Phantom Friday
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Busta-so evocative 
CharlieJuliet,
now that's a Sqdn foto: jets oh so slightly askew, crews [both flavours] giving it the old "it's a down day get on with it the bars open": the old kind of "so what ? give it your best shot" RAF Squadron attitude that went so sadly awry with the pc jobsworth RAF...
CharlieJuliet,
now that's a Sqdn foto: jets oh so slightly askew, crews [both flavours] giving it the old "it's a down day get on with it the bars open": the old kind of "so what ? give it your best shot" RAF Squadron attitude that went so sadly awry with the pc jobsworth RAF...
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Just managed to sneak these in before midnight!
35th TFW F-4E
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/An_F-4E_Phantom_II_aircraft_takes_part_in_an_air_defense_training_mission_with_a_2nd_Bombardment_Wing_B-52G_Stratofortress_aircraft_during_the_15th_Air_Force%27s_first_"Shootout"_conventional_bombing_competition_DF-ST-89-07575.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg)
480th TFS / 52nd TFW F-4E
81st TFS / 52nd TFW F-4E
ROKAF F-4E's
VF-301 F-4S's in the 'FERRIS' experimental Camo
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35th TFW F-4E
480th TFS / 52nd TFW F-4E
81st TFS / 52nd TFW F-4E
ROKAF F-4E's
VF-301 F-4S's in the 'FERRIS' experimental Camo
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Well, I finally remembered to prepare my post in anticipation of Phantom Friday.
An F4H-1F 145310, the eleventh pre-production F4, at the Wings and Rotors Museum at the French Valley Airport, in Murrietta, California, being (slowly) restored to airworthy status:
In March, I went to French Valley Airport on business, but while I was there, I phoned the museum number and was let in to have a look around. I'm glad I did, because after viewing the static exhibits (a Huey and a Choctaw), I was invited to have a look around the maintenance hangar and there, tucked in behind a Huey and two Kiowas, was the F-4.
This was the first time I had seen an F-4 up close. I was particularly interested to see the BLC ductwork and the air distribution slots in the wing. The noise of F-4s in the circuit has always impressed me, particularly that distinctive noise when the BLC was turned on. The first time I saw F-4s was during a UAS summer camp in 1967 at Binbrook, when four USAF F-4s from Bitburg visited 5 (AC) and their F6s. For their arrival, they did a gear-down, flaps-down formation flypast. Very smoky, very noisy, very impressive! The last time I saw one was when I was living in Houston in 2001 and an ANG F-4 did a low-and-slow display over a Fourth of July parade.
More information about this restoration and the museum here:
The fight to bring to Phantom back to flight | The Tactical Air Network
http://wingsandrotors.org/phantom-f4/
It's taking a long time, but perhaps one day, we'll see an F-4 in the air with EXPERIMENTAL on the side.
An F4H-1F 145310, the eleventh pre-production F4, at the Wings and Rotors Museum at the French Valley Airport, in Murrietta, California, being (slowly) restored to airworthy status:
In March, I went to French Valley Airport on business, but while I was there, I phoned the museum number and was let in to have a look around. I'm glad I did, because after viewing the static exhibits (a Huey and a Choctaw), I was invited to have a look around the maintenance hangar and there, tucked in behind a Huey and two Kiowas, was the F-4.
This was the first time I had seen an F-4 up close. I was particularly interested to see the BLC ductwork and the air distribution slots in the wing. The noise of F-4s in the circuit has always impressed me, particularly that distinctive noise when the BLC was turned on. The first time I saw F-4s was during a UAS summer camp in 1967 at Binbrook, when four USAF F-4s from Bitburg visited 5 (AC) and their F6s. For their arrival, they did a gear-down, flaps-down formation flypast. Very smoky, very noisy, very impressive!
The last time I saw one was when I was living in Houston in 2001 and an ANG F-4 did a low-and-slow display over a Fourth of July parade.More information about this restoration and the museum here:
The fight to bring to Phantom back to flight | The Tactical Air Network
http://wingsandrotors.org/phantom-f4/
It's taking a long time, but perhaps one day, we'll see an F-4 in the air with EXPERIMENTAL on the side.
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Waddo with HAS? Check Six! 
Those aren't hardened aircraft shelters, they are the nuclear SSA the other side of the A15 AT Waddington...
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A selection from the JASDF's, Hiko Kaihatsu Jikken Dan
(credit & copyright to the original photographers)
F-4EJ 17-8301
F-4EJ 17-8301
F-4EJ 17-8301
F-4EJ Kai 07-8431
F-4EJ 07-8429
F-4EJ 77-8393
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(credit & copyright to the original photographers)
F-4EJ 17-8301
F-4EJ 17-8301
F-4EJ 17-8301
F-4EJ Kai 07-8431
F-4EJ 07-8429
F-4EJ 77-8393
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Rhino,
Stunning shots, simply stunning. I'm awaiting delivery of Phantom Boys, I hope it lives up to the enthusiasm displayed by former operators . What a cracking aircraft though !!
Smudge (a mere ground crew remf)
Stunning shots, simply stunning. I'm awaiting delivery of Phantom Boys, I hope it lives up to the enthusiasm displayed by former operators . What a cracking aircraft though !!
Smudge
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I’m a little late so this is a post about only a part of the Phantom: 
LiveLeak.com - Whatever Happened to all Those USAF Fuel Tanks Jettisoned over Vietnam?
LiveLeak.com - Whatever Happened to all Those USAF Fuel Tanks Jettisoned over Vietnam?
Rhino Power,
Second best only to Staffordshire (where I'm from). My wife is born and bred Leiscestershire, and proud of it too. Keep posting those great shots of a truly great aircraft. I'm looking forward to my ore ordered copy of Phantom Boys, due in the next few weeks.
Smudge
Second best only to Staffordshire (where I'm from). My wife is born and bred Leiscestershire, and proud of it too. Keep posting those great shots of a truly great aircraft. I'm looking forward to my ore ordered copy of Phantom Boys, due in the next few weeks.
Smudge
