A small, unpretentious tribute for fans of this beautiful aircraft. Un piccolo tributo senza pretese per gli appassionati di questo bellissimo velivolo.
As a plane captain at pax river naval air center in 1960-63 we at that time were required to pull flight time each month. Beleive me i took advantage of the back seat of the F-4 H PHANTOM we were testing. I thank the test pilots who gave me the ride of my life!! At 81 i have never again experienced anything like it!!!
When I was a kid they would constantly fly over our city, sometimes passing in low flight directly over our houses. We were taking so many photos back then. This beauty really is my most beloved jet of all times.
An absolutely top notch compilation featuring what I personally feel is the most striking, workmanlike, iconic military jet of modern times. Long live the memory of the Phantom
The Phantom is the most beautiful fighter plane of all time. When I was a kid I would occasionally see them fly over the ranch we live in and in the distance you can see them practice dog fighting at the training center.
Thanks for the memories. I was a crew chief on the F4-D @ Torrejon AB "TJ" from 1980-83. Gotta love the unique sound of the J79. Also the unique anhedral and dihedral of the wing planform. Those German paint schemes of the Phantom Pharwell are just gorgeous.
I was a trouble shooter with VA 75 on deployment in South China Sea, 1965. Loved working flight deck with VF 84 Phantom squadron, and standing next to the cat at launch, engines at full power, 4th stage afterburner, you could feel the bones in your body vibrate.
I was an USAF Aircraft Environmental System Specialist and worked on the post Vietnam War F-4E & F-4G model at Clark Air Base Republic of the Philippines 3 CRS 1982-1985
I love F14's, 15's, 16's and 18's. But as a kid growing up in the 60's and 70's the F4 Phantom will always be the baddest. It just looks....terrifying. "All shall love me, and despair". I've always thought they look like a flying shark - the archetype of modern fighter jets....
I have a cousin who is a retired colonel from the Air Force. One of the jets he flew was the Phantom. The pilots had a joke: If you put a jet engine on a brick you can get it to fly. To me the Phantom is a work of art. It has such beautiful lines and it has a natural flow even standing still. Beautiful plane.
When i arrived at Korat RTFB, 1971, my first reaction, the F-4E reminded me af a sports car. The Thud, F-105F/G models, they looked like a fighter, sitting high off the ground, long sleek, and you knew what it was for. I worked avionics on the Thud, but we had three squadrons of F-4Es going in and out, out full of bombs, in with nothing coming back, sometimes holes in them from ground fire. Our Thuds flew the Wild Weasel missions and a lot of them never came home. We lost good men on missions. Both fighters have a spot in my memory, a special spot no other aircraft will fill.
flew the F-4F till 1996 in the GAF. She never let me down, always a bit more rugged than the the f... electric jets of the new generation. Although 24 years have passed, I still dream of the flights "so low I dare not mention".
My father, who sadly passed away last week, was an F4 pilot with the 8th tactical fighter wing “Wolf Pack” under Robin Olds in Ubon Thailand during the Vietnam war. Call sign “Hot Rod.” Rest In Peace Hot Rod,!
We were stationed at Camp New Amsterdam in the early 70's. I miss the sound of those jets taking off! Incredible planes , Incredible place to live. Miss everything about it.
I was waiting for a C-130 ride back to Okinawa out of Danang in early 1967 to rejoin the 9th Marines Amphibious Brigade stationed at Camp Hansen and had the privilege of seeing about 30 of these return from a mission. It was very impressive to a young 21 year old Marine corporal. My how time flies by.
Agreed! Check out my doc on the F-4 Phantom and Top Gun, the Naval Weapons Fighter School. ua-cam.com/video/p0YXf_JkTyQ/v-deo.html. Aired on TLC in the 90's.
I saw a brittish one crashing in Germany in the 80s and wrote the pilot when my son was becoming 5 years old, as he kept asking me about this crash. The pilot wrote us a long email. Luckily he and his co where ok and kept on flying for many more years on different models. He is an airshow pilot since he was retired and is the pilot who should have flown the Hawker Hunter that later crashed in Shoreham. On that day he could not fly it and so another guy crashed it due to pilot`s error. Phantom was always my favourite plane when I was staying at the fences of RAF Wildenrath when I was about 10 years old. Now I am 52 and the plane is long time gone….Sad.
I don't care who you are when I look at an F-22 it don't mean nothing when I look at an f-35 while I appreciate the technology it doesn't mean nothing when you're standing there and you're looking at an F4 phantom besides the fact that just looks gorgeous it means business that is the sexiest thing I've ever seen on wings
I was crew chief on Phantoms for two years at RAF Alconbury, England. Tactical Air Command from 68-70. Most beautiful design of any American fighter. I actually crewed two at once for a while, short handed. Loved those Phantoms!
Good to hear F-4 guy , I remember hearing of the stories of you mechanics working there with open air revetments . We had the "Tab-Vee's" , hardened area shelters, to keep our aircraft in and covered against air attack. I am sure you have good memories of RAF Alconbury as do I . I was a sheetmetal mechanic with the 10th AGS sqdn from 85-88 and sadly we were the last RF-4C squadron because they were being retired and replaced by RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge A-10's .
When I was growing up in Birmingham Alabama there was a reconnaissance wing based there. Our house was directly under the landing flight path about 5-6 miles from airport. These beauties constantly came over in pairs wingtip to wingtip. During the same period the sky would glow in the evening from a pour at U S steel in Fairfield/Ensley. Was 50 years ago and I can remember it like yesterday. God I miss those times !
I worked on these in the early 70's in the USMC. We had the F4B's then the F4N's later in my career. They were very nice aircrafts and a pleasure to work on.
I was aboard USS Midway from 70 to 72 and we had two squadrons of F-4s. VF151 and VF-161. My favorite planes of all time. The pilots of the Vigilantes and Chargers had a well deserved swagger. They were the Best!!!
Thanks for the tribute to the F-4's, I use to be a crew chief on a F-4c back in the day (74 to 1980) loved every moment of it. I would do it again if I could or just to launch one just one more time. Maybe one day...
I always thought they looked like a 70's muscle car, like a Cuda or a Camaro.... I flew F-111's and they flew like a Cadillac, unless you were in TFR hard ride.....
my best duty when I was a crew chief on the F-4D was EOR or end of runway. When they landed and turned onto the taxiway they would jettison the drag chute. We would scurry out and recover the chutes.
Worked on for nine years. Eight year Crew Chief Recces,D,E models.Last year Engine mechanic. Ran many acft and engines. Flew upside down in a loop on a Recce. I have worked them and the C-5,F-16 (F100 series engines)T-38,T-1 and T-6 Texan II. The Phantom is by far my favorite-lots of work-many memories! Cheers
Thank you for posting this!!! My dad flew the RF-4C for the Idaho ANG and it was his favorite airplane in his 50-year flying career! And nothing, nothing matches the F-4 engine whine as it flies over!
The sound of the F/4 taken off in the morning Working/lived/24hrs on flight line Like a scent.....thatsound/ takeoff brings me back in time Thanks for the Phantom
As we always said about the Phantom and the Thud.....put a big enough after-burner on something and even a barn can fly...nothing like an F-4 low and fast dropping the sticky jelly when you most needed it....
I served in a training wing that had F4''s before we switched to F16's you could hear a Phantoms afterburners during take off from any where on base. Still in my top 5 of most bad ass beautiful planes I've ever seen
I remember back to when I was a kid growing up near the AZ border, I used to love watching these jets doing practice bombing runs on the Barry M. Goldwater missile range. I wasn't born until 69 so I missed Vietnam, but I had plenty of uncles and cousins who didn't. In the early 80's they still flew these jets at Luke AFB and at the Gila Bend AFB, but they began phasing them out. When I look at the F-4 I see the muscle car of jets!
Coolest looking nose/canopy. The huge radar dish behind that nosecone not only did swept search but target tracking and then continuous beaming (illumination) for the semi-active Sparrow to home in on. A big dish mechanically swept and tracked. Incredible technology for 1950's/1960's, and modern radars are fundamentally the same.
A real beauty!At least the Turks and the Greeks are still flying them,as far as l know,so not gone yet thank goodness.A real mean looking aircraft,and l love it (And made by McDonnell Douglas to boot!)❤😎👍
F-4s are my fav, i remember back in the late 80's at March AFB in Riverside California when they used to break the sound barrier multiple times a day but eventually stopped cause stupid people that moved to the area complained and bitched and eventually they stopped doing it in the area, was glorious while it lasted though.
@@LUCIANOTORRESAN ---U got that right, Luciano. I wish I could turn back time & do those yrs. over again. I complained a lot, but I learned to fly during those yrs at San Diego. Started with gliders at Torrey Pines Glider Club & flew the club's Piper Cubs J-3. Cost me $2 hr. for the gliders & $4/hr. for the Cubs. I was a lineman during the wk. & flying club a/c on weekends. I liked airplanes then & still do today. I was in VF-161 Chargers. Went fm. Demons to Phantoms in the navy. Love these videos of the old airplanes.
We really did make a fine aircraft in the F-4 Phantom. Wonderful fighter bomber. Withstood the test of time and battle for many years. Was sad to see it retired. That music sounded like the music from the 1983 Air Show at Spangdahlem at about 4:30 on another video.
Grazie per queste immagini stupende. Sono innamorato del Phantom. Fa parte della mia infanzia perché abito a 10 km da Aviano, base dell'USAF, e per i primi anni della mia vita ho visto e sentito Phantom dappertutto. Tipicissimo su Pordenone era l'ululato caratteristico dei J-79 quando i piloti toglievano progressivamente gas per avvicinarsi alla pista, o il rumore potente in decollo. Qualcosa di molto diverso dal rumore degli f-16 basati qui adesso, ormai da anni. Trenta o quarant'anni fa ci si poteva fermare alla rete di recinzione della Base, su quasi tutto il perimetro, quindi decine di volte ho visto da vicino ogni ben di dio. Non posso dimenticare tutto il lavoro del pilota in fase di atterraggio col Phantom. Non si parla di f-16, niente fly by wire, all'epoca gestire l'aeroplano era un gran casino, e soprattutto in caso di vento era spettacolare vedere le parti mobili della coda muoversi per le correzioni che i piloti operavano a pochi metri in alto, davanti a noi, sentire come giocava sulla manetta. Al passaggio dei jet in atterraggio, a pochi metri da suolo, si può avvertire un secco crepitio nell'aria. Sempre. Non ho mai capito a che cosa fosse dovuto. Spettacoli indimenticabili. Infatti li ricordo perfettamente dopo quattro decenni.
A quanto pare ci lega la stessa passione Ad Aviano ci sono stato parecchie volte da ragazzo quando c'erano gli annuali airshow e più tardi in visita "ufficiale" con associazioni d'Arma e Club F.T.. Alcune immagini le può trovare in miei vecchi filmati. Saluti Luciano
@@LUCIANOTORRESAN Carissimo, ho piacere per questa corrispondenza di ricordi. Se ci andava da piccolo e da ragazzo (sarebbe esattamente come me, che son del '62, e ci andavo col papà, soprattutto nei dì di festa...), Lei sa a che immagini mi riferisco, quando dico che il pilota agiva visibilmente sulle superfici di coda, soprattutto nel passare sopra la strada o sui campi dove eravamo osservatori. Ho sempre pensato che, malgrado una sicurezza (che pure oggi è pazzesca sul perimetro della Base) un malintenzionato potrebbe fare fuoco con qualsiasi cosa (un AK-47, ad esempio) molto agevolmente su quello che vola sopra il campo. A parte questa remota ipotesi, posso dirLe che oggi se uno (lo dico perché è accaduto) va a sbattere per incidente sulla rete di recinzione, questo innesca immediatamente una procedura di sicurezza per cui nel giro di un minuto tu ti trovi con lampeggianti ovunque e attimi dopo arriva anche un elicottero. Quando tu sei lì che ti chiedi se sei intero, e che danni hai, loro ti sono già addosso. E ribadisco: vedere un f-4 che atterra è assai più emozionante che vedere gli f-16. Ogni bene, e grazie ancora per questo bel montaggio.
One of my all time favorite planes. The F4 Phantom screams Bad Ass, Don't Fuck With Me. In my humble opinion, one of the prettiest fighter jets.......EVER !!!
Today we still have these but they are only seen at many airshows around the world and in the USA too.Its doubtful they will ever be airworthy even for combat not in this century but they have served us well and will be a favorite by our men in both the USAF,MARINES,NAVY for years to come every year and the fond memories attest to the ruggedness and being able to survive a few combat missions in the years of the wars we fought until the 1990's then by 1998 they had to be retired and sent over in the ARIZONA sun to be on display for good.
Was a Crew Chief on USAF F-4D 50714 at Hahn AB, Germany in '67-'68. Plane later on static display at Carswell AFB, Texas and later a drone for target practice. So SAD!
I also crewed The Phantom from 1970 - 1991 all the Models that The USAF had in inventory RF-4C, F4-C, F4-D, F4-E Tiseo Flapped w/BLC, F4-E Fast LE Slats, F4-C Wild Weasel IV, F4-G Wild Weasel V, the more it was updated the better it got, Our 57th FIS Black Night Squadron from Keflavik, Iceland went to Red Flag and Kicked Major Butt even on F-15 & F-16 the air crews were Vietnam Veteran and man could they Fly that Jet. I was stationed in Thailand-Udorn, Taiwan-CCK, Okinawa-Kadena, Spain-Torrejon, Italy-Aviano, Iceland-Keflavik NAVSTA, Philippines-Clark with many TDY Trips to Korea-Osan (TEAM SPIRITS) I Loved the pet names, Phunky Fantom, Double Ugly, Rhino & Old Smokey, Worlds Largest Distributer Of MIG Parts. I became so Proud of this Jet I turned down a Job in White Sands Mexico after I saw them converting Old Smokey into QF-4 Drones, I just could not stomach it. .... Anyway Thanks for sharing this video as I really enjoyed it and my memories.
wonderfull and powerfull aircraft ive ever seen when i was in the french air force ! that"s i call a fighter ! today is just computer with wings ;no more !
One of many favorite jets RF-4(C) ECS mechanic @ Bergstrom AFB, 12th AMU, Eglin AFB, 3211 FMS. I've had the privilege to work on every model except the "Wild Weasel"G model. Cope Thunder TDY @ Clark AB, Philippines, Osan AB, Korea for Team Spirit, Nellis AFB for Red Flag. Stationed from 82-83 at Kadena AB, Okinawa 9611 AWACS. Home base at Tinker AFB. Once you get a code for fighters, it's pretty much a wrap you're going to be stuck on fighters for the rest of the enlistment.
As a plane captain at pax river naval air center in 1960-63 we at that time were required to pull flight time each month. Beleive me i took advantage of the back seat of the F-4 H PHANTOM we were testing. I thank the test pilots who gave me the ride of my life!! At 81 i have never again experienced anything like it!!!
She almost smiles at you when she locks her eyes on you... The most intriguing Jet ever made.
I flew the Phantom, 1975-1990, retired USAF LTC with over 4000 hours. Loved every minute.
Bless You
Thank You for Your Service, Sir !!! 🙏🏼💯
When I was a kid they would constantly fly over our city, sometimes passing in low flight directly over our houses. We were taking so many photos back then. This beauty really is my most beloved jet of all times.
I was crew chief on F-4 C, D, & E models in USAF 1966-70, greatest aircraft of its day and still flying!!🇺🇸
That's cool I wanna be a pilot one day
Yes by the iranians mostly… what a irony - they fly also F-14…
Those and the B52 still active! Amazing and thanks for your great service for our country
An absolutely top notch compilation featuring what I personally feel is the most striking, workmanlike, iconic military jet of modern times. Long live the memory of the Phantom
The Phantom is the most beautiful fighter plane of all time. When I was a kid I would occasionally see them fly over the ranch we live in and in the distance you can see them practice dog fighting at the training center.
1 of the finest jets ever made.
Thanks for the memories. I was a crew chief on the F4-D @ Torrejon AB "TJ" from 1980-83. Gotta love the unique sound of the J79. Also the unique anhedral and dihedral of the wing planform. Those German paint schemes of the Phantom Pharwell are just gorgeous.
thanks
612th crew chief 711 was my F4
I was a trouble shooter with VA 75 on deployment in South China Sea, 1965. Loved working flight deck with VF 84 Phantom squadron, and standing next to the cat at launch, engines at full power, 4th stage afterburner, you could feel the bones in your body vibrate.
I was an USAF Aircraft Environmental System Specialist and worked on the post Vietnam War F-4E & F-4G model at Clark Air Base Republic of the Philippines 3 CRS 1982-1985
Started maintaining the F-4 at the age of seventeen with eleven years in total before moving on to the F-16. 😎
My dad was Senior Project Engineer on the team that tested and developed the J-79 engine at General Electric Aircraft Engine Group in Evendale Ohio
I love F14's, 15's, 16's and 18's. But as a kid growing up in the 60's and 70's the F4 Phantom will always be the baddest. It just looks....terrifying. "All shall love me, and despair". I've always thought they look like a flying shark - the archetype of modern fighter jets....
Worked on F4 Tucson arizona and. Bitburg Germany from 1968 to 1972.Thanks for video
4th TAC F-4f 1980 Seymore Johnston AFB Goldsboro County North Carolina agemac thank you for the memories
I have a cousin who is a retired colonel from the Air Force. One of the jets he flew was the Phantom. The pilots had a joke: If you put a jet engine on a brick you can get it to fly. To me the Phantom is a work of art. It has such beautiful lines and it has a natural flow even standing still. Beautiful plane.
Yes: beatiful plane
When i arrived at Korat RTFB, 1971, my first reaction, the F-4E reminded me af a sports car. The Thud, F-105F/G models, they looked like a fighter, sitting high off the ground, long sleek, and you knew what it was for. I worked avionics on the Thud, but we had three squadrons of F-4Es going in and out, out full of bombs, in with nothing coming back, sometimes holes in them from ground fire. Our Thuds flew the Wild Weasel missions and a lot of them never came home. We lost good men on missions. Both fighters have a spot in my memory, a special spot no other aircraft will fill.
flew the F-4F till 1996 in the GAF. She never let me down, always a bit more rugged than the the f... electric jets of the new generation. Although 24 years have passed, I still dream of the flights "so low I dare not mention".
My father, who sadly passed away last week, was an F4 pilot with the 8th tactical fighter wing “Wolf Pack” under Robin Olds in Ubon Thailand during the Vietnam war. Call sign “Hot Rod.” Rest In Peace Hot Rod,!
R.I.,P.
My respects and condolences by your father! May God bless his memory!
Tanks
@Dave Small I like to think so!
Damn robin olds is a legend.
As a former Soldier in the German Airforce, i worked on the Phantom ll , was a great Airplane.
We were stationed at Camp New Amsterdam in the early 70's. I miss the sound of those jets taking off! Incredible planes , Incredible place to live. Miss everything about it.
I was waiting for a C-130 ride back to Okinawa out of Danang in early 1967 to rejoin the 9th Marines Amphibious Brigade stationed at Camp Hansen and had the privilege of seeing about 30 of these return from a mission. It was very impressive to a young 21 year old Marine corporal. My how time flies by.
The most beautiful jet of all time
Agreed! Check out my doc on the F-4 Phantom and Top Gun, the Naval Weapons Fighter School. ua-cam.com/video/p0YXf_JkTyQ/v-deo.html. Aired on TLC in the 90's.
Really? If you say so, then TomCat should be most ugliest fighter 😆
Whats not to love😍😍😍😍 Wales UK.
I agree the F-4 is the same age as I am...it has just got more beautiful over time..and me..not
I agree but the Nam pilots thought it was ugly
Phantom Phorever. Beautiful brute seems a contradiction of terms, but fits the wonderful F4 perfectly.
What a bird,a legend!!!!!Phantom forever!!!!!
I saw a brittish one crashing in Germany in the 80s and wrote the pilot when my son was becoming 5 years old, as he kept asking me about this crash. The pilot wrote us a long email. Luckily he and his co where ok and kept on flying for many more years on different models. He is an airshow pilot since he was retired and is the pilot who should have flown the Hawker Hunter that later crashed in Shoreham. On that day he could not fly it and so another guy crashed it due to pilot`s error. Phantom was always my favourite plane when I was staying at the fences of RAF Wildenrath when I was about 10 years old. Now I am 52 and the plane is long time gone….Sad.
F-4 Phantom is the great fighter and classic designed. (Instrumental song is very smooth)
I don't care who you are when I look at an F-22 it don't mean nothing when I look at an f-35 while I appreciate the technology it doesn't mean nothing when you're standing there and you're looking at an F4 phantom besides the fact that just looks gorgeous it means business that is the sexiest thing I've ever seen on wings
I was crew chief on Phantoms for two years at RAF Alconbury, England. Tactical Air Command from 68-70. Most beautiful design of any American fighter. I actually crewed two at once for a while, short handed. Loved those Phantoms!
Thanks . From braZil
Good to hear F-4 guy , I remember hearing of the stories of you mechanics working there with open air revetments . We had the "Tab-Vee's" , hardened area shelters, to keep our aircraft in and covered against air attack. I am sure you have good memories of RAF Alconbury as do I . I was a sheetmetal mechanic with the 10th AGS sqdn from 85-88 and sadly we were the last RF-4C squadron because they were being retired and replaced by RAF Bentwaters/Woodbridge A-10's .
When I was growing up in Birmingham Alabama there was a reconnaissance wing based there. Our house was directly under the landing flight path about 5-6 miles from airport. These beauties constantly came over in pairs wingtip to wingtip. During the same period the sky would glow in the evening from a pour at U S steel in Fairfield/Ensley. Was 50 years ago and I can remember it like yesterday. God I miss those times !
Gänsehaut pur! 1978 bis 1982 JaboG 36 Rheine - Hopsten.
There are a couple of shots of me when I flew 38-22 out of Hopsten with JaBo 36. Happy days and many memories of the old bus.
I also was Base commander crew chief
At George AFB, also have 2.5 flying ✈ hour's on this awesome fighter. It was Home of the Wild Weasels.
Wow..so wonderful ...phonthom is my favorite jet... .. good luck Capitan....
My first Aircraft i worked on 1981 1983 Hahn Ab Germany
The meanest looking jet warplane, of all time.
Восхитительно! Знаю МиГ - 21 и МиГ - 23 полвека ( Да так, столько прошла моя военная служба на этих самолетах)....Но Фантом это восхищение
I worked on these in the early 70's in the USMC. We had the F4B's then the F4N's later in my career. They were very nice aircrafts and a pleasure to work on.
I was aboard USS Midway from 70 to 72 and we had two squadrons of F-4s. VF151 and VF-161. My favorite planes of all time. The pilots of the Vigilantes and Chargers had a well deserved swagger. They were the Best!!!
I was on the Midway as well in those years. Engineman. What was your class?
Such a beautiful workhorse! Probably one of the greatest birds ever built. Great video. Phantoms 4 ever
Tanks
Спасибо большое!
На три вещи можно глядеть вечно:
Текущую воду
Горящий огонь
Летающий Фантом.
Thanks for the tribute to the F-4's, I use to be a crew chief on a F-4c back in the day (74 to 1980) loved every moment of it. I would do it again if I could or just to launch one just one more time. Maybe one day...
What An Absolutely Beautiful Brute! From Any Angle, Especially Head On, The Phantom Is Just Plain Mean Looking!
Phantoms Phorever!!👍👍😃💗!!
I always thought they looked like a 70's muscle car, like a Cuda or a Camaro.... I flew F-111's and they flew like a Cadillac, unless you were in TFR hard ride.....
I was a parachute rigger in VF-142, US Navy, 1964; the Phantom is an amazing bird. Memories of USS Constellation, CVA-64.
my best duty when I was a crew chief on the F-4D was EOR or end of runway. When they landed and turned onto the taxiway they would jettison the drag chute. We would scurry out and recover the chutes.
I was a plane captain in NAS Miramar VF 121 Panthers training squadron US Navy 1978-1979. I loved that bird.
Com /Nav shop at MCAS Beaufort, and Chu Lai.
Worked on for nine years. Eight year Crew Chief Recces,D,E models.Last year Engine mechanic. Ran many acft and engines. Flew upside down in a loop on a Recce. I have worked them and the C-5,F-16 (F100 series engines)T-38,T-1 and T-6 Texan II. The Phantom is by far my favorite-lots of work-many memories! Cheers
Joseph Troyer when and where did you work on the F-4’s????
The Beast most Beauty!
I LOVE F-4 PHANTOM.
Thank you for posting this!!! My dad flew the RF-4C for the Idaho ANG and it was his favorite airplane in his 50-year flying career! And nothing, nothing matches the F-4 engine whine as it flies over!
wonderful aircraft the sight of them attacking our frigate the noise and the movement of these aircraft were memorable
I worked on the F-4 inertial from 1969-1970 at Tan Son Nhut AB, Kunsan, Misawa.
The sound of the F/4 taken off in the morning
Working/lived/24hrs on flight line
Like a scent.....thatsound/ takeoff brings me back in time
Thanks for the Phantom
Was a radar mechanic on the F-4D and F4-D. 366TFW. DaNang. "GUNFIGHTERS"
All these tributes to beauty for a Phantom is quite a reversal from its
early years as a "flying brick".
Still the best looking, jet fighter,ever built.
I was c Crew Chief on F-4 C D E RF, in SEA never let us down. Even when I was picking branches out of the cracks, I guess we were going GREEN.
I was at an air show one year and was fortunate enough to see one of these take off
The navy pilots came from carriers into cannon. The sound is something you never forget......!
Had multiple Phantomgasms. Such an awesome machine!
McDonnell Douglas, enough said!!! Such a Beautiful Bird!!
I LOVE this....My " Favorite Bird ".........." When you have an enemy you can hate, It's much easier to go after them with Venom in your Fangs !!!!
Famous words from the "Duke"
ОЧЕНЬ КРАСИВАЯ МАШИНА F-4 PHANTOM !!А КАКИЕ КРЫЛЬЯ! ПОЛЁТ ЗАВОРАЖИВАЕТ, ОСОБЕННО НА ВИРАЖАХ! CLASS!
Questo cacciabombardiere é il mio preferito!!
The most beautiful aircraft every built. Saved my sorry ass a long time ago. Thank You!!!!!!!
As we always said about the Phantom and the Thud.....put a big enough after-burner on something and even a barn can fly...nothing like an F-4 low and fast dropping the sticky jelly when you most needed it....
I am still flying them in iran
alan aamot , you must be a ‘Nam vet. Thank you for your service. 🇺🇸👏
@@shahramsareminouri4195 Your a lucky pilot to still get to fly the F4. Are you guys still flying your F-14s as well?
I served in a training wing that had F4''s before we switched to F16's you could hear a Phantoms afterburners during take off from any where on base. Still in my top 5 of most bad ass beautiful planes I've ever seen
Marc G Homestead AFB????
Marc G I was at Homestead from April 82 to January 85... Started out in Gold AMU and when they shut it down moved over to Green AMU....
👍F4, forever in my favorite top 5 aircraft.
I remember back to when I was a kid growing up near the AZ border, I used to love watching these jets doing practice bombing runs on the Barry M. Goldwater missile range. I wasn't born until 69 so I missed Vietnam, but I had plenty of uncles and cousins who didn't. In the early 80's they still flew these jets at Luke AFB and at the Gila Bend AFB, but they began phasing them out. When I look at the F-4 I see the muscle car of jets!
Coolest looking nose/canopy. The huge radar dish behind that nosecone not only did swept search but target tracking and then continuous beaming (illumination) for the semi-active Sparrow to home in on. A big dish mechanically swept and tracked. Incredible technology for 1950's/1960's, and modern radars are fundamentally the same.
I used to putit cones around the nose with a sign "caution transmitting" hydraulics to run the dish
A real beauty!At least the Turks and the Greeks are still flying them,as far as l know,so not gone yet thank goodness.A real mean looking aircraft,and l love it (And made by McDonnell Douglas to boot!)❤😎👍
F-4s are my fav, i remember back in the late 80's at March AFB in Riverside California when they used to break the sound barrier multiple times a day but eventually stopped cause stupid people that moved to the area complained and bitched and eventually they stopped doing it in the area, was glorious while it lasted though.
Thx for the video. I was an enlisted man in a navy Phantom sqd, in the mid-'60s. Brought back good memories. Lots of noise & power.
BEAUTIFUL YEARS!!
@@LUCIANOTORRESAN ---U got that right, Luciano. I wish I could turn back time & do those yrs. over again. I complained a lot, but I learned to fly during those yrs at San Diego. Started with gliders at Torrey Pines Glider Club & flew the club's Piper Cubs J-3. Cost me $2 hr. for the gliders & $4/hr. for the Cubs. I was a lineman during the wk. & flying club a/c on weekends. I liked airplanes then & still do today. I was in VF-161 Chargers. Went fm. Demons to Phantoms in the navy. Love these videos of the old airplanes.
The most beautiful design of all the fighters....F-4
We really did make a fine aircraft in the F-4 Phantom. Wonderful fighter bomber. Withstood the test of time and battle for many years. Was sad to see it retired. That music sounded like the music from the 1983 Air Show at Spangdahlem at about 4:30 on another video.
Yo hice el servivio militar en la base aerea de Torrejon de Ardoz en 1983 y veia los Phantom despegar todos los dias...
F4 Phantom one of the Best
And Bad to the bone fighter
Jet
Grazie per queste immagini stupende. Sono innamorato del Phantom. Fa parte della mia infanzia perché abito a 10 km da Aviano, base dell'USAF, e per i primi anni della mia vita ho visto e sentito Phantom dappertutto. Tipicissimo su Pordenone era l'ululato caratteristico dei J-79 quando i piloti toglievano progressivamente gas per avvicinarsi alla pista, o il rumore potente in decollo. Qualcosa di molto diverso dal rumore degli f-16 basati qui adesso, ormai da anni. Trenta o quarant'anni fa ci si poteva fermare alla rete di recinzione della Base, su quasi tutto il perimetro, quindi decine di volte ho visto da vicino ogni ben di dio. Non posso dimenticare tutto il lavoro del pilota in fase di atterraggio col Phantom. Non si parla di f-16, niente fly by wire, all'epoca gestire l'aeroplano era un gran casino, e soprattutto in caso di vento era spettacolare vedere le parti mobili della coda muoversi per le correzioni che i piloti operavano a pochi metri in alto, davanti a noi, sentire come giocava sulla manetta. Al passaggio dei jet in atterraggio, a pochi metri da suolo, si può avvertire un secco crepitio nell'aria. Sempre. Non ho mai capito a che cosa fosse dovuto. Spettacoli indimenticabili. Infatti li ricordo perfettamente dopo quattro decenni.
A quanto pare ci lega la stessa passione Ad Aviano ci sono stato parecchie volte da ragazzo quando c'erano gli annuali airshow e più tardi in visita "ufficiale" con associazioni d'Arma e Club F.T.. Alcune immagini le può trovare in miei vecchi filmati. Saluti Luciano
@@LUCIANOTORRESAN Carissimo, ho piacere per questa corrispondenza di ricordi. Se ci andava da piccolo e da ragazzo (sarebbe esattamente come me, che son del '62, e ci andavo col papà, soprattutto nei dì di festa...), Lei sa a che immagini mi riferisco, quando dico che il pilota agiva visibilmente sulle superfici di coda, soprattutto nel passare sopra la strada o sui campi dove eravamo osservatori. Ho sempre pensato che, malgrado una sicurezza (che pure oggi è pazzesca sul perimetro della Base) un malintenzionato potrebbe fare fuoco con qualsiasi cosa (un AK-47, ad esempio) molto agevolmente su quello che vola sopra il campo. A parte questa remota ipotesi, posso dirLe che oggi se uno (lo dico perché è accaduto) va a sbattere per incidente sulla rete di recinzione, questo innesca immediatamente una procedura di sicurezza per cui nel giro di un minuto tu ti trovi con lampeggianti ovunque e attimi dopo arriva anche un elicottero. Quando tu sei lì che ti chiedi se sei intero, e che danni hai, loro ti sono già addosso. E ribadisco: vedere un f-4 che atterra è assai più emozionante che vedere gli f-16. Ogni bene, e grazie ancora per questo bel montaggio.
One of my all time favorite planes. The F4 Phantom screams Bad Ass, Don't Fuck With Me. In my humble opinion, one of the prettiest fighter jets.......EVER !!!
Today we still have these but they are only seen at many airshows around the world and in the USA too.Its doubtful they will ever be airworthy even for combat not in this century but they have served us well and will be a favorite by our men in both the USAF,MARINES,NAVY for years to come every year and the fond memories attest to the ruggedness and being able to survive a few combat missions in the years of the wars we fought until the 1990's then by 1998 they had to be retired and sent over in the ARIZONA sun to be on display for good.
My favorite jet fighter..4ever...
Worked on them for 20 years, 68-88. WCS, weapons control systems. C/D/E, lots of long hours on a hot flight line at Danang.
Danang?! ✌️🙂👍
🙏 Respect from Portugal 🇵🇹
Secondo me uno degli aerei militari esteticamente più belli della storia.
Concordo!
Close my eyes and remember the flight line at cannon. Always something to see (if you opened your eyes) phantoms and f111s.
My favorite fighter plane.
Was a Crew Chief on USAF F-4D 50714 at Hahn AB, Germany in '67-'68. Plane later on static display at Carswell AFB, Texas and later a drone for target practice. So SAD!
Love the Phantom !
I also crewed The Phantom from 1970 - 1991 all the Models that The USAF had in inventory RF-4C, F4-C, F4-D, F4-E Tiseo Flapped w/BLC, F4-E Fast LE Slats, F4-C Wild Weasel IV, F4-G Wild Weasel V, the more it was updated the better it got, Our 57th FIS Black Night Squadron from Keflavik, Iceland went to Red Flag and Kicked Major Butt even on F-15 & F-16 the air crews were Vietnam Veteran and man could they Fly that Jet. I was stationed in Thailand-Udorn, Taiwan-CCK, Okinawa-Kadena, Spain-Torrejon, Italy-Aviano, Iceland-Keflavik NAVSTA, Philippines-Clark with many TDY Trips to Korea-Osan (TEAM SPIRITS) I Loved the pet names, Phunky Fantom, Double Ugly, Rhino & Old Smokey, Worlds Largest Distributer Of MIG Parts. I became so Proud of this Jet I turned down a Job in White Sands Mexico after I saw them converting Old Smokey into QF-4 Drones, I just could not stomach it. .... Anyway Thanks for sharing this video as I really enjoyed it and my memories.
Basically two huge J-79 engines with an airplane built around them.
A true badass bird. I wish MD has remade it all over again...
RIP dear HERO.....!!!!! Bad War!!!
With out a doubt, it’s the L88 Corvette of the fighters! It looks like it’s breaking the sound barrier just sitting on the ramp!
Lot of outstanding close ups. Usually you never see them like that.
You have to love the F4 it's from Missouri 🇺🇸 The show me State. And Brother it shows
Stationed at Clark AB, Philippines twice, there were a lot of aircraft in and out of there, but the F4's were the ones everyone stopped to watch.
TDY there in "84" from Osan, F4Es.
@@Ponkapoag I was also TDY to Clark from Osan in 84. WCS.
@@alanhess9306 I know, I was ECM, trying to figure out how to PM you.
Phorever Phantom!!! :)
wonderfull and powerfull aircraft ive ever seen when i was in the french air force ! that"s i call a fighter ! today is just computer with wings ;no more !
Great video for us Phantom Phanatics
One of many favorite jets RF-4(C) ECS mechanic @ Bergstrom AFB, 12th AMU, Eglin AFB, 3211 FMS. I've had the privilege to work on every model except the "Wild Weasel"G model. Cope Thunder TDY @ Clark AB, Philippines, Osan AB, Korea for Team Spirit, Nellis AFB for Red Flag. Stationed from 82-83 at Kadena AB, Okinawa 9611 AWACS. Home base at Tinker AFB. Once you get a code for fighters, it's pretty much a wrap you're going to be stuck on fighters for the rest of the enlistment.
Love to see the Phantoms from JG 74 Mölders in Neuburg. Thank you Luciano.
It was sad to see the US retired these awesome kick ass airplanes.
Unfortunately, time is inexorable for everyone
When America was making quality stuff.
Phorever.
Awesome completely satisfying video from every 'angle'.