Between January and May, 1972, Lieutenant Randy "Duke" Cunningham and his RIO, Wilie "Irish" Dricscoll, flying F4-J with Fighter Squadron 96 (VF-96) from the USS Constellation became the first aces of the United States Navy of the Vietnam War by shooting down 5 North Vietnamese MiGs, including 1 MiG 21 on 19 January, 1 MiG 17 on 8 May and 3 MiG 17s in a single day on 10 May.
The F-4 Phantom excelled at every aspect of air combat except turning. It had better radar, engines, guns, missiles, acceleration, ceiling, time-to-height, rate of climb and G-tolerance (it didn't break until 9 Gs) than any MiG of that time. And it was a beautiful jet. There are a lot of aviation-themed art books out there. These are my favorite: - Aviation Art by Lou Drendel - Infinite Worlds by Vincent DiFate - Great Fighter Jets of the Galaxy 1 by Tim Gibson
I did the testing on land and at sea of the f-4s . 1973 one hell of a lot of power when you went around the horn and hit afterburner. VF-51 Screaming eagles.
Just want to put out that the lack of a gun wasn’t that large of a problem for the phantom, the navy showed this by getting a 13-1 kill rate with phantoms after starting top gun, while the Air Force was stuck at nearly the same rate as before even with the new gun. The biggest problem the f-4 was one of weapon handling and maintaining. The Navy also spent time making sure their missiles were up to the task where the Air Force never realized how poor their equipment was. The AIM- 4 falcon was never used by the navy because it was awful and arguably worse than an AIM-9B (first air to air inferred missile) in terms of pk, the AIM9E is just a AIM9B with off bore sight capability but that was it. The navy used longer range and better targeting weapons and it showed after pilot training. The navy also had a different way of handling the gun pods they used, as if there were 2 aircraft in a fight only 1 would have a gun (same with 3, but with every 2-3, 1 would have a gun). The navy realized that it was the weapons and pilot ability to employ them that lead to success.
A greek F-4 fell just 2 days ago during a drill, killing both pilots unfortunetely. According to reports it was flying low altitude (300 feet) over the sea and was asked to make sharp turns when it reportedly crashed for unknown reasons.
Damn....it takes 4 different jets to do the work of 1 phantom.....better yet it takes 4 jets to do an excellent job of what one f4 could do a half ass job at.
The newer F4s will be able to contend better with modern day (4th gen= fighters, yet its still a fighter made a long time ago. You can update the tech all you want. The frame & design would probably still let you down
I always check under my bed for Phantoms…
I sure do miss them.
Between January and May, 1972, Lieutenant Randy "Duke" Cunningham and his RIO, Wilie "Irish" Dricscoll, flying F4-J with Fighter Squadron 96 (VF-96) from the USS Constellation became the first aces of the United States Navy of the Vietnam War by shooting down 5 North Vietnamese MiGs, including 1 MiG 21 on 19 January, 1 MiG 17 on 8 May and 3 MiG 17s in a single day on 10 May.
im greek and i see them fly all the time they are beautiful
I was in Navy and loved the Phantom....My favorite plane...
Thank for your service sir
I was at NAS OCEANA....1963-1967...
The F-4 Phantom excelled at every aspect of air combat except turning. It had better radar, engines, guns, missiles, acceleration, ceiling, time-to-height, rate of climb and G-tolerance (it didn't break until 9 Gs) than any MiG of that time. And it was a beautiful jet.
There are a lot of aviation-themed art books out there. These are my favorite:
- Aviation Art by Lou Drendel
- Infinite Worlds by Vincent DiFate
- Great Fighter Jets of the Galaxy 1 by Tim Gibson
I did the testing on land and at sea of the f-4s . 1973 one hell of a lot of power when you went around the horn and hit afterburner. VF-51 Screaming eagles.
Just want to put out that the lack of a gun wasn’t that large of a problem for the phantom, the navy showed this by getting a 13-1 kill rate with phantoms after starting top gun, while the Air Force was stuck at nearly the same rate as before even with the new gun. The biggest problem the f-4 was one of weapon handling and maintaining. The Navy also spent time making sure their missiles were up to the task where the Air Force never realized how poor their equipment was. The AIM- 4 falcon was never used by the navy because it was awful and arguably worse than an AIM-9B (first air to air inferred missile) in terms of pk, the AIM9E is just a AIM9B with off bore sight capability but that was it. The navy used longer range and better targeting weapons and it showed after pilot training. The navy also had a different way of handling the gun pods they used, as if there were 2 aircraft in a fight only 1 would have a gun (same with 3, but with every 2-3, 1 would have a gun). The navy realized that it was the weapons and pilot ability to employ them that lead to success.
i do not know about the fighter, but the video answered all my questions
Truly a flying brick, it had no business being in the air except for that engine powering it
I think that the F4 is the best air craft that McConnell Douglas ever made. It was decades ahead of it's time ‼️
Is anyone talking about the fact that, in the thumbnail, there is Figter bomber instead of Fighter bomber
The F4E Phantom 11 is My favorite phantom has shot down 387 migs the F4E Phantom with the move slats made it a killer that a fact
One of the best birds ever .!!!
A greek F-4 fell just 2 days ago during a drill, killing both pilots unfortunetely. According to reports it was flying low altitude (300 feet) over the sea and was asked to make sharp turns when it reportedly crashed for unknown reasons.
As of 04-25-2021/0210hrs, unfortunately the Japanese Air Defense Force has retired the F4 Phantom
Probably for the best. Spare parts are drying up and maintanence works probably increased a lot, considering F4 Phantoms airframes are quite old.
Exxlent video men!!
Very nice and informative video host thank you for sharing.
Damn....it takes 4 different jets to do the work of 1 phantom.....better yet it takes 4 jets to do an excellent job of what one f4 could do a half ass job at.
A f4 wont survive modern warfare.
@@JuniorJuni070 what evidence do you have to support this?
@@silenciummortum2193 your ignorance about modern warfare let you type this futile question.
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It just looks like a bird of war!
Showing F-18 Super Hornet as F-18 Hornet.
Isn't a Phantom, a ghost who walks? :D
@@av-abv-a9908 I was referring to one of my favorite comic strips
@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 Phantom name use to be Ghost but it was rejected so it was named Phantom
Pilots called it the flying pig.
@@dawightg9787 Actually they also called the phantom the flying pig. Actually.
@@dawightg9787 May be. The phantom was also called the flying pig by its pilots.
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CAN WE EQUIP LASER WEAPONS FOR THIS?
F-4 C Phantom for the Philippine Air Force. F-4 H for the Philippine Navy and Philippine Marine Corps.
F-4 phantoms A.K.A. Flying bricks
At the rate they're being retired, they'll be all gone soon.
more impressed by the F-14 over the F-4
The newer F4s will be able to contend better with modern day (4th gen= fighters, yet its still a fighter made a long time ago. You can update the tech all you want. The frame & design would probably still let you down
whats a figter bomber? must have used grammarly to spell
Because it marked the end of the US as a Republic.