout1 Uh....no. That silly movie had more flaws than a Ford Pinto! But you don't have to take my word for it: www.rantlifestyle.com/2014/04/26/15-glaring-mistakes-top-gun/
Absolutely WONDERFUL video!!! I was in the 117th Medical Squadron which was later changed to 117th Medical Group. When I first arrived at the base in 1984-85 We had RF4-C Phantom Reconnaissance aircraft like in your video. The F-4 Phantom no matter what the air frame is one of my ALL time favorite aircraft. Our base was the 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing(TRW) with the 106th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron(TRS) assigned. The base is on the opposite side of the B'ham, AL Airport. After our RF-4C aircraft were retired in 1996 our base converted to the KC-135R tanker. It is now the 117th Air Refueling Wing(ARW). A great tanker to be sure, but it just doesn't have the mystic of the RF-4C aircraft to me that we used to have. I grew up in Pleasant Grove, AL which is only about 13 miles from the B'ham airport. We are in the final approach of the airport. I remember growing up watching the RF-4C's turning in on final approach to the airport, dropping the landing gear and flaps in preparation for landing. Always a cool sight to see. Thank you so much for posting the video. B'ham apparently flew the same model F-4 Phantom as the Reno, NV ANG did.
+BAMATDI1 Thanks, great story. While we were in Desert Storm, we flew the Birmingham jets along with our own. They had a different camera capability and was used for different missions.
I remember when our RF4-Cs were given a different camera for certain missions. I'm sorry to say I don't remember exactly what kind of special cameras our aircraft received but I remember something about them. Some type of Infra Red special optics or something like that. I just can't remember so I don't want to sound like I know, because I don't. I hope I make sense.
Here's an anecdotal story for you. After being stationed at an AFB for 2.5 years with F-4 Phantoms you never forget their sound. I was in England going down the A43 with an English friend. I heard a plane overtaking us from behind. I told my friend here comes an F-4 Phantom. He wanted to argue with me on it. He said: "No it's not, it's a bloody F-111." The plane that was assigned to RAF Upper Heyford which was the base I was stationed at, at the time. I told him:"No it's not, it's an F-4 Phantom." Well my friend continued to argue with me about the sound of the aircraft until it passed over us going in basically the same direction we were. After the F-4 Phantom passed over us, he asked me:"How did you know it was an F-4 Phantom.?" I told him after being assigned to a base for 2.5 years with the Phantom, you never forget their sound. No other aircraft had what I call the "moaning" sound of an F-4 Phantom in low level flight. Anecdotal but true story to be sure.
The F4 Phantom is one of my all time favorite jets, got lucky a few years ago. They were still flying out of Holloman AFB. QF4 comes and does a few touch and go's. They see us watching from the sidelines, and he goes around this time keeps it low and punches the throttle and goes vertical and does a barrel roll for us! Awesome times...
I absolutely love this video and never tire of watching it. F4 was my first love. My son , born in 2001 and who has seen just about every fighter there is fly at Joint Base Andrews, which includes p51, f86, f15,16,blue Angels 18s, f-22s, claims the f4 as his favorite aircraft and he's never seen it fly! Man would I love to see this shot with modern technology. Which is not to take anything away from your video! Must have been a total blast to shoot this. Thought I saw a boat on the lake? Thanks again for sharing this historical gem.
Damn ☹️☹️☹️ First of all the fact that the Phantom first flew in 1958 blows my mind...I mean...1958... It's amazing how much progress had been accomplished at this point when the earliest jets had entered service during WW2, these early jets already looked futuristic in the 1940's but to come up with something as space-age and fast as the Phantom in the mid/late 1950's was truly amazing... Second, the pilots are BADASS... And third I can't imagine what it must have been like to be there and watch these jet fighters do their acrobatics so close to the ground and the water with a sonic boom... I mean...wow...
Nice! And I am soooo glad there were jets actually breaking the sound barrier.. soo many vids say it, but most don't have it. the Phantom is still amazing to me. I love em... they were sooo loud in general. taking off in pairs - Thunder! whoohoo!!!
I was an F4 Phantom crew chief with the 557th TFS IN Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam 1968-1969 . An exciting time for me, and the best experience. The most exciting plane to see performing.
I was an F4F technician (electronics) in the German Air Force, Hopsten Airbase near Rheine, from1981-1992. Great aircraft. .In an accident with a radio mast in Goose Bay (Labrador), the F4 lost an aileron and a part of a slat. STILL a SAFE LANDING. I miss the time
Your caption is incorrect, young sir! The music was composed by Mr Pratt and Mr Whitney. A cover version by Mr Rolls and Mr Royce was published over here in the F4K and F4M. Greetings from Southampton, UK
@@threexfromwsg the weight and mods needed to make them fit blew the benefits out the window. Plus the cost! The British government footed the bill because TSR1 and F-111 debacles.
Best F4 footage ever, nice booms in the middle of the video. Great slow passes with the BLC's screeching like banshees! Thanks! The is historical and the low passes are fantastic and the pull ups over the water are the bomb.
Great video!Wish others out there could take a hint and post more videos like this one-- without music! If you have no audio but great footage, I can understand using music instead of silence but if there is audio with great visuals, why do so many people want to ruin it with music instead of playing what is real and authentic? So for those who do this often,Take a hint people--next time you want to post a great video, because I can promise you that if we are interested enough in it to watch it, we want to see and hear experience it as it happened--authentically and without music! Trust me...we wanna HEAR the action! Anyways,having said that, the F4 is one of my favorite war birds-the mysterious look, the howl of the intakes heard when it's coming at you, the smokey trails and last but not least, the sound--oh man that's an awesome sound-the F4! I remember back in the early 80'swhen we had the F4-E's of the 69th TFS--the "Werewolves" stationed at Moody Air Force Base here and I used to go out to the dirt road just outside of the perimeter fence at the North end of the base which was very close to the 2 parallel runways and they would often take off in pairs side by side...it was so loud!! It was the perfect place to go for spotting military planes because it was open fields. unobstructed views and very close to the approach end of the 2 runways..you could sit there for hours watching them come and go-- one after the other over and over and when sitting directly under the approach light towers they would be so low you felt the wake turbulence and you would see the dust swirling as it passed over you--especially when just before crossing the threshold they would do a missed approach and the deafening, ground shaking roar would overcome you as the black smoke would suddenly start blowing out as they pull the gear up and quickly climb then peel off to go around and set up another approach.. Watching them come in low just over the tree line you would hear that roaring/howling sound they made at the intakes when coming at you if the throttles were advanced...that was an awesome sound! They eventually replaced them with F16C's--the block40's I think it was and with the Lantirn pods...they used to do a lot of low level flying around here back then--a bit done at night too. These days it's pretty quiet around here with A10's now and It's been years since I last saw and heard an F4 in real life but I'll never forget that sound and all of the times spent sitting on that dirt road for hours watching that old bird and it is missed! I liked the noisy skies unlike most people...it sounded like freedom to me--if you get what I'm sayin! :)
When I lived in Reno in the 90's, I was able to watch the High Rollers doing their overhead recovery several times a week. What sights and sounds. Loved it.
I had the honor of being assigned to the 474th tfw,429th AMU at Nellis AFB in the late 70's to 1980, we flew the much feared F-4D and what beasts they were. Seeing these beauts in all their glory brings back so many great memories. Having been TDY to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta,Canada and Barbers Pt, Oahu, Hawai'I, I helped show the world, in part, just how incredible those birds were. I came back home after discharge and visited Dayton, Ohio's A F Museum, only to find one of the planes I worked on, sitting on the Tarmac, as impressive as ever. I was beaming with pride and blessed to touch that amazing aircraft again. What an honor to have worked on, uploaded munitions onboarding them and seeing them successfully return to base. Mission accomplished, pride still runs through my veins every day. Thank you USAF, for the honor and memories
I love all your videos. It brings back so many memories working with such an incredible plane. The brute power, speed and noise are something I will never forget! I never get tired of seeing these videos. If you could piece together any more it would be great!. THANK YOU!
I would pay millions just to see this, no fancy maneuvers, no annoying background music, just loud ass jets flying around testing the limits. Like they're just having high speed runs all day long
Spent several hours looking for video that would show people who have never worked on an F-4 phantom what the plane sounded like and what it could do. The videos I have previewed so far depicting preflight do not capture my memories of launching RF-4Cs at Bergstrom back in the day, but this video is awesome. subscribed thank you
Unbelievably fantastic. I'm old enough to remember F4's while they were still flying out of McConnell AFB as a child. Definately my fav fighter jet. And as others have said, thanks for not effing it up with a crappy music track!
im from wurth smith afb mi my dad was a B-52 pilot and my step dad was stationed at Clark afb n the Philippines. he use to fly the beautiful f-4 phantom E. he took me up once and i loved it never got scik but amped up. i still love that jet nasty as bomber before they put guns on it. hey if u want to chat hit me up on fb dave Russell. later military brat fam
Thank you for this. I’ve been looking for a footage of an F-4 Phantom II, and i finally found one of the best ones i’ve ever seen. Thanks and Phantoms Phorever...
I will never forget one climbing vertically over our High School in California when the Navy was setting the time to climb records out of Pt. Mugu, CA. They went nearly vertical over our high school (the first vertical obstruction right of the end of the Pt. Mugu runway inland). The classrooms just went quiet since the noise was fierce.... the sound of freedom.
I agree. The F4 Phantom is the sexy iconic vision of what a versatile fighter jet should be. Big, bad, brutal, but damn beautiful to look at. I would also agree, the F-14 Tomcat looks like an evil demon that is coming to steal your soul. Take my breath away because I've been to the danger zone. Cliché.
Nice Video!! Love the sounds so much. It is really difficult to find good video that captures and does justice, the moaning crys, whines, and roars of those twin J79's!! Thank you!
I used to belong to a r/c club that was authorized to fly off a large pad on Camp Horno, an area of Camp Pendleton Marine Base....we rarely saw real aircraft...then one day, without warning, 2 F-4's come off the Pacific Ocean, about 300-400-- AGL, right over us and our field....gone in seconds...but never forgotten and forever impressed !!
Except possibly around 2:31, were there any sonic booms in the vid? Everytime an F-4 passed, you could hear the engine noise preceed it. Not taking anything away from the video, it was really excellent!
+Jangle2007 Yes, two. These videos were shot back in 1995 on old video equipment. The dust kick up is one indication of a sonic boom. The camera operator definitely reacted to the LOUD SONIC BOOM. Glad you liked it!
there were two supersonic passes. and both times the cameraman flinched. the boom from the mighty F4 phantom is far more manly and pendulous of scrotum than the namby pamby crack from an F18.
+stinkyfungus - I agree with Jangle, "pendulous of scrotum" is an excellent metaphor that I shall retain for future use ! Also, I wonder if you might possibly be related to my buddy stinkyfinger ?
What a magnificent shape the Phantom has. It looks just right. This and the Skyhawk were MD at the top of their game. You could never tire of them. Both my all-time favourite jets.
Nice video, I missed them with the Reno ANG by a year. Watched and photographed a pair leave the Reno Air Races, Monday after actually in 2016. What a show they put on leaving.
Dad was test pilot at McDonnell Douglas in St Louis flying these... he'd fly it over our farm 50 miles west and break the sound barrier on purpose breaking windows and knocking loose bricks from chimneys and scaring livestock...nobody ever complained! This was early 1960's He was a hot dog...was navy fighter pilot in WW II...an ace with 9 verified kills, he has a lot help back then.
I knew a guy back in the early 90s that claimed he flew SR-71s also flew several other aircraft , he said the F-4 was like flying a bus because it was so big . He had some kind of lung damage from flying at super high altitude for so many years , he had to leave the state to a state in the Southwest because of mold in wetter climate states. He seemed legit , would not elaborate on missions just general stuff , he did say he loved flying the F-4 , very powerful , great video , it is a brute of an aircraft.👍👍
We had RF-4Cs from the 106th TRS, AL ANG, flying over our family farm regularly on VR1055. It was always an absolute blast to see those two ship formations of Phantoms come roaring over. I remember one particular Saturday morning my dad had just finished doing some work on our old Ford 8N tractor. Anyway he was out bush hogging one of our pastures and I was standing at the edge watching him. I looked to the north just in time to see a two ship formation of the RF-4Cs come screaming directly at the field then one of them just super slightly broke off, went lower and went right over my dad, from behind, putting along on the tractor. He had no idea so he bailed off the moving tractor thinking something bad was happening. As soon as the one F-4 flew over he kinda pulled back in the vertical a little and I always wondered if they were looking back over their shoulders laughing.
As long as the engines were running they'd fly. With slats and flaps down, the ducted airflow over the wing would maintain lift. However, if the engines weren't running, it had a glide angle of a brick.
My Father was a Flight Instructor in the 50/60's at both Memphis and Norfolk...The A-4, F-4 and F-104 were my favorites. Then the F-15 came along' what a racehorse.
I lived in Florida in 1971 after there had been an air incursion by Cuban jets. For weeks we had F-4s and B-52s flying extremely low over our cottage on patrol. You could actually see the pilots in the cockpit. The noise would take your breath away! Awesome experience.
Excellent! I remember as a child back in the late 1970's, (completely obsessed with the Phantom), being on a family walking holiday in the Malvern hills here in the UK and having two USAF F4's come piling through a valley about fifty feet below where I was standing and about 100 feet away from me. I can still clearly visualise looking down into the cockpits as they came round from my left to right and seeing the back seater in the second aircraft looking right up at me, waving. He wore a bright orange helmet and dark oxygen mask. Apart from the three other members of my family, there was no one else on the hill side that morning. He was waving at me. It made my year!!
That’s a beautiful story
Incredible
In the 80's I had the misfortune of living directly under the flight path of El Toro Marine Base in Irvine, Ca. Everyday and often at night. These guys would be flying overhead. Sometimes, they were so low that you could wave at the pilots and they would give you a thumbs up! 😎
God bless the USMC and all those they protect. Hoo Ra!
F-4 still flying from above my house
its amazing how great of an impact such little acts can have
Some of the most badass F-4 footage I’ve seen.
Thanks, Phantoms Phorever!!
I lived in Central Nevada in the 80's, I saw F-4s practically every day. I'm still in love!
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I was privileged to serve with the F-4 during my Navy years, 1966-70. Nothing sounded meaner, flew faster and looked more beautiful in the sky to me than a Phantom. An absolutely unsurpassed interceptor / fighter / bomber.
And when they lit up the afterburners they looked like they were running on soft coal… fin’g awesome sight to behold.
They are loud
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For a short time there was the development of an F-4X that was going to go for the speed/alt record. All they did to it was some aerodynamic reshaping, widened the intakes, and added a water/methanol injector system. In theory it would have hit mach 3 and some change. It would have been able to keep pace with an SR-71. Of course all the SR-71 had to do was push the throttle forward and it would walk away from it. But the point is: A) the F-4X could still get up there and go that fast, and B) the SR-71 could only WALK away....not run. With effectively bone stock J-79s.
The F-4 Phantom II. Proof bricks can fly with enough thrust. 😁
Thank you for your service
I was an Aircraft Electrical System Specialist in the USAF. Worked on these at Bergstrom AFB 1985 -1987. F-4s were some awesome awesome aircraft.
Thanks, Phantoms Phorever!!
Ahhhh, the trusty J-79 and the Phantom, a combo like no other! Thanks for this and no music, the J-79 is the best sound track ever!
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I have always _loved_ the Phantom. For me, it was the first "serious" looking fighter jet. It had this tough, badass look about it, like an onery motherfμcker just looking to get in a rumble. Especially when all the hard points were fully loaded out and maxed with armaments. Reminds me of one of those Roadrunner cartoon scenes when Wile E. Coyote has an overwhelming mass of rockets, missiles, TNT, etc. all crammed and targeted into the TR standing on an "x" drawn on the middle of the road.
I have read that an F4 at gross weight weighs as much as a railroad locomotive, and the wing tips weigh 900 pounds each.
Wouldn't that be an "overwhelming mass of (acme) rockets, missiles, TNT, etc? Beep Beep !
Thanks, Phantoms Phorever!!
If Wiley-E had been this bad*ss, those would've been REALLY SHORT cartoons.
Did this guy have any idea at the time that he was shooting the single greatest F-4 phantom footage in history? AMAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
rcvideoshooter IKR?
Alf-Einar Sivertsen Lol, I am an Audio engineer, I grew up my entire life on Military Bases as my Father was an F-4 Pilot, spent a hell of a lot of time around Jet Aircraft. Of course the video is crappy dumbfuck, it is old.
5.06 Dumbfuck
Alf-Einar Sivertsen So you are a DJ? That is laughable, so people pay to see you play your shitty tracks on your laptop? Ok Mr. Garage Band....
Alf-Einar Sivertsen Only a little boy uses that term... Don’t you have some “beats” to make or is Mommy calling you for Dinner?
Hands down, the best F-4 video I have ever seen!
+Maine Man Thanks! Phantoms Phorever!!
Even better than the one w/Van Hen’s”Right Now”.
Would of love to be there. It's definitely one of my favourite jets. Sort of reminds me of the P47 Thunderbolt, big with the look of pure brute force.
We moved from Lake Arrowhead down to Apple Valley. I loved watching the Phantoms from George flying all the time. As a child I fell in love with them and until I went to Willow Run air show with my Uncle and saw the F 18 Blue Angels were my favorite! But those Phantoms as an adult and a career in Naval Aviation behind me hold a special place in my heart.
Stationed at George!
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As an old F-4 crew chief with several Phantom bites to prove it, that was music to my ears. I crewed F-4Cs, Ds, Es, and RF-4Cs back in the ‘60s and ‘70s. My favorite fighter of all time!
Another 431 here. Bergstrom & sunny Zweibrücken ‘77-‘81. Bad back, knees, scars & bad hearing now, but would do it all over again.
Another 431 here. TJ 80-83 F4-D. (Torrejon) Same here, Phantom bites, and hydraulic stained knees. Would do it all again.
Thanks for your service guys! (See my Phantom Phixer logo?)
Music to my ears. 431 crew chief on F-4Ds (Holloman) and Es (DaNang, Takhli) and AMU maintenance officer on RFs. Scars and sun-damaged skin…….I’d it all again.
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I was born in 1961, so for me the Fabulous Phantom will always be exactly what a jet warplane should look like.
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Exactly !
theoldar hell yes
Scott 1 Both, F-14 is my fav after the F-4
I was born much later and I think Phantom is generally one of the most beautiful man made things out there.
phantom is one of the sexiest craft ever built and it's great to watch flyboys that know how to have fun and put on a good show! A+
+knucklehead0202 Yes, Thanks. Phantoms Phorever!!
Wow! Kudos to the pilots and cameraman, this is awesome.
Sonic boom at 2:30
@@offlaner And 3:10.....
@@caribman10 3:10 nope.
@ right before that @ 3:05
@@jaypaint4855 at my phone it is rated at 3:10 :< youtube really got us there. lol i tried to look it in my pc and its 3:05 lol Thanks mate
Still one of THE sexiest aircraft ever! This and the Tomcat rule my taste in planes.
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Well then, Rick; you have excellent taste in planes!
You got your beer goggles on?
If you don't mind, please add just one more chance to the list: the McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle.
@@StangdrivaFiveO To list a top 5, the F15, A-10 and AC-130 would fill that list.
The F-4 is just so classic looking, so muscular. Today you see a Ferrari, a Lambo, a Porsche, and you appreciate what they can do and of course, their beautiful esthetic design. But when you see a 1960 Thunderbird, or '64 Riviera, or '67 Corvette, you feel something much deeper inside, that tells you you're looking at an old soul. Same with the Phantom.
I once watched a documentary of the 1973 Yom Kippur / Arab-Israeli War. The veteran pilot said that when he came back from a mission during that war, which was a hard one for both sides, he'd affectionately caress the nose of his F-4, like it was a horse in an old western. He said only that plane knew the hell that the two of them had just been through, and he was expressing his gratitude for bringing him back. Never forgot that.
I don't know exactly how other country's pilots see themselves, but in the US, I'd say we see ourselves as modern cowboys, like Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff. Maybe that's just me, though.
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Thank you for no music.
No Music, are you deaf!! I heard the National Anthem playing the whole time!!!
Music to my Ears 🤙🏻
The music is the aircraft....
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Beautiful Aircraft! I was lucky enough to be a part of the last USAF Active Duty squadron, the 561st Wild Weasels. Deployed with them a couple of times in the '90s.
My favorite aircraft, loved working on them.
George AFB or Nellis? I was stationed at GAFB 1986-1989.
I was in the 37TFW at that time. 563rd AMU... and CRS from 1984-86. I remember launching our jets for a mobility ORI... we launched 24. Top Gun doesn't come close when you've got 6 jets at EOR, 6 coming out of the chocks, 6 cranking and 6 going through final pre-flights with everyone going crazy trying to get the last jets put together so they can fly. Lots of hard work but good times.
I was with the 561st in 1989 and when deactivated I went to the 35
@@motorbikemadness5773 I was there at the same time, 35th CRS. I worked at the PMEL. I calibrated the test cell and I maintained the SOAP machine. It was a shame they closed the place down.
No music, my ass. I hear a whole mess of J79s singin' their hearts out. :D
+murraybs BEST COMMENT YET!! I AGREE, nothing like the sound of the J79s!! Thanks....
In stereophonic splendor, yet. . .
@@f4flys :-):-):-)
@@f4flys thats my fishing hole yall :-p pyramid lake.
Just cant tell you my spots :-p
@@f4flys THANK YOU BROTHER
I'm a recently retired A.E. with America's largest defense contractor. My Dad was an Engineer at Cape Canaveral from '56 thru '76 and I grew up in Cocoa Beach, just north of Patrick AFB (now SFB) and they had a fighter squadron there at that time. As young teen boys we used to ride our bikes down A1A and sit at the end of the runway to watch the Mighty F4 Phantom II's take off with full military power right over our heads. They were big SOB's and man did that J79 smoke but they held 52 world speed, altitude, time to altitude and timed closed course records.
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Absolutely fantastic. Such a shame our litigious culture means we'll never get to see this sort of display. Thanks for sharing, and great quality film and camera work too!
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My Father worked at the St. Louis McDonnell Douglas plant where the F4 was built. He was one of the engineers who helped designed the jet. Well, that along with the F15, F18 and various missile systems that he never talked about. Anyway, back in the 70s, St. Louis had a National Guard post right at Lambert Field just a few hundred yards away from McDonnell Douglas and the National Guard F4s (probably test flights from MD as well) used to fly over our house on a regular basis. From our house the airport was only ~15 miles away from Lambert Field and sonic booms were heard on a regular basis back in those days. I don't recall anyone complaining about the noise or broken windows, then again, I was only 6-12 years old.
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Such a timeless classic; like a '63 Corvette or an AC Cobra. Always a thrill to see one.
And yes, thanks for the unadulterated J79 music.
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born in 57. I miss hearing the occasional sonic boom back in the early 60s while we were outside playing
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gk10002000 I miss them too, born in 55.
Yes I miss that too. The lake is just S. of the runway where. i used th fish. We had more fun watching the F-4s
We never caught many fish.
@@robertsinger1374 Just go out exactly where the California quakes are going on now(California City Ca). They crack out there to the point of being somewhat irritating. When they were flight checking the F-22 it was daily and many times triple booms from multiple AC flying by boom! boom! boom!
Born in 81 and I remember hearing random sonic booms as late as the early nineties ( Missouri National Guard F4s none the less)
Wow, this is simply awesome! As a child in the 70's, the beautiful shape of the F-4 Phantom always spark fascination with aviation!
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I want to share my own story...
When I was younger (early 80's) I was working on the farm in Northern Indiana. They used to fly F4's out of Grissom which wasn't much more than 75 miles away. I was sitting at the end of a barn in the shade eating my lunch, leaning up against the barn doors... nice and quiet, relaxing.
No warning... 2 F4's came from behind me over the roof of the barn at somewhere around 1000ft.. I'm pretty sure they were even lower than that. At any rate, I never even heard them coming. when they broke the roof of that barn I nearly shat myself. I could see afterburners running and they were out of sight in no time flat. Those guys were hauling mail...
I know supersonic flight is prohibited in most places, but I'm not so sure of those guys were sub. I never heard anything but birds chirping until it was too late. I've never been that close to one running... let alone one at operational speed. Next to the B-58, I think that's the loudest aircraft I've ever heard.
funkyzero Great Story!!
+funkyzero My Ex's grandparents used to live 1/4 mile from the end of the property line at Grissom in Bunker Hill. Full burner takeoffs all day. The best reason to go see the old folks......NASTY!!!
+funkyzero I think if the F-4s where that low and going super sonic you'd be deaf.
+Zee Kusa I was at Amberley Australia RAAF airbase when they were flying the F4Es - I was sitting in a steel building about 100m from the runway - an F4E doing a "low level high speed pass for a VIP in the tower" was supposed to go by at Mach .9 - he "slipped through" the barrier and it was the loudest noise I have EVER heard - because I didn't hear him coming I thought one had crashed right alongside the building. Thousands of dollars damage (mainly glass smashing) all around the base and the nearby town (Ipswich). MAGIC aircraft, still one of my favourites after all these years - and yes mate, I am bit deaf.....got a million stories to tell about those big buggers. And don't forget those pilots were flying CANBERRAs before they got the Phantoms - like getting out of a Mini and climbing into a Ferrari...
I too grew up in the same area, same time frame and clearly remember the sound barrier being broken when I was young. I swore the front wall of the house moved in and out as it happened and then all the neighbors piled outside. I was just thinking of that while watching this video, what a coincidence to see your post. Google Maps shows I was about 67 miles from Grissom in the DeMotte/Roselawn area.
Another big thanks for NOT having music...just the music of those great Phantoms.!!
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I'm an old Phantom Phixer (Elmendorf AFB F-4E and Bergstrom AFB RF-4C). I was there for the F-4's last big hurrah during Desert Storm as we assembled RF-4C's and F-4G Wild Weasels. I miss those old planes and will always love them.
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Love this Phantoms. I live in south west germany and in this area both the US airforce and our Luftwaffe often do trainingflights, few year's back around 9 in the morning 2 PHANTOMS screamed me out of my bed. Best alarm clock ever.
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Marco H. I used to live in Germany as a kid, my father was in the USAF in the late eighties. I remember riding across Germany and the Phantom's would often be in formation flying low down the Autobahn, it was awesome
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My father was career Air Force, as an NCO in AFCS (Communications), and spent his career in tower and radar operations. I too, love the F-4 , what a beast. But I still have a very soft spot in my heart for the F-100 Super Sabre. Probably, because as a child, that's the plane they were flying out of Myrtle Beach when we were stationed there, and because the first time I ever saw the Thunderbirds , that was the plane they were flying then. Magnificent.
Thanks for a great video, and NVANG---great flying!
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I heard music all through this video, and it was awesome.
+david ogden Thanks! Phantoms Phorever!!
If that was NVANG, then probably Lake Mead.
@@johnbenson222 That was Mono Lake at the first part and the Phantoms were out of China Lake NAS. We used to watch them fly up the Owens Valley there way back when. Then probably Mead later in the video.
Yes! Definitely no "noise"!
I was with the 1st Marine Air Wing in Chu Lai, VN.,66-67, just over a sand dune from a MAG - and these ugly beauties would take off by 2's and 4's pretty much around the clock. After awhile, you got to where could sleep right thru the thundering noise. I loved every second of it.
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Know what you mean. On weekends away from the base & later when discharged I kept waking up missing the jets coming in to land. Our barracks were about 300m from the end of the runway on the approach.
As this year marks the 50th anniversary of the battle for Hamburger Hill (Hill 937, Dong Ap Bia), I have read several books in the past two months about the battle. In all three books, I was impressed by each author's description of Phantoms dropping bombs on the hill. This video displays what those guys (on both sides) must have heard. I can imagine that this was music to the ears of our grunts.
im sure these planes saved my grandpa's ass a few times back in the late 60s/early 70s.
RIP pops, 1950-2018
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Mine too. USAF B-52 Pilot 1954-1974, with 2 unaccompanied and 1 accompanied(Guam) tours over SEA. RIP Dad, 1935-2021.
I worked on the RF4Bs of VMFP-3. There's no mistaking the roar of a Thunder Hog!
Semper Fidelis!
+feldweible YES !! Phantoms Phorever!!
Semper fi, Feldweld, VMFA-323 (75-77)VMFP-3 (77-79)
VMFA 314 (77-79) 531 (79-81)
Paul Branstine MCAS El Toro, back in the good old days. Grey Ghosts, baby!
I worked Com/Nav shop with VMFP-3 (78-81). Semper Fi! - Dave Valantine
Best video by far on youtube. Never get tired of seeing the old school RF-$c make some noise. Looks like the pilots were having a blast
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I was stationed at MCAS El Toro from 1989-1992. VMFP-3 was still operational with their RF-4Bs. What a wonderful time to be alive! :)
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Awesome! A special thanks for not adding any music to this video. And an extra EXTRA special thanks for not adding that goofy song "Danger Zone" from Top Gun either!
+Phayzyre105 Thanks! Phantoms Phorever!!
Highway to the Danger Zone
cmon, you know you wanted to hear it!
wipout1 Uh....no. That silly movie had more flaws than a Ford Pinto!
But you don't have to take my word for it: www.rantlifestyle.com/2014/04/26/15-glaring-mistakes-top-gun/
Phayzyre105
yes, but still an iconic 80's movie!
BAM!!! That's exactly what was missing that made this awesome!
p.s. Some T&A would've been nice tho...:-/
Absolutely WONDERFUL video!!! I was in the 117th Medical Squadron which was later changed to 117th Medical Group. When I first arrived at the base in 1984-85 We had RF4-C Phantom Reconnaissance aircraft like in your video. The F-4 Phantom no matter what the air frame is one of my ALL time favorite aircraft. Our base was the 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing(TRW) with the 106th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron(TRS) assigned. The base is on the opposite side of the B'ham, AL Airport. After our RF-4C aircraft were retired in 1996 our base converted to the KC-135R tanker. It is now the 117th Air Refueling Wing(ARW). A great tanker to be sure, but it just doesn't have the mystic of the RF-4C aircraft to me that we used to have. I grew up in Pleasant Grove, AL which is only about 13 miles from the B'ham airport. We are in the final approach of the airport. I remember growing up watching the RF-4C's turning in on final approach to the airport, dropping the landing gear and flaps in preparation for landing. Always a cool sight to see. Thank you so much for posting the video. B'ham apparently flew the same model F-4 Phantom as the Reno, NV ANG did.
+BAMATDI1 Thanks, great story. While we were in Desert Storm, we flew the Birmingham jets along with our own. They had a different camera capability and was used for different missions.
I remember when our RF4-Cs were given a different camera for certain missions. I'm sorry to say I don't remember exactly what kind of special cameras our aircraft received but I remember something about them. Some type of Infra Red special optics or something like that. I just can't remember so I don't want to sound like I know, because I don't. I hope I make sense.
Here's an anecdotal story for you. After being stationed at an AFB for 2.5 years with F-4 Phantoms you never forget their sound. I was in England going down the A43 with an English friend. I heard a plane overtaking us from behind. I told my friend here comes an F-4 Phantom. He wanted to argue with me on it. He said: "No it's not, it's a bloody F-111." The plane that was assigned to RAF Upper Heyford which was the base I was stationed at, at the time. I told him:"No it's not, it's an F-4 Phantom." Well my friend continued to argue with me about the sound of the aircraft until it passed over us going in basically the same direction we were. After the F-4 Phantom passed over us, he asked me:"How did you know it was an F-4 Phantom.?" I told him after being assigned to a base for 2.5 years with the Phantom, you never forget their sound. No other aircraft had what I call the "moaning" sound of an F-4 Phantom in low level flight. Anecdotal but true story to be sure.
The F4 Phantom is one of my all time favorite jets, got lucky a few years ago. They were still flying out of Holloman AFB. QF4 comes and does a few touch and go's. They see us watching from the sidelines, and he goes around this time keeps it low and punches the throttle and goes vertical and does a barrel roll for us! Awesome times...
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I absolutely love this video and never tire of watching it. F4 was my first love. My son , born in 2001 and who has seen just about every fighter there is fly at Joint Base Andrews, which includes p51, f86, f15,16,blue Angels 18s, f-22s, claims the f4 as his favorite aircraft and he's never seen it fly! Man would I love to see this shot with modern technology. Which is not to take anything away from your video! Must have been a total blast to shoot this. Thought I saw a boat on the lake? Thanks again for sharing this historical gem.
+Joe Whitney Thanks, it was a BLAST!! Phantoms Phorever!!
2020, and the sound from this jet is ever unbeliveble
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My 1st base was Zaragoza Spain & we had F-4’s. Your video takes me back to 1978 & being 20 years old working the flight line at ZAB. Great F-4 video!
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this is some of the best footage I have ever seen, absolutely incredible, thanks for uploading...
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Damn ☹️☹️☹️ First of all the fact that the Phantom first flew in 1958 blows my mind...I mean...1958... It's amazing how much progress had been accomplished at this point when the earliest jets had entered service during WW2, these early jets already looked futuristic in the 1940's but to come up with something as space-age and fast as the Phantom in the mid/late 1950's was truly amazing...
Second, the pilots are BADASS...
And third I can't imagine what it must have been like to be there and watch these jet fighters do their acrobatics so close to the ground and the water with a sonic boom...
I mean...wow...
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Nice! And I am soooo glad there were jets actually breaking the sound barrier.. soo many vids say it, but most don't have it. the Phantom is still amazing to me. I love em... they were sooo loud in general. taking off in pairs - Thunder! whoohoo!!!
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This is the best airshow video I've ever seen! And Loved the F4 Phantom as a kid. Thank You!
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I miss the Phantoms, thanks for sharing the video!
+Mark Turner Phantoms Phorever!!
I was an F4 Phantom crew chief with the 557th TFS IN Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam 1968-1969 . An exciting time for me, and the best experience. The most exciting plane to see performing.
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They owned the sky that day! Harley Davidson of jet fighters! Watched the Marine F4s out of El Toro fly over the 405 all the time growing up.
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I was an F4F technician (electronics) in the German Air Force, Hopsten Airbase near Rheine, from1981-1992. Great aircraft. .In an accident with a radio mast in Goose Bay (Labrador), the F4 lost an aileron and a part of a slat. STILL a SAFE LANDING. I miss the time
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Your caption is incorrect, young sir! The music was composed by Mr Pratt and Mr Whitney. A cover version by Mr Rolls and Mr Royce was published over here in the F4K and F4M. Greetings from Southampton, UK
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Not to nit pick, but the actual musicians for the US F4's were Mr. General and Mr. Electric... J79, the best FOD vacuums ever built.
Peter Davies the Brits had better engines. Over 4000 more trust per engine.
@@threexfromwsg the weight and mods needed to make them fit blew the benefits out the window. Plus the cost! The British government footed the bill because TSR1 and F-111 debacles.
OUR F-4's in the U.S. were powered by General Electric J-79's
Best F4 footage ever, nice booms in the middle of the video. Great slow passes with the BLC's screeching like banshees! Thanks! The is historical and the low passes are fantastic and the pull ups over the water are the bomb.
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sound of the roaring engines of F-4E Phantoms is so bad-ass.
+ignatei Yes!! Phantoms Phorever!
Listen at 5:05 or so. Crack is it. Close to ground the boom has no time to propagate.
Have always loved this beast first plane I had to work around so many years ago
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I grew up watching the Thunderbird flying these. Those were the best performances ever!
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As a retired McDonnell Douglas worker this is awesome! Best footage I've seen!
Great video!Wish others out there could take a hint and post more videos like this one-- without music! If you have no audio but great footage, I can understand using music instead of silence but if there is audio with great visuals, why do so many people want to ruin it with music instead of playing what is real and authentic? So for those who do this often,Take a hint people--next time you want to post a great video, because I can promise you that if we are interested enough in it to watch it, we want to see and hear experience it as it happened--authentically and without music! Trust me...we wanna HEAR the action!
Anyways,having said that, the F4 is one of my favorite war birds-the mysterious look, the howl of the intakes heard when it's coming at you, the smokey trails and last but not least, the sound--oh man that's an awesome sound-the F4! I remember back in the early 80'swhen we had the F4-E's of the 69th TFS--the "Werewolves" stationed at Moody Air Force Base here and I used to go out to the dirt road just outside of the perimeter fence at the North end of the base which was very close to the 2 parallel runways and they would often take off in pairs side by side...it was so loud!! It was the perfect place to go for spotting military planes because it was open fields. unobstructed views and very close to the approach end of the 2 runways..you could sit there for hours watching them come and go-- one after the other over and over and when sitting directly under the approach light towers they would be so low you felt the wake turbulence and you would see the dust swirling as it passed over you--especially when just before crossing the threshold they would do a missed approach and the deafening, ground shaking roar would overcome you as the black smoke would suddenly start blowing out as they pull the gear up and quickly climb then peel off to go around and set up another approach.. Watching them come in low just over the tree line you would hear that roaring/howling sound they made at the intakes when coming at you if the throttles were advanced...that was an awesome sound! They eventually replaced them with F16C's--the block40's I think it was and with the Lantirn pods...they used to do a lot of low level flying around here back then--a bit done at night too. These days it's pretty quiet around here with A10's now and It's been years since I last saw and heard an F4 in real life but I'll never forget that sound and all of the times spent sitting on that dirt road for hours watching that old bird and it is missed! I liked the noisy skies unlike most people...it sounded like freedom to me--if you get what I'm sayin! :)
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When I lived in Reno in the 90's, I was able to watch the High Rollers doing their overhead recovery several times a week. What sights and sounds. Loved it.
+JDA97367 Those were the days :) Phabulous Phantoms !!
Who could possibly DISLIKE this video!!!! This is AWESOME!!!
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I had the honor of being assigned to the 474th tfw,429th AMU at Nellis AFB in the late 70's to 1980, we flew the much feared F-4D and what beasts they were. Seeing these beauts in all their glory brings back so many great memories. Having been TDY to CFB Cold Lake, Alberta,Canada and Barbers Pt, Oahu, Hawai'I, I helped show the world, in part, just how incredible those birds were. I came back home after discharge and visited Dayton, Ohio's A F Museum, only to find one of the planes I worked on, sitting on the Tarmac, as impressive as ever. I was beaming with pride and blessed to touch that amazing aircraft again. What an honor to have worked on, uploaded munitions onboarding them and seeing them successfully return to base. Mission accomplished, pride still runs through my veins every day. Thank you USAF, for the honor and memories
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Thank u for the beautiful noise. Its music to MY EARS!
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I love all your videos. It brings back so many memories working with such an incredible plane. The brute power, speed and noise are something I will never forget! I never get tired of seeing these videos. If you could piece together any more it would be great!. THANK YOU!
Love the Phantom. I saw them a lot when I was in Nam in Chu Lai 68-69 1st MAW MAG 12.
Phil Brown VMFA 314 Com Nav, 68.
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Phantoms ripping through the air really is quite incredible to behold!
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First jets I ever saw. 50 years ago. When the Birds and the Angels flew them. I was 10 years old.
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I would pay millions just to see this, no fancy maneuvers, no annoying background music, just loud ass jets flying around testing the limits. Like they're just having high speed runs all day long
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Thanks for posting this!
This video is Phantastic Phor Phantom Phans!
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Spent several hours looking for video that would show people who have never worked on an F-4 phantom what the plane sounded like and what it could do. The videos I have previewed so far depicting preflight do not capture my memories of launching RF-4Cs at Bergstrom back in the day, but this video is awesome. subscribed thank you
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Unbelievably fantastic. I'm old enough to remember F4's while they were still flying out of McConnell AFB as a child. Definately my fav fighter jet. And as others have said, thanks for not effing it up with a crappy music track!
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im from wurth smith afb mi my dad was a B-52 pilot and my step dad was stationed at Clark afb n the Philippines. he use to fly the beautiful f-4 phantom E. he took me up once and i loved it never got scik but amped up. i still love that jet nasty as bomber before they put guns on it. hey if u want to chat hit me up on fb dave Russell. later military brat fam
David W Wonder There's gonna be a ton of Dave Russells on FB. heh I won't know which one is you.
yea im on private cam i add u then
ill take it off private ill post a profile pic of a f-4 phantom then you'll know its me. there's no dave Russells with a phantom pic
Thank you for this. I’ve been looking for a footage of an F-4 Phantom II, and i finally found one of the best ones i’ve ever seen. Thanks and Phantoms Phorever...
I´m gonna use this as ringtone
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I will never forget one climbing vertically over our High School in California when the Navy was setting the time to climb records out of Pt. Mugu, CA. They went nearly vertical over our high school (the first vertical obstruction right of the end of the Pt. Mugu runway inland). The classrooms just went quiet since the noise was fierce.... the sound of freedom.
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That was sick!!! Nothing like some cranky phantoms to open your ears lol. "Raw power"
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With out a doubt one of the best videos on RUclips, along with one of the most awesome soundtracks ! 🇺🇸
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I agree. The F4 Phantom is the sexy iconic vision of what a versatile fighter jet should be. Big, bad, brutal, but damn beautiful to look at. I would also agree, the F-14 Tomcat looks like an evil demon that is coming to steal your soul. Take my breath away because I've been to the danger zone. Cliché.
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Nice Video!! Love the sounds so much. It is really difficult to find good video that captures and does justice, the moaning crys, whines, and roars of those twin J79's!!
Thank you!
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I miss the good ol days when these were stationed out of Reno
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I used to belong to a r/c club that was authorized to fly off a large pad on Camp Horno, an area of Camp Pendleton Marine Base....we rarely saw real aircraft...then one day, without warning, 2 F-4's come off the Pacific Ocean, about 300-400-- AGL, right over us and our field....gone in seconds...but never forgotten and forever impressed !!
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Man, I love the Phantom!
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Great old video from Nevada. I miss our F-4's out of San Antonio. Thanks for the memories about them.
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Except possibly around 2:31, were there any sonic booms in the vid? Everytime an F-4 passed, you could hear the engine noise preceed it. Not taking anything away from the video, it was really excellent!
+Jangle2007 Yes, two. These videos were shot back in 1995 on old video equipment. The dust kick up is one indication of a sonic boom. The camera operator definitely reacted to the LOUD SONIC BOOM. Glad you liked it!
Jangle2007 3:07 as well.
there were two supersonic passes.
and both times the cameraman flinched.
the boom from the mighty F4 phantom is far more manly and pendulous of scrotum than the namby pamby crack from an F18.
+stinkyfungus "pendulous of scrotum".....that turn-of-phrase goes into the file for future use. Thanks for the chuckle.
+stinkyfungus - I agree with Jangle, "pendulous of scrotum" is an excellent metaphor that I shall retain for future use ! Also, I wonder if you might possibly be related to my buddy stinkyfinger ?
Sweet compilation! Always loved the loud and proud Phantom. Excellent video.
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What a magnificent shape the Phantom has. It looks just right. This and the Skyhawk were MD at the top of their game. You could never tire of them. Both my all-time favourite jets.
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Forever phantoms!
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Nice video, I missed them with the Reno ANG by a year. Watched and photographed a pair leave the Reno Air Races, Monday after actually in 2016. What a show they put on leaving.
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Thank you for the awesome air show. Those engines are music to my ears.
There is like only one or two sonic booms but still great video
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Dad was test pilot at McDonnell Douglas in St Louis flying these... he'd fly it over our farm 50 miles west and break the sound barrier on purpose breaking windows and knocking loose bricks from chimneys and scaring livestock...nobody ever complained! This was early 1960's He was a hot dog...was navy fighter pilot in WW II...an ace with 9 verified kills, he has a lot help back then.
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It' s the Mach Loop Nevada-style with all RF-4's.
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Just when I thought your videos could not get any better you step up and do it! Thanks so much!!
Crazy. Things were VERY different back then. lol
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I knew a guy back in the early 90s that claimed he flew SR-71s also flew several other aircraft , he said the F-4 was like flying a bus because it was so big . He had some kind of lung damage from flying at super high altitude for so many years , he had to leave the state to a state in the Southwest because of mold in wetter climate states. He seemed legit , would not elaborate on missions just general stuff , he did say he loved flying the F-4 , very powerful , great video , it is a brute of an aircraft.👍👍
if they got any lower they would have needed flippers and a schnorkel excellent video
loved it without the music
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We had RF-4Cs from the 106th TRS, AL ANG, flying over our family farm regularly on VR1055. It was always an absolute blast to see those two ship formations of Phantoms come roaring over. I remember one particular Saturday morning my dad had just finished doing some work on our old Ford 8N tractor. Anyway he was out bush hogging one of our pastures and I was standing at the edge watching him. I looked to the north just in time to see a two ship formation of the RF-4Cs come screaming directly at the field then one of them just super slightly broke off, went lower and went right over my dad, from behind, putting along on the tractor. He had no idea so he bailed off the moving tractor thinking something bad was happening. As soon as the one F-4 flew over he kinda pulled back in the vertical a little and I always wondered if they were looking back over their shoulders laughing.
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The F4 Phantom is proof that even a rock can fly, if you put a big enough engine on it.
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The quote was " a brick " and "thrust "
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Lot of dead gomers would disagree with that ability to turn not being one of the Phantom's qualities
Is your eyesight really that wretched?
As long as the engines were running they'd fly. With slats and flaps down, the ducted airflow over the wing would maintain lift. However, if the engines weren't running, it had a glide angle of a brick.
My Father was a Flight Instructor in the 50/60's at both Memphis and Norfolk...The A-4, F-4 and F-104 were my favorites. Then the F-15 came along' what a racehorse.
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I lived in Florida in 1971 after there had been an air incursion by Cuban jets. For weeks we had F-4s and B-52s flying extremely low over our cottage on patrol. You could actually see the pilots in the cockpit. The noise would take your breath away! Awesome experience.
Where was this in Fla?
@@RK807 Hernando, FL
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