The word "BADASS" lept to my mind; for my money, the F4 is STILL one of the most awesome fighter-birds to ever fly. If I was a MIG pilot and I saw a formation of F4s heading in my direction, I would immediately say, "Вернуться на базу товарищи!" (Return to base, comrades!).
Never gets old. I love F-14's, 15's, 16's and 18's, but as a kid growing up in the 60's and 70's, the F-4 Phantom will always be what a fighter jet is to me. Badass. Beautiful and terrifying. "All shall love me and despair". An enormous flying shark.
No matter which model, the sound of of the Phantoms engines is uniquely distinctive. I was a an F-4 crew chief in the 70s and will never forget that sound.
@@paladin0654 those were either E or F models with the built in 20mm cannon in the nose the only F-4s to get Spey engines were the British and there’s didn’t have the 20mm cannon in the nose
I was stationed in Long Thanh, Vietnam in 1969 and 70. Saw a Phantom come over our airfield. It was going very slow. Looked to be very nose up and wallowing back and forth. I thought it was going to crash. Then they hit the gas and vanished in a puff of smoke. Have you ever seen one do that?
I absolutely love the F-4 ... I spent a year in South East Asia in the early 1970's watching these guys take off on combat missions, some never to return. A magnificent warrior and a beautiful airplane!
Been around a lot of planes, been around a long time, but no other to me gives me the impression that "I am going to hit you in the face until you yield" like this one. Truly remarkable.
toi aussi tu as cette impression Le F-4 il degage un (truc) c'est fou. Mais il ne rivalise pas avec le mig-25 pourtant les deux ont sacrement de charismes.
In the late 1960's, early 70's my uncle Jack would sometimes go on leave from Vietnam where he piloted the F4 phantom, he didn't talk about it, he would only be home for couple days, holidays, I was 10 years old and in awe, thank you for the video, brings back great memories with family on the holidays. 🇺🇲
Thanks for the memories. This brings back so much from more than 55 years ago. We received our first group of F4-C Phantoms at Holloman AFB in the mid 1960 a few years before we shipped the complete 366 TFW to Vietnam. It was so exciting to hear and see these then and now it is great to see and hear these now. Thanks.
@@garydressel7182 The 366th fighter wing was sent to Vietnam in the first of 1966. The 391st tactical fighter squadron was part of that group and was stationed in Cam Ranh Bay. I was stationed there from January 1966 to November 1966 when my 4 years was up.
I spent more than a few nights on the F-4 ramp while stationed at Clark AB Philippines in the ‘70s. The Phantom is still my favorite plane after all these years.
In 1979 I went to Career Day with my Dad at my high school and went straight to the Navy recruiting station and told him I wanted to fly this plane. The recruiter looked at me, then my transcripts, then said “Son, your eyesight isn’t good good enough to fly it and your grades aren’t good enough to navigate. Next...” In retrospect I appreciated his honesty. I never had such a flame lit under my rear with a dose of reality as in that moment. This plane was the inspiration that ultimately turned my life around. I’ll never forget her... a truly gorgeous piece of engineering.
I was aPhantom Pfxier for 3 years while in the USMC. I was a member of VMFA-531 and served in Vietnam in 1965. My biggest adventure was a backseat ride in one of our Phantoms while stationed at NAS Key West!!
From the time of being a little kid, I've always loved the f-4. Hard to pick a favorite with all the cool aircraft out there, but the f-4, f-14, and the SR-71 are my top favorites. Alright, the f-111 as well. I'll probably be back a few more times😂
Stationed at Danang in '68 and the F4s taking off with full power will absolutely break your eardrums. I remember the howl of them turning at high speed.
As a young teenager in the 80’s, I remember going to MacDill AFB and the F-4’s takeoff with afterburner easily left the most permanent impression of any plane I ever saw there. An obnoxiously loud Hot Rod… and I still treasure those memories! Thanks Pop.
My father was a crew chief on the F-4. I use to get to seen them in the hangars and go full ab on the air strip. Love that plane. Ground shaking plane.
These are Turkish Air Force Phantoms. F4E 2020 Terminators (Upgraded by Israel) flying in 111st Squadron (111.Filo) The Panthers. 111 is the only squadron that has the Phantoms. The hand writing on the fuselage is Ataturk's signature and is put on all planes in TuAF.
My first aircraft was F4E's at Hahn AB Germany 1981. I PCS'd to Holloman AFB N.M. in 83. Worked research and development for Systems Command. Worked ( Armament Systems) on F4, C,D,E, J and RF4C and numerous other type of acft on many different test programs until pcsing to Osan.
I remember building the Revell 1/32nd scale model of the F-4E as a kid. It was the first time I didn't have to put weight in the nose to keep it from sitting on it's tail. Later, when I was stationed in Hawaii, I was at the end of the runway at Barber's Point NAS when one took off with full afterburner right over my head. It was so loud, even with a motorcycle helmet on that I thought I was going to be deaf afterward.
My brother and I were buzzed by a Royal Navy F4 in Devon while walking back from school in the seventies. He went around twice. Excellent quality video.
Was stationed at NAS Point Mugu, Pacific Missile Range 1959 when the first F4s came in from the fleet for missile testing. We were sitting in the jet line shack and we heard this loud howling sound. We ran outside in time to see this beast coming in from the east. He dropped to about 50 feet off the deck, flying the length of the landing strip, hit his afterburners and shot straight up leaving a trail of brown smoke. Fell in love.
Wow awesome story! My dad was a wizzo in an F4 for the RAF just after the Falklands war, funnily enough in an ex USAF F4 , still have the wizzo control stick and his helmet at home, good memories !
Thx for the video, Badwolf. Brought good memories; I was in a US Navy F-4 sqd. in the mid-60's, home base NAS Miramar. I was enlisted, lineman--lots of noise & power on display when a Phantom II takes off.
Man.......it is about to be the end of an era. We will all miss you Phantom, we already have been over here in the US. Prettiest "ugly" airplane I ever saw!!
I agree that’s one bird I fail in love with when I went into the Navy in 71 on board the USS Midway , and went to Vietnam, VF 161 , didn’t know I went to train at Top Gun till the movie came out , and didn’t know that F4s with fighter squadrons 161 was the first to shoot down a mig in Vietnam and the last to shoot down a mig in Vietnam. I’m proud to have served with such a elite bunch of pilots. On the greatest ship and fighter squadron in the Navy . I did 12 years all together , and I wouldn’t change a thing .
Unquestionably the F 4 has proved it self over Vietnam it caused so many problems to the vietnamese & all the pilots speak in a positive manner about this beauty & it's true that nothing deter it excellent speed armament maneuverability for that period of time was superb it behaved so we'll there wasn't any better plane that can do the job so well & the war over Vietnam it just confirm this & not to say anything of it's beauty that really beats everything of any other plane others can put on the air .I think it's look just by simply look at it has something some kind of power which works as a magnet without any doubt even after all these years I considering it beautiful & magnificent .
Ah yes, what sweet memories this video brings back! I flew F-4’s in Vietnam in 66, 67 &68. I always loved doing maximum performance VFR climb outs when the tower would let us.
Living proof that with enough thrust even a brick can fly!! Absolutely... My Absolute, favourite Bird of ALL time. The Phabulous Phantom Lives on Phorever!!!! As an Aircraft Engineer of 27 years, (on Pax aircraft trolling the friendly skies... currently on the much loved, A380 FTW!! amongst many others..!) The Glorious "double ugly" is my fav by a mile. We, had 24 in service here in Australia for a very brief period in the early 70's whilst we were waiting for our F-111's.. many of the top brass wanted the F-4E's to stay and for the F-111's order to be cancelled... Not saying the the F-111's were inferior in ANY way.. But... the F-4's were so ahead of their time... and still continued in service in the US military (in the latter, not front line obviously) till 2016. And still in service in a few air forces around our planet, Greece, Japan..... The model versions fly just like the real thing... no thrust = brick! but look so beautiful in flight Later revisions brought enhancements that made her handle much more like a lightweight... however.. she was always the heavyweight, workhorse. Always will I look at the much Beloved F-4 Phantom II with much respect and adoration. For me... the records this girl took.... destroyed... will forever live on...... Peace out people... be kind to one another.... PLEASE!!
Pretty amazing life on this aircraft. I once heard someone say: "The F-4 was considered air superiority in Vietnam." Hard to believe this when I saw an F-16 turn pretty much 1.5 circles within an F-4 at Torrejon AB, Spain in the mid-70s when the USA was trying to sell F-16s to Spain. Still, I love the design.
I used to see the F-4s from Homestead Air Force base traveling low across the sugar cane fields near Clewiston headed to Avon Park range. You couldn’t miss them with that black plume of exhaust. They definitely got your attention!
I lived in Homestead and used to go on base all the time as I dated a nurse that was stationed there. I saw some shady aircraft come and go from there ( totally black no markings C-141). It was a great facility, so sad to see what happened to it now.
The F 4 Phantom, one of the most beautiful fighter jets of all time. Absolutely gorgeous, with a capital " GEOUS " !!!! The one word to describe the F4........ " BADASS !!! Uh, dont fu*k with me......don't even think of it. " The ( beautiful lines ) of that airplane gives me tears, as a truly beautiful woman can do. Yes I know there are much more advanced fighters with much more technically advanced weaponry these days. Ahhh, but the lines and the sound of that beautiful fighter is something truly to behold. They have one at the Evergreen Aviation museum in McMinnville, Oregon and it is one of my highlights to gauk upon its lovely/bad ass lines everytime I visit there. I want to give another old war horse fighter jet some big time kudos while I am at it, and that is the F 101 Voodoo fighter jet. That fighter truly had some very, very pretty lines to it as well. Took my mother to an air show, the Hillsboro Air Show in the mid 1980's when the Oregon Air National Guard was still flying F 101 Voodoos. Long story short, my mother and I were exactly right in line when four F 101s did a high speed pass directly over our heads where we were standing..........Oh, it was wonderful..........I will carry that memory to my grave !!!
When I got "over there" on 01August68, I was amazed, being up close to the first F-4 I'd ever seen, & had NO idea of how massive they were. The next time I was almost as close was during Operation Pipestone Canyon, in July of '69, a little more than a month before rotating home. A napalm strike was called for & when the first F-4 was on its bomb run, its approach was @ tree-top level over our position. Looking up @ precisely the correct moment, I recall vaguely being able to see the pilot's name on the fuselage just below the canopy.......a sight & sound I will never forget! The real horror was what Charlie & his Northern pals experienced seconds later!
Great plane flown by great pilots, but it was a pain to work on! Some parts were really difficult to get to, such as the ACRAP, armament control relay panel. You had to pull the rear seat, the INS Gyro then the pilots holding it in were between the back and aircraft frame about 3 inches down and back. Radar had lots of alignments that could take hours to get right. Missile Firing checks took 4 or more hours to run, sometimes took a couple of days. And they had to be done every 45 days if loading live missiles. Almost every flight something broke on the radar system or associated systems.
Those are modernized F-4E Terminators. Modernized in 1999-2000 by Israel + some Turkish domestic weapons and targeting pod. Different radar, HUD, no more black smoke from engines etc...
After all these years, it's still one of the coolest planes....
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The word "BADASS" lept to my mind; for my money, the F4 is STILL one of the most awesome fighter-birds to ever fly. If I was a MIG pilot and I saw a formation of F4s heading in my direction, I would immediately say, "Вернуться на базу товарищи!" (Return to base, comrades!).
and proof that with enough power bricks can fly :) I do love them
The Phantom is a handsome brute,indeed.
Never gets old. I love F-14's, 15's, 16's and 18's, but as a kid growing up in the 60's and 70's, the F-4 Phantom will always be what a fighter jet is to me. Badass. Beautiful and terrifying. "All shall love me and despair". An enormous flying shark.
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No matter which model, the sound of of the Phantoms engines is uniquely distinctive. I was a an F-4 crew chief in the 70s and will never forget that sound.
I agree. In some power settings the J-79 really howl. From the markings, these jets are most likely powered by the Spey.
@@paladin0654 those were either E or F models with the built in 20mm cannon in the nose the only F-4s to get Spey engines were the British and there’s didn’t have the 20mm cannon in the nose
@@remylopez4821 Right, Turkish roundel on E models with smokeless J-79.
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I was stationed in Long Thanh, Vietnam in 1969 and 70. Saw a Phantom come over our airfield. It was going very slow. Looked to be very nose up and wallowing back and forth. I thought it was going to crash. Then they hit the gas and vanished in a puff of smoke. Have you ever seen one do that?
I absolutely love the F-4 ... I spent a year in South East Asia in the early 1970's watching these guys take off on combat missions, some never to return. A magnificent warrior and a beautiful airplane!
The F4 was proof that even a brick could fly with enough thrust
@@Josh-hr5mc yeahhh, not really. A brick is not aerodynamic, the phantom is however. F-4s might be really heavy but they’re very aerodynamic.
That plane will never look old.
Legendary aircraft. The Turkish Air Force is doing this job.
What a beautiful aircraft the Phantom is.
Indeed.
It's god-like.
I Never get tired tired of watching Phantoms
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Absolutely!
Absolutely
Absolutely
Never will either. 😉
Been around a lot of planes, been around a long time, but no other to me gives me the impression that "I am going to hit you in the face until you yield" like this one. Truly remarkable.
toi aussi tu as cette impression Le F-4 il degage un (truc) c'est fou.
Mais il ne rivalise pas avec le mig-25 pourtant les deux ont sacrement de charismes.
In the late 1960's, early 70's my uncle Jack would sometimes go on leave from Vietnam where he piloted the F4 phantom, he didn't talk about it, he would only be home for couple days, holidays, I was 10 years old and in awe, thank you for the video, brings back great memories with family on the holidays. 🇺🇲
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Thanks for the memories. This brings back so much from more than 55 years ago. We received our first group of F4-C Phantoms at Holloman AFB in the mid 1960 a few years before we shipped the complete 366 TFW to Vietnam. It was so exciting to hear and see these then and now it is great to see and hear these now. Thanks.
did you receive any F8 Crusaders ? those things were truly epic
I was in the 366th in danang Vietnam, 1969
@@garydressel7182 The 366th fighter wing was sent to Vietnam in the first of 1966. The 391st tactical fighter squadron was part of that group and was stationed in Cam Ranh Bay. I was stationed there from January 1966 to November 1966 when my 4 years was up.
I was a f4c crew chief, never gets old watching the old f4 flying..
@@shadowchrome_ hello, f8 was a naval aircraft...
I spent more than a few nights on the F-4 ramp while stationed at Clark AB Philippines in the ‘70s. The Phantom is still my favorite plane after all these years.
Most sleek flying machine ever been built. I wish they would never retire.
Had a buddy who serviced them, said they would come back from a mission with the paint blistered off the nose. Beast.
I love the F4. It will never grow old.
True…..such a capable platform!
In 1979 I went to Career Day with my Dad at my high school and went straight to the Navy recruiting station and told him I wanted to fly this plane. The recruiter looked at me, then my transcripts, then said “Son, your eyesight isn’t good good enough to fly it and your grades aren’t good enough to navigate. Next...” In retrospect I appreciated his honesty.
I never had such a flame lit under my rear with a dose of reality as in that moment. This plane was the inspiration that ultimately turned my life around. I’ll never forget her... a truly gorgeous piece of engineering.
Krallar imzayı atmış. F4 baba lar .
Im soooo happy these are still in the air
What a privilege to see this..
Thanks for sharing..
I was aPhantom Pfxier for 3 years while in the USMC. I was a member of VMFA-531 and served in Vietnam in 1965.
My biggest adventure was a backseat ride in one of our Phantoms while stationed at NAS Key West!!
thank you for your service
@@gao1258 Thank You
Worked on the avionics of the f4 ‘s in da nang , Vietnam. 1969......the roar brings back all kinds of memories....
thank you for your service
BEAUTIFUL BIRDS. Remember when they First Appeared in the skies. Favorite then and now . . .
Will never be forgotten!!
F4E Phantom - Terminator 2020 serial modernised for TuAF .. with sign K.Ataturk and 60th - 70th years anniversary of Nato
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Oh my God ! That sounds fabulous!
What a beautiful plane is the f4 Phantom ❤️
And still a beautiful looking craft!
From the time of being a little kid, I've always loved the f-4. Hard to pick a favorite with all the cool aircraft out there, but the f-4, f-14, and the SR-71 are my top favorites. Alright, the f-111 as well. I'll probably be back a few more times😂
F-14 will always be my 1st love (Blame Top Gun)
The F-4, SR-71, and the A-10. Not in any particular order, of course
@@HvyMetal4Ever yeah, the A-10. Gotta love anything that has a 30mm gatling gun/cannon on it😀
Stationed at Danang in '68 and the F4s taking off with full power will absolutely break your eardrums. I remember the howl of them turning at high speed.
Over 50 years on from seeing my first Phantom at RAF Leconfield air show…still one of my favourites.
Still my favorite intercepter/fighter of all time. I built many models of this beautiful aircraft in my youth.
As a young teenager in the 80’s, I remember going to MacDill AFB and the F-4’s takeoff with afterburner easily left the most permanent impression of any plane I ever saw there. An obnoxiously loud Hot Rod… and I still treasure those memories! Thanks Pop.
I was stationed at MacDill 1969/1970 was a crew chief on the f4
@@phillipvick6352 Awesome! I’ll bet those are still pridefull memories. 🇺🇸
They may be obsolete, but maaaan they are so good looking compared to anything today
My father was a crew chief on the F-4. I use to get to seen them in the hangars and go full ab on the air strip. Love that plane. Ground shaking plane.
The F-4 is amazing. Watch it taxi down the runway it looks vicious. F-4 still got it.
I.ll never forget the first time I heard the Phantom. They are great birds. I loved the way they looked in Thunderbird colors
Still one of my favorite planes. We had those when I was in Germany 1977-1980. I called it a flying tank.
Beautiful planes. I was an egress tech on F4's with the 35 FMS , George AFB in the early 70's. Many fond memories of this magnificent jet.
These are Turkish Air Force Phantoms. F4E 2020 Terminators (Upgraded by Israel) flying in 111st Squadron (111.Filo) The Panthers. 111 is the only squadron that has the Phantoms. The hand writing on the fuselage is Ataturk's signature and is put on all planes in TuAF.
Turkish Air Forces F-4 s (Eskişehir 111.Filo)
I use to be a crew chief on a F-4c back in 70's & 80's, miss the aircraft and many good times we had in those days. U.S.A.F. and proud of it.
I use to be a crew chief on the F-4D back in the 60's. Thailand and then the Philippines. And I know how you feel because I feel the same.
I used to crew them in the 80's, love em! I come to watch these videos mostly to hear that distinctive engine sound of the J-79's
My first aircraft was F4E's at Hahn AB Germany 1981. I PCS'd to Holloman AFB N.M. in 83. Worked research and development for Systems Command. Worked ( Armament Systems) on F4, C,D,E, J and RF4C and numerous other type of acft on many different test programs until pcsing to Osan.
Kunsan Korea 70-71 USAF Munitions. You could pick one out with your eyes closed. Awesome aircraft!
From AF Brat!
F4 Phantoms it's a mixture of art, tough and cool design. That airplane it's a joy just to watch.
Absolute work of timeless functional flying art !!
The coolest,, from the Generations of cool !!
My F-4 was the J model. I was so proud to be able to work on this great aircraft.
A real badass. 👍👍
I remember building the Revell 1/32nd scale model of the F-4E as a kid. It was the first time I didn't have to put weight in the nose to keep it from sitting on it's tail. Later, when I was stationed in Hawaii, I was at the end of the runway at Barber's Point NAS when one took off with full afterburner right over my head. It was so loud, even with a motorcycle helmet on that I thought I was going to be deaf afterward.
I built the same model back in the early 1970s. It was big. The model had removable engines. I wonder whatever happened to that model.
Stunning video of these 'Cold War Hero's' :)
These are modernized F4-2020 Terminators with new very powerful radars, flight computers, interfaces, new ordnances and etc.
Awesome, timeless, brutishly handsome machines.
Turkish Phantoms
K.ATATÜRK
K.Atatürk
KEMAL ATATÜRK
But from the west...all the nations still flying these including Iran...THANK YOU
@@humbleone6405 iran got the baddest air force in the middle east. They can just copy the f5 and change it to "kowsar"
Always loved the F4
My brother and I were buzzed by a Royal Navy F4 in Devon while walking back from school in the seventies. He went around twice.
Excellent quality video.
Beautiful bird back then and still majestic to look at in this day and age. Hard to believe that the design is over 60 years old. wow
One of the most beautifully designed aircraft of all time.
Was crew chief on F-4D, Holloman AFB, NM 1973-75. USAF Good Airplane, Lots of T.O’s books to read for maintaining.
We had them on board the carrier FDR CVA-42 when I served on board her back in 74-77. Bad ass fighter bomber!!!!!
Was stationed at NAS Point Mugu, Pacific Missile Range 1959 when the first F4s came in from the fleet for missile testing. We were sitting in the jet line shack and we heard this loud howling sound. We ran outside in time to see this beast coming in from the east. He dropped to about 50 feet off the deck, flying the length of the landing strip, hit his afterburners and shot straight up leaving a trail of brown smoke. Fell in love.
Wow awesome story! My dad was a wizzo in an F4 for the RAF just after the Falklands war, funnily enough in an ex USAF F4 , still have the wizzo control stick and his helmet at home, good memories !
Thx for the video, Badwolf. Brought good memories; I was in a US Navy F-4 sqd. in the mid-60's, home base NAS Miramar. I was enlisted, lineman--lots of noise & power on display when a Phantom II takes off.
Man.......it is about to be the end of an era. We will all miss you Phantom, we already have been over here in the US. Prettiest "ugly" airplane I ever saw!!
I agree that’s one bird I fail in love with when I went into the Navy in 71 on board the USS Midway , and went to Vietnam, VF 161 , didn’t know I went to train at Top Gun till the movie came out , and didn’t know that F4s with fighter squadrons 161 was the first to shoot down a mig in Vietnam and the last to shoot down a mig in Vietnam. I’m proud to have served with such a elite bunch of pilots. On the greatest ship and fighter squadron in the Navy . I did 12 years all together , and I wouldn’t change a thing .
Thank you, Sir.
Unquestionably the F 4 has proved it self over Vietnam it caused so many problems to the vietnamese & all the pilots speak in a positive manner about this beauty & it's true that nothing deter it excellent speed armament maneuverability for that period of time was superb it behaved so we'll there wasn't any better plane that can do the job so well & the war over Vietnam it just confirm this & not to say anything of it's beauty that really beats everything of any other plane others can put on the air .I think it's look just by simply look at it has something some kind of power which works as a magnet without any doubt even after all these years I considering it beautiful & magnificent .
Ah yes, what sweet memories this video brings back! I flew F-4’s in Vietnam in 66, 67 &68. I always loved doing maximum performance VFR climb outs when the tower would let us.
Liked bombing kids too did you?
Grow up.
I had no idea the plane was that big. Enormous.
As a former Pfantom Pfixer @ TJ (Torrejon AB) 1979-83, Just loved these birds.
Loved to hear that signature whistle as they flew by.
That shark mounth detail... i love this
Nice, was in an F4 squadron from 72 til 74. VF 213, World Famous Black Lions.
The silhouette of the phantom and even the name go hand in hand and every remarkable thing to do with this wonder of aviation
Planes from 1st Airbase Eskişehir, 111th Cougar Squadron. Turkish Air Force.
Panther, not cougar.
I so much love planes, war planes, their speed, sound, movement everything
Summer '76 Fairbourne Wales. Phantoms and Jaguars flying over our bungalow at the end of the mach loop. Glorious.
We used to lay on the beach near Cubi Point Airfield at the Susic Bay Naval Base in 1972 and watch the F-4s take off.
My last 20 years in the Air Force worked on C an G great platform
I worked on F-4D’s in the 80’s at Wright Patterson AFB. They were great planes in the 60’s & 70’s. Remember they were designed in the late 50’s.
One of my top three aircraft, from head on it gives the impression of a muscular guy with two carpets under his arms!!
My mother loved the phantom. Every time I see a ceremony of departure it makes me remember how I miss her
I was a 303MMS in Kunsan in 1972. We would pull flags at runway just before take off and was very close when they hit afterburner. I sure miss that.
I was getting excited to see the white one take off!
Living proof that with enough thrust even a brick can fly!!
Absolutely... My Absolute, favourite Bird of ALL time. The Phabulous Phantom Lives on Phorever!!!!
As an Aircraft Engineer of 27 years, (on Pax aircraft trolling the friendly skies... currently on the much loved, A380 FTW!! amongst many others..!)
The Glorious "double ugly" is my fav by a mile. We, had 24 in service here in Australia for a very brief period in the early 70's whilst we were waiting for our F-111's.. many of the top brass wanted the F-4E's to stay and for the F-111's order to be cancelled...
Not saying the the F-111's were inferior in ANY way.. But... the F-4's were so ahead of their time... and still continued in service in the US military (in the latter, not front line obviously) till 2016. And still in service in a few air forces around our planet, Greece, Japan.....
The model versions fly just like the real thing... no thrust = brick! but look so beautiful in flight
Later revisions brought enhancements that made her handle much more like a lightweight... however.. she was always the heavyweight, workhorse.
Always will I look at the much Beloved F-4 Phantom II with much respect and adoration.
For me... the records this girl took.... destroyed... will forever live on......
Peace out people... be kind to one another.... PLEASE!!
This was the war bird in my service years !! We call it the dart !!! 1967
i remember in the 70's in PR watching these planes fly by all the time
Pretty amazing life on this aircraft. I once heard someone say: "The F-4 was considered air superiority in Vietnam." Hard to believe this when I saw an F-16 turn pretty much 1.5 circles within an F-4 at Torrejon AB, Spain in the mid-70s when the USA was trying to sell F-16s to Spain. Still, I love the design.
I used to see the F-4s from Homestead Air Force base traveling low across the sugar cane fields near Clewiston headed to Avon Park range. You couldn’t miss them with that black plume of exhaust. They definitely got your attention!
Was stationed at Homestead 1967 training on the f4
I lived in Homestead and used to go on base all the time as I dated a nurse that was stationed there. I saw some shady aircraft come and go from there ( totally black no markings C-141). It was a great facility, so sad to see what happened to it now.
I got to sit in one of those phantoms. Got some great pictures too. Love that aircraft!
The Phantom, the Lightning and the F104 Starfighter, were always my favourites at air shows. Oh, how I miss those days.
Coolest of the cool !!
Really dig the 60 on the tail,, & the Nato scheme,, & of course,, the ''Bad @$$'' Shark noses !!
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Just wicked !!
Fantastic video of a legendary jet fighter/bomber.
Pity that they didn't return for a flyby.
Thanks for posting.
Lots of neat memories as an f4c crew chief, i believe they are f4m types.
Awesome video of Phantoms taking to the air.
Brings back a lot of memories!
USAF 1965-1969.
66 to 70 here
Great great bird! Versatile fighter bomber. Workhorse for the Air Force, Marines and Navy for years.👍👍
Excellent camera work. Thank you.
Thank you for the memories
The F 4 Phantom, one of the most beautiful fighter jets of all time. Absolutely gorgeous, with a capital " GEOUS " !!!! The one word to describe the F4........ " BADASS !!! Uh, dont fu*k with me......don't even think of it. " The ( beautiful lines ) of that airplane gives me tears, as a truly beautiful woman can do. Yes I know there are much more advanced fighters with much more technically advanced weaponry these days. Ahhh, but the lines and the sound of that beautiful fighter is something truly to behold. They have one at the Evergreen Aviation museum in McMinnville, Oregon and it is one of my highlights to gauk upon its lovely/bad ass lines everytime I visit there. I want to give another old war horse fighter jet some big time kudos while I am at it, and that is the F 101 Voodoo fighter jet. That fighter truly had some very, very pretty lines to it as well. Took my mother to an air show, the Hillsboro Air Show in the mid 1980's when the Oregon Air National Guard was still flying F 101 Voodoos. Long story short, my mother and I were exactly right in line when four F 101s did a high speed pass directly over our heads where we were standing..........Oh, it was wonderful..........I will carry that memory to my grave !!!
When I got "over there" on 01August68, I was amazed, being up close to the first F-4 I'd ever seen, & had NO idea of how massive they were. The next time I was almost as close was during Operation Pipestone Canyon, in July of '69, a little more than a month before rotating home. A napalm strike was called for & when the first F-4 was on its bomb run, its approach was @ tree-top level over our position. Looking up @ precisely the correct moment, I recall vaguely being able to see the pilot's name on the fuselage just below the canopy.......a sight & sound I will never forget! The real horror was what Charlie & his Northern pals experienced seconds later!
Great plane flown by great pilots, but it was a pain to work on! Some parts were really difficult to get to, such as the ACRAP, armament control relay panel. You had to pull the rear seat, the INS Gyro then the pilots holding it in were between the back and aircraft frame about 3 inches down and back. Radar had lots of alignments that could take hours to get right. Missile Firing checks took 4 or more hours to run, sometimes took a couple of days. And they had to be done every 45 days if loading live missiles. Almost every flight something broke on the radar system or associated systems.
Try changing the f€#¥#@g battery
Those are modernized F-4E Terminators. Modernized in 1999-2000 by Israel + some Turkish domestic weapons and targeting pod. Different radar, HUD, no more black smoke from engines etc...
Still the most bad assed aircraft ever ! It seems like it was just yesterday
Russ Ormrod did you mean to say F15 has left the chaff ? : )
EL PHANTOM ES UN LEGÍTIMO DRAGÓN DE METAL.
Fifty years ago, when I was an elementary school student, I paid a defense donation to buy this plane in Korea.
fantastic shane thank you
One of the all time great looking war birds👍👍👍
Still hard to believe that they are 50’s technology!
The F4 Phantom always shines!
I love the video it was fantastic I also love Antiques Roadshow