A retired Navy Phantom RIO told me a story about when he was invited by a Spanish Air Force friend to fly in a Spanish Air Force Phantom with dual controls which was standard (on all but US Navy Phantoms). He said they were low flying over broken terrain when his friend asked him if he would like to take it. He did and promptly did a barrel roll. After they got back down he was gushing to his friend how great it was to actually get to handle the controls of a Phantom. His friend was puzzled and then horrified to learn that he was not a pilot...he had assumed the US Navy Phantoms had dual controls.
excuse my ignorance, but I did not undertand the punch line. So... did your friend get to fly the bird and the Spanish pilot thought he always had full control of the airplane?
@@fredeb67 As an Aussie, I didn't get your comment, so I looked it up on RUclips. So funny! Very appropriate for the original comment. Those ads are hilarious!
When I was a child in the 1970s, living in Germany back then, I saw them almost daily. It was the time of the cold war, so low-level flight training was very common. The area I lived in was hilly, so sometimes they passed through the valleys between those hills, almost lower than I was standing. It was an incredible sight! And the sonic boom, good lord! The F-4 certainly is the most beautiful military jet ever made and prolly it will be forever.
@@wms1650 They did not do anything. The J-79's don't smoke when the afterburners are engaged. Without the afterburners it's like watching a flying freight train...
@@bunssmith9988 Buns Smith, from 1978-1982 I worked for a FBO, International Business Aircraft located @ Tulsa International Airport. The Oklahoma National Garde flew A7 and F4 aircraft there. I loved the howl of the F4 during landing. They practiced a lot, especially on weekends. My memory is the F4 smoked with and without afterburner. My memory may be... wrong.☹️☹️😟🍺🍺
@@wms1650 I was an Air Traffic Controller at Nellis AFB Nevada from 1977 to 1983. I could see the F4's from 10 miles away. Actually, I could see the smoke. The F-4's came from all over the country to participate in red flag exercises. From 10 miles away they all smoked. From time to time an F-4 would require a functional check flight. We would grant a max climb to 30,000 feet. (Full Afterburner.) No Smoke. I had a bird's eye view. Literally. I am only relaying what I saw first hand.
@@bunssmith9988 I was in the Phantom AMU, 57th FWW, waepons tech from 1982 until they were phased out in early 1985. We played hackey sack at the end of the runway until you saw the smoke coming from the north. Then you knew you had a few minutes left before they landed. And had to worry about hot brakes.
I was a U.S. naval officer in the 80s stationed in Charleston S.C. There were two Phantoms, I think from the New York Air National Guard, stationed at the Charleston air force base. They were there for the purpose of intercepting Soviet reconnaissance aircraft that would sometimes probe the coast near our military installations. Whenever I saw those Phantom's heading out to sea with their afterburners lit I knew the soviets were out there trying to sneak up on us. I kind of miss those days.
@Craig Tucker Charleston is on the east coast of the US. The planes they were intercepting were Tupolev T-95 bombers flying out of Cuba which the Soviet Union at that time like to call their aircraft carrier. They didn't actually expect to penetrate our airspace. It was done to gage our detection and intercept thresholds. They did this on the west coast as well. It was a pretty regular occurrence during the cold war.
And, hey! I was one of the guys launching those intercepts. 82-85 I worked for as a Weapons Controller (basically interceptor ATC) for NORAD at the 23 Air Defense Squadron at Tyndall AFB. We had scopes that watched the entire coastline from Virginia, down around the tip of Florida, through the gulf to Brownsville Texas. Long Range Radar that looked all the way out to the ADIZ for Soviet Union Tu-95 "Bear" bombers on the way down to Cuba. They'd fly right outside the ADIZ, and every once in a while once in a while, they wouild turn into the mainland and cross the ADIZ. Then they would time how long it took for our interceptors to show up. They take pics of our planes for their intel files, and we'd take pics of theirs for ours. It's funny because while they've been intercepted by F-102s, F-106s, F-4s, F-15s, F-16s, F-22s, and F-35s, every time we got there, they are still flying the exact same plane. Sometimes with new features here, or a new "bulge" there, but otherwise, the same plane.
When a jet goes vertical, it's an impressive thing. When a phantom goes ballistic, it is a sight to behold. I've watched operational F-4's, F-14's, and F-15's do this. It might be just my wistful imaginings, but I could almost feel a joy emanating from these magnificent birds when they did so. Sadly, some of those phantoms really are destined to fly a stick, as we say when a jet is retired. The beautiful thing is, they will serve as a monument to all those who flew and maintained her over the decades. Arrigato, 1-300. Thank you for providing a few minutes respite for me.
I am an Air Force vet from the mid 1970’s. The F-4, F-14 and F-15 are music to my ears. You can feel the vibrations when they throttle up. I will always have a sweet spot in my heart for these birds.
The English Electric Lightning ( 🏴 💡⚡️ ) beat the pants off the F-4 Phantom in a climb. (Although the Lightning had far lower range and far inferior radar and armament, it was only designed to intercept bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.)
Step brother was in a Marine F4 squadron based out of Yuma. When he did a cross country hop for training he and his pilot flew into Bergstrom AFB in Austin in 1978 and stayed the night at our parents house. The next morning we took them out to the aircraft and they let me look inside the cockpit till the SAC USAF Security came out with M16s and ordered us back to the red no go past line. We were still able to watch them take off and step brother requested and received permission from pilot and control tower for a burner take off. OMG what a sight and sound looking at that angry beast roar straight up into the clouds ..........
The F-4 has always been my favourite fighter jet. Just for sheer style and beauty. And, hey, thanks for choosing music that isn't annoying and actually accentuates the scenery and doesn't obliterate the natural sound.
Used to watch them take off from Tan Son Nhut airbase from the Seabee (U.S. Navy Construction Battalions) compound just off the northeast end of the base -- way back in 1970. They'd shake the ground as they roared off on missions, afterburners all alight! Evening liftoffs were spectacular to watch. Happy to watch them in JASDF colors! Thank you, Japan, for being an ally and friend for so many decades (and decades to come, I hope!)... what a great and hospitable country (been there seven trips, now).
So refreshing on a Friday evening. However, your ending almost brought a tear to my eyes. One day soon, all of those beautiful Phantoms will be ghosts, hulks, lifeless frames consigned to silence, earthbound. We must enjoy them while we can. Keep bringing them to us as long as you can 1-300. Thank you.
Nuts.... Somewhere in the stack of comments I put some info down that was incorrect regarding the smokeless J79 engines.... The Dash 10 engines smoked but the Dash 10B did not. I think the last bit of carrier deployable F-4J/S models were equipped with the Dash 10B . Navy model F-4N and RF-4Bs had Dash 8s and they smoked like hell. Older model F-4Js had Dash 10s and they smoked too. It's been 40 years since I strapped on an Navy Phantom. Sometimes it takes a while to remember specific stuff. Additionally flying around NAF Atsugi, in the late 70's, I was astounded at the number of local photographers parked at the approach end of the single runway at Atsugi. They must have loved flying machines as much as I did! Good on them too. And I guarantee you, if anything went wrong, the local news would have aired it because 10 people would have filmed you screwing up!
Was working a summer job near Maxwell AFB during the Viet Nam era. Phantoms were constantly doing touch and go landings. Afterburners blasting would shake the buildings and rattle windows. Thanks for waking up those memories.
When I was a Marine in 1968 I saw one take off, hit full afterburner , pull up the gear and the stand it on it’s tail when it got to the end of the runway which was about 75 yards from me. It went straight up until I couldn’t see it anymore in a cloudless sky. Our pilots were all still in their 20s and had at least one combat tour in Vietnam. Theywould get bored and do stuff like that on a regular basis.
So sad to see the Phantoms are waiting to be disassembled in the base. Hope the yellow and blue frogs can be moved to a museum too. Appreciate your amazing video with the BGM. sir.
Since they were introduced back in the 60's, there have been my favorite. Jet Aircraft of all time. I made so many models of them. I miss them quite a bit too.
My Dad worked on the f-4 line as Avionics for 22 years at MDC and I always loved this plane as a kid growing up. I miss MDC as it was a major part of St. Louis history and economics and hated that they went out of business. Now the old hangers I remember seeing them made looks like a ghost town now. What a shame!!!
i was in a helicopter squadron in the 60's and i had the thrill of going on a flight in an f4. it was the most scary and thrilling ride of my life. i will NEVER forget it. it's my favorite aircraft and always will be.
45 years ago a family friend used to buzz our house, in the middle of a few hundred acres, every chance he got, with the most beautiful bird. 40 years ago, in defiance of every rule, I got my only flight., in any bird. It was in his Phantom. They remain the greatest thing to ever fly. I am so happy they flew so long. It breaks my heart to see it all end.
Yokota AFB had squadrons of F-4 Phantoms. Some were the common AF aircraft Camo Green - and some were darker variants with the Roundel with the shadowy spook figure! Some had the shark mouth, and others didn't. They were loud - Very LOUD!
My dad was a crew chief on one Udorn, Thailand 70/71. Always a favorite for me, raising a glass to the triple Nickel and my dad! Love and miss you dad!!
@@Joshua_N-A Big time missile problems in Vietnam. The F-4 would have had more kills if the USAF had listened to the pilots when they asked for a gun when it was in testing.
I was stationed @ George AFB back in the early 80's as a machinist. At least twice a week, early morning, I would go out to the flight line and watch 10 to 30 F-4 's roll down the runway in pairs. It never got old to me! One of my friends worked in Flight Sims, I bet I had more time in the sim than some of the lieutenants there. I actually got pretty good flying it too!
I used to see those F-4Gs all the time, in addition to the F-4C/D/Es that Edwards had that were painted white and red for the Test Pilot School. F-4s, F-106s, F-16s, F-15s, F-111s, T-38As, A-10s, B-1Bs, etc. were a regular occurrence in the 1980s in the Antelope Valley. It was like an airshow every day.
They used the F 4 to chase rockets with on board cameras, back in the day. On one mission, mission control ordered the F 4 to back off as it had reached 80 thousand feet. The chase pilot said he never heard that transmission. He kept going up until the F 4 fell on its tail. He never had that much fun in his life as the 4 searched downward for some air. I think he got an ear full when he landed. But no one really cared, except to ask for some details.
Great Fighter. I was in VF-92 and served on the USS America and USA Constellation as a Flight Deck Troubleshooter for F-4J's. Did 2 WESPAC's to Vietnam in that time.
Absolute favourite Aircraft ever... as a 46 year old Aircraft Engineer of 28 years, The F-4 Phantom II was such an Iconic Aircraft. She was asked to do so much with what she had at the time... for a LOT of years! I have many RC models of this thing... of all sizes. Thank you for this video... Best bit... These were built By Mitsubishi Under Licence at the time!! As an Evo TME and Legnum, and Multiple other owner... Complete sincere respect... The era has ended... Peace... Out!
We had Phantoms at Hahn AFB in Germany during the late 70's. The Barracks was very close to the elevated flight line and we had a great view of full afterburning Phantoms taking off day and night. It was a sight, and sound you will never forget.
fantastic. In this wonderful video you can see the slats retract and the spoilers deploy as the aircraft rolls., great slow motion details. at full burner you can see the fuel guage move ! 15,000 lb / hour per engine.
Dude their is nothing like sitting on the couch on a lazy Saturday morning, coffee in hand in my favourite Super hornet mug and just air playing this to the tv. Absolute bliss I tell you, absolute bliss 🥰 loved the video my guy, keep up the great work!
別のマスタークラスの映画。 すごい。 深く印象的なフライトフィギュア。 とても簡単そうな、積極的な天国の追求。 共有してくれてありがとう、1-300さん。 EN: Another master class movie. Awesome. Deep and impressive flying figures. An active pursuit of heaven that seems very simple. Thanks for sharing, Mr. 1-300.
Beautiful.. Love the F-4, that yellow scarf livery is stunning! Is it just me or do these F-4s look almost brand new?? Japan took great care of these planes. This is some incredible footage, thank you for sharing!! 🧡
Beautiful. I'm so glad you were able to capture this classic aircraft with modern videography. Future generations won't see it fly, but they'll be able to get an idea by watching your work. Again, thanks for doing this.
That first unrestricted climb with two heaters and three external fuel tanks. The big girl certainly still has muscle! Honestly love that the JASDF and RKSAF still rock these Cold War beasts!
When I was a kid, I lived near Soesterberg AFB where the 32st "royal" TFS Wolfhound was based. In those (cold war) days it felt comfortable to see and hear them. Still miss them.
It never gets old. Best take off I ever saw was at Cubi Pt. I was a Sundowner (VF-111) at the end of the F-4 days. One of our birds did full power TO, leveled out at about 50 ft., cleaned the gear, set it on it's rear and spiraled into wild blue yonder. Also saw the remains of one of our birds that did a gear up landing on foamed runway at Cubi Pt. What a mess. That was a real man's job.
I count myself as a very lucky person because i live near an air base and i see them everyday, Turkish air force is still using these beautiful ladies. J79 engines are so loud that i wake up every morning because of them :)
US Navy ex-Carrier Sailor, 1980 - 1984, USS Saratoga (CV-60) and USS Forrestal (CV-59)..... LOVED watching these babies catapulted from the flightdeck... great view from "Vultures Row".
they seem to have GOOD ground crews... all older footage I have seen have smokey exhaust most of the time....and i love the art on the skins of the birds.
If I remember correctly, the F4 Phantom is the only aircraft to have been used by both the USAF and USN demonstration squadrons. if I remember correctly, a number of world records (e.g. speed and time-to-altitude) records were set with the F-4 Phantom II (using unmodified production aircraft) -- which remained unbroken until the F-15 Eagle (in customized configuration for the record attempts).
Never understood people who say about the F-4: "With enough power, even a brick can fly". Which part of its beautiful fuselage reminds you of a brick? Get back in your Nissan Rogue, you don't know a thing about real beauty!
I think it was a issue of high wing loading, and a large carrying capacity, the aircraft was not the most agile fighter of the era due, due to its high wing loading. another nickname for the F-4 was " Lead Sled " Fast but couldn't really turn worth a damn.
@@TheTwtwo Pretty much all of the "century series" fighter planes had relatively high wing loading (the F-4 Phantom II was originally to have the designation as F-110A Spectre with the USAF). If I'm not mistaken, of the "century series" fighter planes, the F-4 had one of the lowest wing loading (which is one of the reasons why it could attain the time-to-altitude records).
Skilled aircrew.....great work in the pattern ....all captured by 1-300. Nothing like it. JASDF flight crews: if you’re watching you are fortunate to have such a capable person recording these historic moments for the world to see. JASDF maintenance crews - your work is AMAZING that allows these old jets to perform like this....315 on the low pass ..... incredible....stand it on its tail and let the J79s scream in full AB......sweet....
My dad was a US Navy F-4 pilot in the early 1970's. He was flying an airshow in Rota Spain doing a high speed pass and the plane went supersonic. The audience was hit with a sonic boom that was like getting hit with Thor's hammer. He told his Commander that it was an accident, but at the dinner table that night we all laughed because we knew better. BTW, the crowd loved it!!!!!
@@1-300 you know I reported you for hucking into all my accounts. it's only a matter of time before you get cought an are in jail thinking about your crime.
Someday i will really miss this 'Phantomastic' beauty in the sky. I hope some decal factory will do decals for this yellow '315' in different scale for plastic models...this is one of most magnificent paint scheme on any Phantom.
My first true love at age 19, F-4E, I had many and miss them all. 67-0451 was also great bird(RF). She was sexy with smoke and without. Love that paint scheme 😎
I worked on the avionics on F-4Ds when I was stationed in Thailand in 1970. These aircraft were lethal to the enemy and could absorb an incredible amount of damage. Many was the time I wondered how they were able to fly back to the base but most did.
Here is the perfect example of how to make a big brute of a machine look so elegant, stunning vid as usual - apart from the shots of old veterans up on blocks!!!!! 👍🏻❤
Still one of the best looking aircraft ever built.
P51, Hornet...
@@cayenne7792 He said, one of.
Cayenne p51 looks cheap
Agree growing up i had a diecast F4 and it was my favorite aircraft for sure.
Darrin Pearce no mig21
A retired Navy Phantom RIO told me a story about when he was invited by a Spanish Air Force friend to fly in a Spanish Air Force Phantom with dual controls which was standard (on all but US Navy Phantoms). He said they were low flying over broken terrain when his friend asked him if he would like to take it. He did and promptly did a barrel roll. After they got back down he was gushing to his friend how great it was to actually get to handle the controls of a Phantom. His friend was puzzled and then horrified to learn that he was not a pilot...he had assumed the US Navy Phantoms had dual controls.
Thanks for the comment
Now that was funny. He should have told him he stayed a Holiday Inn Express.
Lol! 😂
excuse my ignorance, but I did not undertand the punch line. So... did your friend get to fly the bird and the Spanish pilot thought he always had full control of the airplane?
@@fredeb67 As an Aussie, I didn't get your comment, so I looked it up on RUclips. So funny! Very appropriate for the original comment. Those ads are hilarious!
When I was a child in the 1970s, living in Germany back then, I saw them almost daily. It was the time of the cold war, so low-level flight training was very common. The area I lived in was hilly, so sometimes they passed through the valleys between those hills, almost lower than I was standing. It was an incredible sight! And the sonic boom, good lord!
The F-4 certainly is the most beautiful military jet ever made and prolly it will be forever.
Those are the cleanest-burning J-79s I've ever seen.
Agree with you. I didn't know a J79 could be smokeless.
What did Japan do to improve the engine?
@@wms1650 They did not do anything. The J-79's don't smoke when the afterburners are engaged. Without the afterburners it's like watching a flying freight train...
@@bunssmith9988 Buns Smith, from 1978-1982 I worked for a FBO, International Business Aircraft located @ Tulsa International Airport.
The Oklahoma National Garde flew A7 and F4 aircraft there.
I loved the howl of the F4 during landing. They practiced a lot, especially on weekends.
My memory is the F4 smoked with and without afterburner.
My memory may be... wrong.☹️☹️😟🍺🍺
@@wms1650 I was an Air Traffic Controller at Nellis AFB Nevada from 1977 to 1983. I could see the F4's from 10 miles away. Actually, I could see the smoke. The F-4's came from all over the country to participate in red flag exercises. From 10 miles away they all smoked. From time to time an F-4 would require a functional check flight. We would grant a max climb to 30,000 feet. (Full Afterburner.) No Smoke. I had a bird's eye view. Literally. I am only relaying what I saw first hand.
@@bunssmith9988 I was in the Phantom AMU, 57th FWW, waepons tech from 1982 until they were phased out in early 1985. We played hackey sack at the end of the runway until you saw the smoke coming from the north. Then you knew you had a few minutes left before they landed. And had to worry about hot brakes.
I was a U.S. naval officer in the 80s stationed in Charleston S.C. There were two Phantoms, I think from the New York Air National Guard, stationed at the Charleston air force base. They were there for the purpose of intercepting Soviet reconnaissance aircraft that would sometimes probe the coast near our military installations. Whenever I saw those Phantom's heading out to sea with their afterburners lit I knew the soviets were out there trying to sneak up on us. I kind of miss those days.
@Craig Tucker Charleston is on the east coast of the US. The planes they were intercepting were Tupolev T-95 bombers flying out of Cuba which the Soviet Union at that time like to call their aircraft carrier. They didn't actually expect to penetrate our airspace. It was done to gage our detection and intercept thresholds. They did this on the west coast as well. It was a pretty regular occurrence during the cold war.
And, hey! I was one of the guys launching those intercepts. 82-85 I worked for as a Weapons Controller (basically interceptor ATC) for NORAD at the 23 Air Defense Squadron at Tyndall AFB. We had scopes that watched the entire coastline from Virginia, down around the tip of Florida, through the gulf to Brownsville Texas. Long Range Radar that looked all the way out to the ADIZ for Soviet Union Tu-95 "Bear" bombers on the way down to Cuba. They'd fly right outside the ADIZ, and every once in a while once in a while, they wouild turn into the mainland and cross the ADIZ. Then they would time how long it took for our interceptors to show up. They take pics of our planes for their intel files, and we'd take pics of theirs for ours. It's funny because while they've been intercepted by F-102s, F-106s, F-4s, F-15s, F-16s, F-22s, and F-35s, every time we got there, they are still flying the exact same plane. Sometimes with new features here, or a new "bulge" there, but otherwise, the same plane.
@Craig Tucker smart ass.
Not going to lie, I got a little teary eyed watching this. We will miss these birds more than we think.
We still have them ,less than a full squadron. Gonna be replaced by F35 and locally developed and made ones
@@aabb-zz9uw Phantoms have a soul. Best fuel to noice/smoke converter ever.
@@aabb-zz9uw yes we still using f4 phantom to kill terrorist in turkey this is so funny all bastard blow up
The most charismatic jet fighter ever built.
Pay2Build you people really can’t stop genociding your neighbours can you?
Amazing footage, as always. The JASDF have some really cool and unique paint schemes on their F-4s. Thank you Japan for being a good friend and ally.
Those slo-mo shots, watching the rudders flapping around and the elevators flexing...
Great work.
I really hope they preserve yellow scarf in a museum with its final colours.
That example is so "us navy"in its style... absolutely beautiful and proud in its colors.
@@hawkertyphoon4537, it really is a beautiful color scheme, isn't it? Colorful but not gaudy.
@@Chilly_Billy
The thinking behind the JASDF Paintjobs is marvellous.
Military might mixed with culture and Style.
When a jet goes vertical, it's an impressive thing. When a phantom goes ballistic, it is a sight to behold. I've watched operational F-4's, F-14's, and F-15's do this. It might be just my wistful imaginings, but I could almost feel a joy emanating from these magnificent birds when they did so.
Sadly, some of those phantoms really are destined to fly a stick, as we say when a jet is retired. The beautiful thing is, they will serve as a monument to all those who flew and maintained her over the decades.
Arrigato, 1-300. Thank you for providing a few minutes respite for me.
I am an Air Force vet from the mid 1970’s. The F-4, F-14 and F-15 are music to my ears. You can feel the vibrations when they throttle up. I will always have a sweet spot in my heart for these birds.
The English Electric Lightning ( 🏴 💡⚡️ ) beat the pants off the F-4 Phantom in a climb.
(Although the Lightning had far lower range and far inferior radar and armament, it was only designed to intercept bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.)
@@timonsolus Yep, the Electric Lightning's going to do just that; get up to altitude double quick, as an interceptor should.
@@johnakaoldguy3158 You betcha. I've seen each of them go supersonic. There goes the BOOM!!! Beast jets!
Step brother was in a Marine F4 squadron based out of Yuma. When he did a cross country hop for training he and his pilot flew into Bergstrom AFB in Austin in 1978 and stayed the night at our parents house. The next morning we took them out to the aircraft and they let me look inside the cockpit till the SAC USAF Security came out with M16s and ordered us back to the red no go past line. We were still able to watch them take off and step brother requested and received permission from pilot and control tower for a burner take off. OMG what a sight and sound looking at that angry beast roar straight up into the clouds ..........
Nothing like watching and hearing a Phantom take off at dusk with the afterburners lit.
When the Blue Angels flew the F4, now that was a show! The sound was incredible!
The F-4 has always been my favourite fighter jet. Just for sheer style and beauty. And, hey, thanks for choosing music that isn't annoying and actually accentuates the scenery and doesn't obliterate the natural sound.
九州在住の医療従事者です。事実上、今年度の航空祭がすべて中止になり、ファントムをこの目で見る機会が永遠に失われてしまいました。
かくなる上は退役までに一度茨城まで遠征しようと画策中です。職業上、感染拡大中の現状ではそれもかないませんが……。
どうにか退役までに収まってほしいものです。
昨年12月、たぶん最後になるだろうと無理して航空祭に行きました。
時間ギリギリで何とか勇姿は見る事できました。
本当に良かった。
岐阜に行けば見れるから安心なされ
Used to watch them take off from Tan Son Nhut airbase from the Seabee (U.S. Navy Construction Battalions) compound just off the northeast end of the base -- way back in 1970. They'd shake the ground as they roared off on missions, afterburners all alight! Evening liftoffs were spectacular to watch. Happy to watch them in JASDF colors! Thank you, Japan, for being an ally and friend for so many decades (and decades to come, I hope!)... what a great and hospitable country (been there seven trips, now).
So refreshing on a Friday evening. However, your ending almost brought a tear to my eyes. One day soon, all of those beautiful Phantoms will be ghosts, hulks, lifeless frames consigned to silence, earthbound. We must enjoy them while we can. Keep bringing them to us as long as you can 1-300. Thank you.
The magnificent Phantoms reach for the heavens. Beautiful and so well captured in your great videos.
茨城県民として、ファントム爺さんのあの爆音が聴けなくなるのが、少し寂しいですね･･･
今まで日本の空を守っていただき、ありがとう御座いました!!
One of the most brutal looking aircraft ever designed.
And F104 Starfighter....
A beautiful machine. Looks like a well-trained warrior
@@lisardosobaquillo2168 I think the 104 is more sleek looking than brutal looking.
In the words on Vince Neil - "she's got the looks that kill!"
@@lisardosobaquillo2168 one of*
Until you stand next to one, you just don't realize how big they actually are.
Immaculate steady camera work and another great track well edited. All with the Phantoms natural soundtrack behind it all. Amazing 🇯🇵🇬🇧
Nuts.... Somewhere in the stack of comments I put some info down that was incorrect regarding the smokeless J79 engines.... The Dash 10 engines smoked but the Dash 10B did not. I think the last bit of carrier deployable F-4J/S models were equipped with the Dash 10B . Navy model F-4N and RF-4Bs had Dash 8s and they smoked like hell. Older model F-4Js had Dash 10s and they smoked too. It's been 40 years since I strapped on an Navy Phantom. Sometimes it takes a while to remember specific stuff.
Additionally flying around NAF Atsugi, in the late 70's, I was astounded at the number of local photographers parked at the approach end of the single runway at Atsugi. They must have loved flying machines as much as I did! Good on them too. And I guarantee you, if anything went wrong, the local news would have aired it because 10 people would have filmed you screwing up!
Was working a summer job near Maxwell AFB during the Viet Nam era. Phantoms were constantly doing touch and go landings. Afterburners blasting would shake the buildings and rattle windows. Thanks for waking up those memories.
When I was a Marine in 1968 I saw one take off, hit full afterburner , pull up the gear and the stand it on it’s tail when it got to the end of the runway which was about 75 yards from me. It went straight up until I couldn’t see it anymore in a cloudless sky. Our pilots were all still in their 20s and had at least one combat tour in Vietnam. Theywould get bored and do stuff like that on a regular basis.
Your videos always bring a smile to my face...thank you for continuing to put out great content!
So sad to see the Phantoms are waiting to be disassembled in the base. Hope the yellow and blue frogs can be moved to a museum too. Appreciate your amazing video with the BGM. sir.
Since they were introduced back in the 60's, there have been my favorite. Jet Aircraft of all time. I made so many models of them. I miss them quite a bit too.
Love the slow Mo filming . Their outer shell may be earth bound but their souls are still flying .
Grew up outside of St. Louis Mo. in the 60's. These monsters leaving the plant at McDonnel Douglas was a daily treat.
My Dad worked on the f-4 line as Avionics for 22 years at MDC and I always loved this plane as a kid growing up. I miss MDC as it was a major part of St. Louis history and economics and hated that they went out of business. Now the old hangers I remember seeing them made looks like a ghost town now. What a shame!!!
エンジンを抜かれ、展示されメンテナンスされず風雨にさらされ朽ちていくファントム…そして大空へ駆け上がるファントム…まるで天国へと登ってゆく様ですね…今回も美しい映像、そして少し寂しいストーリーありがとうございました！
長きに渡り、日本の空を守り続けてくれたファントムに
ただ、ただ感謝・・・航空祭で見たその勇姿と迫力は永遠の記憶として残っています！
Beautiful markings and paint scheme on those F-4s
Sad to see them on blocks!! Considering the externals, very impressive climb-outs! I worked on them in '63
One of the best airplane videos I've ever watched. Photography and editing are superb!
構成、構図が素晴らしいです。感動しました。ありがとうございます。ファントムIIやっぱり好きです！
i was in a helicopter squadron in the 60's and i had the thrill of going on a flight in an f4. it was the most scary and thrilling ride of my life. i will NEVER forget it. it's my favorite aircraft and always will be.
毎回、動画を拝見しています。どれも美しい映像とBGMで素晴らしいです。
もう少しでファントムが退役ということで昨年、念願の百里基地へ初めて行きましたが本当に感動しました。
今年解散した501SQのレコンファントム（RF-4EJ/EJ改）をしっかりと眼に焼き付けれることができました。
301SQケロヨンファントムも今年で見納め、コロナさえなければ航空祭でお別れをしたかったですね・・・
1-300さんの動画だけが頼りです。どうかお身体をお気を付けてください！
45 years ago a family friend used to buzz our house, in the middle of a few hundred acres, every chance he got, with the most beautiful bird. 40 years ago, in defiance of every rule, I got my only flight., in any bird. It was in his Phantom. They remain the greatest thing to ever fly. I am so happy they flew so long. It breaks my heart to see it all end.
I am soo jealous that you managed to fulfil that dream! Some memories will stay with a person forever, congratulations on having one such memory!
本当に素晴らしい映像をありがとうございます❗
魂の抜けたファントムたちから始まり、そしてまだまだ熱く燃える魂を燃やすファントムたち。
きっと、最後のお化粧したファントムの熱い魂のこもったフライト❗
本当に素敵です❗️
そして、最後に魂の抜けた、
いや、魂を燃やし尽くしたファントムたち。
一般の人とふれ合うことがなったファントムたちが身近なところで余生をすごす姿には、涙が出てきます🥺
Thanks for sharing. When I first moved to Tampa there were Phantoms operating daily out of Mac Dill AFB, and they were awesome to see.
Yokota AFB had squadrons of F-4 Phantoms. Some were the common AF aircraft Camo Green - and some were darker variants with the Roundel with the shadowy spook figure! Some had the shark mouth, and others didn't. They were loud - Very LOUD!
And do you remember the Phantom "howl" sound they made in banking turns? I saw them all the time on AFBs that my dad was stationed at.
One of the "sexiest" and strongest fighters ever built. Flyin like a boss.
My dad was a crew chief on one Udorn, Thailand 70/71. Always a favorite for me, raising a glass to the triple Nickel and my dad! Love and miss you dad!!
the best jet fighter ever, the design and everything about it, its just amazing, like a well done sport car
In the hands of competent crew, it's a tough opponent for the enemy. Early missile tech and rules of engagement tarnished its reputation.
@@Joshua_N-A Big time missile problems in Vietnam. The F-4 would have had more kills if the USAF had listened to the pilots when they asked for a gun when it was in testing.
@@shank492 or bring more F-5s and F-8s.
Joshua N. Ajang The F-8 was the real Mig killer. It had more kills per engagement than the F-4.
@@shank492 F-5s are cheaper than F-4. In competent hands it's a threat. How precise is the F-4's low level bombing and CAS?
My favorite fighter of all time. My dad worked for McDonnell Douglass back in the 60s.
I loved watching them take off at night from the carrier deck when they's kick in the after burners.
. I can still smell the jet exhaust.
Awesome video,best one I've seen on the F-4 Phantom ll,sure love the paint on 315!! Thank you so much for posting this !!
I really liked this video, the music was a perfect match for the visuals. Well done.
I was stationed @ George AFB back in the early 80's as a machinist.
At least twice a week, early morning, I would go out to the flight line and watch
10 to 30 F-4 's roll down the runway in pairs. It never got old to me!
One of my friends worked in Flight Sims, I bet I had more time in the
sim than some of the lieutenants there. I actually got pretty good flying it too!
I used to see those F-4Gs all the time, in addition to the F-4C/D/Es that Edwards had that were painted white and red for the Test Pilot School. F-4s, F-106s, F-16s, F-15s, F-111s, T-38As, A-10s, B-1Bs, etc. were a regular occurrence in the 1980s in the Antelope Valley. It was like an airshow every day.
They used the F 4 to chase rockets with on board cameras, back in the day. On one mission, mission control ordered the F 4 to back off as it had reached 80 thousand feet. The chase pilot said he never heard that transmission. He kept going up until the F 4 fell on its tail. He never had that much fun in his life as the 4 searched downward for some air. I think he got an ear full when he landed. But no one really cared, except to ask for some details.
Man!! I cannot even tell you how much I enjoy your videos.
They are amazing!!
Thank you for this
Great Fighter. I was in VF-92 and served on the USS America and USA Constellation as a Flight Deck Troubleshooter for F-4J's. Did 2 WESPAC's to Vietnam in that time.
Love the Phantoms, the close up video work is just superb. Very good video for a very deserving plane. The one that's done it all.
I was lucky enough to see the Blue Angels use them back in the 60's and early 70's, then the Skyhawk, and eventually the f18.
I think I remember once they refitted a Phantom with F-100 engines, and boy, the performance picked up several big notches.
Absolute favourite Aircraft ever... as a 46 year old Aircraft Engineer of 28 years, The F-4 Phantom II was such an Iconic Aircraft. She was asked to do so much with what she had at the time...
for a LOT of years! I have many RC models of this thing... of all sizes. Thank you for this video...
Best bit... These were built By Mitsubishi Under Licence at the time!! As an Evo TME and Legnum, and Multiple other owner... Complete sincere respect... The era has ended... Peace... Out!
I love the Phantom so much! I've never seen better airplane footage on RUclips!👍
That was awesome.Watching those birds fly again. The F-4 is my favorite jet fighter.
Being TAD at NAS Miramar, it was nice to hear F-4's doing touch and go's, the sound of power and strength.
小学生の時にお年玉でF4ファントムのダイキャスト模型を買ったことは今でも覚えてます。
実際に本物を見たことはありませんが一番かっこいい戦闘機だと今でも思ってます。
小牧に比較的近い所に住んでいるので輸送機は見たことはあります。
1:00モリモリ盛り上がるブラスト、この酷暑を忘れさせるような光景ですね。
素晴らしい映像ばかりです。
4:45から見入ってました。
Stairway to Heaven...
はともかく、去りゆくものにこそ我々は心揺さぶられますね。元気な姿にも、勤めを終えた姿にも。
We had Phantoms at Hahn AFB in Germany during the late 70's. The Barracks was very close to the elevated flight line and we had a great view of full afterburning Phantoms taking off day and night. It was a sight, and sound you will never forget.
fantastic. In this wonderful video you can see the slats retract and the spoilers deploy as the aircraft rolls., great slow motion details. at full burner you can see the fuel guage move ! 15,000 lb / hour per engine.
I LOVE THE COLORS OF THE JADF PHANTOMS..👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗😍🤗🙏🏻
Dude their is nothing like sitting on the couch on a lazy Saturday morning, coffee in hand in my favourite Super hornet mug and just air playing this to the tv. Absolute bliss I tell you, absolute bliss 🥰 loved the video my guy, keep up the great work!
今回も、映像に見とれ、音楽に聞き惚れてしまいました。
別のマスタークラスの映画。 すごい。 深く印象的なフライトフィギュア。 とても簡単そうな、積極的な天国の追求。 共有してくれてありがとう、1-300さん。
EN: Another master class movie. Awesome. Deep and impressive flying figures. An active pursuit of heaven that seems very simple. Thanks for sharing, Mr. 1-300.
Beautiful.. Love the F-4, that yellow scarf livery is stunning! Is it just me or do these F-4s look almost brand new?? Japan took great care of these planes. This is some incredible footage, thank you for sharing!! 🧡
Beautiful Phantom. Beautiful camera work 👍
Videos are still as good as we've become accustomed to. Keep up the terrific work! 👍👍👍
Beautiful. I'm so glad you were able to capture this classic aircraft with modern videography. Future generations won't see it fly, but they'll be able to get an idea by watching your work. Again, thanks for doing this.
That first unrestricted climb with two heaters and three external fuel tanks. The big girl certainly still has muscle! Honestly love that the JASDF and RKSAF still rock these Cold War beasts!
When I was a kid, I lived near Soesterberg AFB where the 32st "royal" TFS Wolfhound was based. In those (cold war) days it felt comfortable to see and hear them. Still miss them.
Another phantastic F-4 Phantom video from you. Thanks for sharing! 👌👏👍
It never gets old. Best take off I ever saw was at Cubi Pt. I was a Sundowner (VF-111) at the end of the F-4 days. One of our birds did full power TO, leveled out at about 50 ft., cleaned the gear, set it on it's rear and spiraled into wild blue yonder.
Also saw the remains of one of our birds that did a gear up landing on foamed runway at Cubi Pt. What a mess. That was a real man's job.
縦方向で見るF4の背中、ハイレートに持ち込む際に主翼から発生するベイパー、高度な撮影テクニックにより存分に堪能出来ました！
Really loving the Friday evening upload schedule. Keep it up!
I count myself as a very lucky person because i live near an air base and i see them everyday, Turkish air force is still using these beautiful ladies. J79 engines are so loud that i wake up every morning because of them :)
As always ❤️❤️❤️ Of particular note, the massive negative deflection on the elevators @3:24 as Froggy rolls out on the climb! 😍😍
US Navy ex-Carrier Sailor, 1980 - 1984, USS Saratoga (CV-60) and USS Forrestal (CV-59)..... LOVED watching these babies catapulted from the flightdeck... great view from "Vultures Row".
they seem to have GOOD ground crews... all older footage I have seen have smokey exhaust most of the time....and i love the art on the skins of the birds.
If I remember correctly, the F4 Phantom is the only aircraft to have been used by both the USAF and USN demonstration squadrons.
if I remember correctly, a number of world records (e.g. speed and time-to-altitude) records were set with the F-4 Phantom II (using unmodified production aircraft) -- which remained unbroken until the F-15 Eagle (in customized configuration for the record attempts).
Yes, the F-4 was flown by both the USAF Thunderbirds and Navy Blue Angels.
I think this has always been my favorite fighter. I must have built 20 models of this plane in various versions when I was a kid.
Never understood people who say about the F-4: "With enough power, even a brick can fly". Which part of its beautiful fuselage reminds you of a brick? Get back in your Nissan Rogue, you don't know a thing about real beauty!
I think it was a issue of high wing loading, and a large carrying capacity, the aircraft was not the most agile fighter of the era due, due to its high wing loading. another nickname for the F-4 was " Lead Sled " Fast but couldn't really turn worth a damn.
Phantoms are beautiful aircraft IMO, but looking at them on the ground is definitely not their best angle.
Those people are the pilots who flew them and the engineers who designed them.
@@TheTwtwo Pretty much all of the "century series" fighter planes had relatively high wing loading (the F-4 Phantom II was originally to have the designation as F-110A Spectre with the USAF). If I'm not mistaken, of the "century series" fighter planes, the F-4 had one of the lowest wing loading (which is one of the reasons why it could attain the time-to-altitude records).
Skilled aircrew.....great work in the pattern ....all captured by 1-300. Nothing like it. JASDF flight crews: if you’re watching you are fortunate to have such a capable person recording these historic moments for the world to see. JASDF maintenance crews - your work is AMAZING that allows these old jets to perform like this....315 on the low pass ..... incredible....stand it on its tail and let the J79s scream in full AB......sweet....
My dad was a US Navy F-4 pilot in the early 1970's. He was flying an airshow in Rota Spain doing a high speed pass and the plane went supersonic. The audience was hit with a sonic boom that was like getting hit with Thor's hammer. He told his Commander that it was an accident, but at the dinner table that night we all laughed because we knew better. BTW, the crowd loved it!!!!!
Thanks for your comment.
I love that story.
@@1-300 you know I reported you for hucking into all my accounts. it's only a matter of time before you get cought an are in jail thinking about your crime.
"awesome" is not enough to explain how I liked watching on this legendary Phantoms....million thanks...
What a beautiful old girl and one of the most versatile aircraft ever built.
Fantastic video, thanks very much for uploading.
Thanks again Bud! You have a knack at posting these at the right time.
i will say those 301st guys are quite an elite bunch of top notch pilots maximizing the assets they have. high regards
I bet those were some of the best maintained F-4 interceptors on Earth.
I helped take apart a F-101 Voodoo. The heavy construction of these 50-60's jets is amazing when compared with earlier types of aircraft.
Someday i will really miss this 'Phantomastic' beauty in the sky.
I hope some decal factory will do decals for this yellow '315' in different scale for plastic models...this is one of most magnificent paint scheme on any Phantom.
Great footage at 2:04 !
My first true love at age 19, F-4E,
I had many and miss them all.
67-0451 was also great bird(RF). She was sexy with smoke and without.
Love that paint scheme 😎
I used to see these at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita KS. Really nice looking.
I worked on the avionics on F-4Ds when I was stationed in Thailand in 1970. These aircraft were lethal to the enemy and could absorb an incredible amount of damage. Many was the time I wondered how they were able to fly back to the base but most did.
My favorite jet fighter of all time. I was able to see them fly when I was in the military. Sad to see them leave, but nothing lasts forever.
Here is the perfect example of how to make a big brute of a machine look so elegant, stunning vid as usual - apart from the shots of old veterans up on blocks!!!!! 👍🏻❤