Every day, I drive past the facility in St. Louis, MO. where these were manufactured. The building has long since been closed and now vacant, after watching this video, as i drive past the building from now on, I'm sure I'll hear the whispers of these giants thundering down the runway in front of the building, taking their first flights. Thank you for adding that pleasure to my drive to work each day.
The Grumman facility in Long Island NY has also fallen silent. A tragedy really. What it must have been like during its heyday, especially when F-14 Tomcats and A-6 Intruders ruled the skies. Floopy c, I share that sentiment.
Back in the 80's I was part of the engineering team to integrate the F-16's APG-66 radar into the JASDF F-4EJ's. The ground and maintenance crews took amazing care of these amazing aircraft. Nice to still see them serving Japan, quite a testament to all the people involved with designing, manufacturing, and maintaining F-4EJ's.
Ah yes, another great start to my day! I cannot help but wonder how many times, in countries from your own Japan, to Israel, to Germany, and of course the United States, and every country that flew this magnificent beast, those four-ship formations would go overhead and then into the break for the turn to final approach? How many times have ground crews watched those jets come out of the fog to touch down ever so gracefully? Countless times I would imagine. I especially liked how the pilot of 315 stroked her side as if to say, "Thank you for a good flight and for bringing us back." The scenes at the end, where the jet is catching the wire with its tailhook, reminds me of when they flew off of US Navy carriers the world over, but most especially Vietnam. I remember watching the marines of the VMF-171 Aces out of Naval Air Station Oceana fly those jets. A magnificent sight to behold. Fond memories. Arrigato.
Many people in Japan consider phantoms to be living things. I often see scenes of pilots and maintenance personnel talking to the aircraft. It's a very nice sight.
Amazing to hear Warhorse and 1-300.... so many memories from Iwakuni, west pac and Hawaii with that jet and in those squadrons. - impressive to see how well taken care of they were by JSDF crews.
I agree with you. I have sereved in the IAF in early 80's as a technician. In our base we had A-4's Skyhawks and F-4 Phanto's and also F-15 Eagls. Evaryone will tell you that every plane has it's own soul, a stranger will not understand that but it's the truth. Just look at us here, many of us are ex military personal, who have served with these beautyful machines, how happy we are with these beautyful videos made by our talented friend. I wish they will never stop flying ane he will never stop filming them
@@1-300 Yes, we who love our aircraft regardless if they're flight or ground crew, often talk to our birds, as I have often spoken to my F-14's. How strange it must seem to "outsiders," but I sit here smiling at the thought, and what it meant to me.
F-4 fired my imagination and inspired me to create, to write. My books wouldn't be what they are today, without me learning about this amazing aircraft!
You've captured the lighting perfectly in the beginning with the lights of the aircraft passing right over the roofs of Japanese houses. Japan has such a unique aesthetic that you always manage to portray well in you videos.
For a Nation that I Admire and Respect . Japanese Pilots have found a friend and Warrior to care for in the Phantom. Obvious All your people will miss this Old and Venerable friend a Great Deal. Thanks for Keeping the World Safe! All the Best from Texas!.
...I Remember seeing My 1st Phantom in 1981...LOVED THE AIRCRAFT EVER SINCE THEN...!!...Neat Markings You Have On Your PHANTOMS.!...MY Favorite Japanese Phantom is the BLUE CAMO.!..xxxx
Beautiful video and wonderful landing sequence of the 4 planes, making them look like they just dropped from the sky so gracefully one after the other. Your videos have the appearance of great art rather than something just done by a machine. The Human touch is very evident and makes the video appealing to everyone, even those that normally would not be interested in an aircraft video. For those of us that enjoy aircraft videos then this is super treat. The Japanese pilots make the planes look as graceful as the birds with their natural looking movements. I am enjoying every one of these and glad that I found this channel, I have, of course, subscribed. The engines in these have the new smoke reduction burners, the early planes were very smoky except when in at least the 1st stage of afterburner. You could see the smoke from far away, especially when landing, even before you could actually see the plane. These look better for the sake of the videos since there is no smoke at all.
Outstanding. Now all we have to do is tie those cables to a ship, and we've got carrier landings. Beautiful shots. I want to get my rotary mower out and mow those weeds around the runway.
Thank you again our friend for making us happy with your videos. The japanese Phantoms are very beautyful painted and well maintained. They should let you fly from time to time and take some aerial footage. Thank you
What an amazing videos about Phantom. Best videos I ever seen . I could imagine with the japan F-104, my fav plane. Well done Japan on these days of F-22, F-35,Typhoon... I want back Phantoms, Mirage, Vigen,etc
The QF-4s have been expended. It does make me sad, but at the same time the Q birds die a warrior’s death and advance the state of the art. They’re using QF-16s now.
I see the Japanese people ang goverment treating this FANTASTIC F-4 A "katana" sword beleiving the sword has a SOUL. They keep the jets alive as a reminder of a part of their freedom unlike other rich coutries who let the marvlous plane rust, under the heat of the sun.
The reason for the Frog is that in Japanese, the word for "frog" has the same sound as "come home". I think a good luck for the aircrew to return safely. The scarf, I guess to give the Frog an aviator flair. And the 7 stars because the 301st Squadron belongs to the 7th Air Wing. (It had 5 when it with the 5th)
In the case of this special marking airplane, in honor of both the 5th and 7th Wings, There are 5 stars on the left wing and 7 stars on the right wing. 9:33
Who would have thought, all these years later. F4's are the getting the respect and love after 50 years of service. How would the guys have known? The constant progression in quick succession from the F3 to the F101 and the F4 in only 4 years. I bet people were hanging on for an even greater jet. But no, the F4 was the final word, and way back in 1960.
It's only in this video that i saw that the yellow band around the cockpit really was tied like a scarf behind the canopy! I love it when the JASDF make special markings for their aircraft! Also, do you ever see the JASDF Phantoms train with live ordinance, or is it all just inert training weapons? In your videos I normally see clean aircraft (except fuel tanks) and maybe a blue inert AAM-3. =)
Thank you so much for your work in capturing the brutal looking Phantom in all it's majestic flying grace - a visual treat. Are you employed on base or are you given permission in order to capture your fantastic images ?
![[4K] 小松の2機のF-15スぺマ機が百里基地航空祭に参戦！（2024年12月8日） / JASDF 航空自衛隊](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/o2A763rKJKc/mqdefault.jpg)
着陸時に脚やフックを下ろすと、昨年偵空隊が、入間で帰投時行った機動を思いだしました。フックを下げた着陸は、正に艦載機です。いつも貴重な記録有り難うございます。
絶好のアングルでとらえられた
ファントムの姿が 堪りません。
こちら側の動画はいずれもＢＧＭがマッチしてますね。
そして、ところどころにエンジン音やバーナーの音がアクセントとして入っており、とても良い感じです。
いつ見ても素晴らしいです。
ファントムの映像美もさることながら、2:20に何十キロも離れているG1タワーが映っていることにびっくり。
このような凄いレンズで、ファントムの有終の美を観れることに感謝。
Cool Footage of catching an arresting wire with the tail hook....
Every day, I drive past the facility in St. Louis, MO. where these were manufactured. The building has long since been closed and now vacant, after watching this video, as i drive past the building from now on, I'm sure I'll hear the whispers of these giants thundering down the runway in front of the building, taking their first flights.
Thank you for adding that pleasure to my drive to work each day.
The Grumman facility in Long Island NY has also fallen silent. A tragedy really. What it must have been like during its heyday, especially when F-14 Tomcats and A-6 Intruders ruled the skies.
Floopy c, I share that sentiment.
I used to watch them at Lambert Field as a kid,what a memory!
Back in the 80's I was part of the engineering team to integrate the F-16's APG-66 radar into the JASDF F-4EJ's. The ground and maintenance crews took amazing care of these amazing aircraft. Nice to still see them serving Japan, quite a testament to all the people involved with designing, manufacturing, and maintaining F-4EJ's.
What a beautiful machine.
The best aircraft footage I've ever seen.
九州在住の私には航空祭以外でファントムを生で見る術が無い。
11〜12月の芦屋、築城、新田原の航空祭が無事に行われることをただただ祈るのみ。
最後に一度、この記念塗装でロナルド・レーガンに着艦して欲しいです💧
主様良いファントムネストの動画ありがとうございます。
中身はほぼファルコンのお化けファントム
演習中のイーグルキルの判定もあったそうで。。。。
長きにわたる防空任務お疲れ様でした。
うぽつ！！ナイト訓練からの帰投・着陸、全て最高です！
刻一刻と百里基地から去ってしまって居なくなってしまうのは寂しいです
今年は各基地の航空祭が中止になっていますからね。動画でファントムを見られるのは嬉しいです。素晴らしい動画ありがとうございます。
The kind of vids that gets an immediate grin outta you: lyric, reminiscing and so inspiring!!!!.
Love starting my weekend watching Phantoms...superb job by the JASDF keeping these birds looking like they just came off the line!
もう引退直前なのに最新のF-35よりF-4の方がカッコ良く見えるのだが・・・そう言えば最近 10式戦車より74式戦車の方がカッコ良く見えてしまうwww
The best aircraft videos ever. I can watch them all day back to
Back. The filming,editing and sound are the best.
凄い、1-300さんお疲れ様です南側の滑走路から見て林のその先に見えるわ、茨城県庁かな？、画像の凄い所がいっぱいあるカエルマークが、近いー🎵ファントムがカッコいいー🎵百里の良いところが至るところに見えるわー⤴これからも頑張って下さい❗私は見ています❗お願いします❗じゃあ
Ah yes, another great start to my day!
I cannot help but wonder how many times, in countries from your own Japan, to Israel, to Germany, and of course the United States, and every country that flew this magnificent beast, those four-ship formations would go overhead and then into the break for the turn to final approach? How many times have ground crews watched those jets come out of the fog to touch down ever so gracefully? Countless times I would imagine.
I especially liked how the pilot of 315 stroked her side as if to say, "Thank you for a good flight and for bringing us back."
The scenes at the end, where the jet is catching the wire with its tailhook, reminds me of when they flew off of US Navy carriers the world over, but most especially Vietnam.
I remember watching the marines of the VMF-171 Aces out of Naval Air Station Oceana fly those jets. A magnificent sight to behold.
Fond memories.
Arrigato.
Many people in Japan consider phantoms to be living things.
I often see scenes of pilots and maintenance personnel talking to the aircraft.
It's a very nice sight.
Amazing to hear Warhorse and 1-300.... so many memories from Iwakuni, west pac and Hawaii with that jet and in those squadrons. - impressive to see how well taken care of they were by JSDF crews.
I agree with you. I have sereved in the IAF in early 80's as a technician. In our base we had A-4's Skyhawks and F-4 Phanto's and also F-15 Eagls. Evaryone will tell you that every plane has it's own soul, a stranger will not understand that but it's the truth. Just look at us here, many of us are ex military personal, who have served with these beautyful machines, how happy we are with these beautyful videos made by our talented friend. I wish they will never stop flying ane he will never stop filming them
@@Raanan_Kovesh I absolutely agree.
@@1-300 Yes, we who love our aircraft regardless if they're flight or ground crew, often talk to our birds, as I have often spoken to my F-14's.
How strange it must seem to "outsiders," but I sit here smiling at the thought, and what it meant to me.
you should we in hollywood mate
There's no question about that.
Poetry in motion.
Thanks for all the great F-4 videos worked in the engine shop for 2.5 yrs.USAF 69-71
Uwielbiam Twoje filmy. Są wielką pomocą przy budowaniu modeli F-4 w barwach J.A.S.D.A.F👍😃
No matter how many times I watch her. I never get tired of looking at 315. And to the guys that fly her... "Go for it" ;)
Incredible video camera work!! Thank you!
Brilliant. Been watching this over and over. Love the visual and sound... love the Phantom. Phantom Phorever!!!!
素晴らしい❗️芸術的です
青色436も魅せて下さい。
The end of runway shot was perfect! Each frog coming in after a long hop. Sometimes I forget how beautiful that bird is. Thanks for the reminder!
Nice to start the AM with my favorite Bird Of Prey! Thanks friend for the Great as always video!!
Awesome pics as usual. Thank you.
F-4 fired my imagination and inspired me to create, to write. My books wouldn't be what they are today, without me learning about this amazing aircraft!
You've captured the lighting perfectly in the beginning with the lights of the aircraft passing right over the roofs of Japanese houses. Japan has such a unique aesthetic that you always manage to portray well in you videos.
Thank you so much for providing us with this gorgeous documentation. Great work as always.
For a Nation that I Admire and Respect . Japanese Pilots have found a friend and Warrior to care for in the Phantom. Obvious All your people will miss this Old and Venerable friend a Great Deal. Thanks for Keeping the World Safe! All the Best from Texas!.
...I Remember seeing My 1st Phantom in 1981...LOVED THE AIRCRAFT EVER SINCE THEN...!!...Neat Markings You Have On Your PHANTOMS.!...MY Favorite Japanese Phantom is the BLUE CAMO.!..xxxx
Nice shot starting at 2:20, feel like landing in vertical mode like a VTOL haha....! Nicely done, beautifu as always!
It’s the flying Frogs! Go For It 301st Squadron!
Beautiful video and wonderful landing sequence of the 4 planes, making them look like they just dropped from the sky so gracefully one after the other. Your videos have the appearance of great art rather than something just done by a machine. The Human touch is very evident and makes the video appealing to everyone, even those that normally would not be interested in an aircraft video. For those of us that enjoy aircraft videos then this is super treat. The Japanese pilots make the planes look as graceful as the birds with their natural looking movements. I am enjoying every one of these and glad that I found this channel, I have, of course, subscribed. The engines in these have the new smoke reduction burners, the early planes were very smoky except when in at least the 1st stage of afterburner. You could see the smoke from far away, especially when landing, even before you could actually see the plane. These look better for the sake of the videos since there is no smoke at all.
I love your videos about Japanese Phantoms!!!!
0:46 emotional moment as phantom ii lover.
Handsome aircraft and well done video, nice way to start my weekend. With the Huey and a number of F4 in the same shot looks like the early 70s.👌👌
I was thinking the same thing. Da Nang, Tahkli, Ubon, Bien Hoa, any number of bases in Southeast Asia, or even the Sinai.
Outstanding. Now all we have to do is tie those cables to a ship, and we've got carrier landings. Beautiful shots. I want to get my rotary mower out and mow those weeds around the runway.
In order to change the ‘Shoe’-
the two pins must be hammered out!
Thank you again our friend for making us happy with your videos. The japanese Phantoms are very beautyful painted and well maintained. They should let you fly from time to time and take some aerial footage.
Thank you
watching this nice video while building my 1/48 Hasegawa model. Thanks for sharing, sir!
Thank you for another great video
What an amazing videos about Phantom. Best videos I ever seen
. I could imagine with the japan F-104, my fav plane. Well done Japan on these days of F-22, F-35,Typhoon... I want back Phantoms, Mirage, Vigen,etc
I'm not very good at Japanese, but to me these ファントム seem very かわいい. それわファントムかわいいです。
Ok enough of that thanks for the great video!
A beautiful, brutish, powerful bird that served proudly. To think the US is using them as target drones is tragic.
I agree with you, how they can kill them like this
The Air Force claims they no longer use the Phantom for target practice. But yes, very sad way to go
The QF-4s have been expended. It does make me sad, but at the same time the Q birds die a warrior’s death and advance the state of the art. They’re using QF-16s now.
They were actually still in use in the gulf war as radar jammers and surface to air spotters.
Awesome clip, nice color, epic plane
I see the Japanese people ang goverment treating this FANTASTIC F-4 A "katana" sword beleiving the sword has a SOUL. They keep the jets alive as a reminder of a part of their freedom unlike other rich coutries who let the marvlous plane rust, under the heat of the sun.
Thanks 1-300 this goes great with my breakfast, and have a good night.🌛
Stunning videography beautiful thank you 🙏
Another phantastic video! Merci.
癒される～
The reason for the Frog is that in Japanese, the word for "frog" has the same sound as "come home". I think a good luck for the aircrew to return safely.
The scarf, I guess to give the Frog an aviator flair. And the 7 stars because the 301st Squadron belongs to the 7th Air Wing. (It had 5 when it with the 5th)
In the case of this special marking airplane, in honor of both the 5th and 7th Wings,
There are 5 stars on the left wing and 7 stars on the right wing. 9:33
With all your extra footage we can pretend Phantoms phly Phorever.👍
Who would have thought, all these years later. F4's are the getting the respect and love after 50 years of service. How would the guys have known? The constant progression in quick succession from the F3 to the F101 and the F4 in only 4 years. I bet people were hanging on for an even greater jet. But no, the F4 was the final word, and way back in 1960.
Que envidia!!!!........ volar un Phanthom F-4....... envidia de la buena... saludos amigos desde Mexico
It's only in this video that i saw that the yellow band around the cockpit really was tied like a scarf behind the canopy! I love it when the JASDF make special markings for their aircraft!
Also, do you ever see the JASDF Phantoms train with live ordinance, or is it all just inert training weapons? In your videos I normally see clean aircraft (except fuel tanks) and maybe a blue inert AAM-3. =)
💕 strength and beauty made partially immortal by your work. Thank you.
Beautiful as usual, thak you. Are these F4's still in service?
Yes
うわぁ～(^.^)めっちゃカッコエエ！昨年の航空祭以来見てません。残り時間があるうちに北海道から会いに行き隊です～♪
Great video!
Beautiful Beautiful and Beautiful💖
Maravilloso video.
The F-4 Phantom is one of my favorite aircraft, I want it to remain in service for several decades instead of replacing it with the useless f35.
Very nice, thank you. 👍
Such good film!
Thank you so much for your work in capturing the brutal looking Phantom in all it's majestic flying grace - a visual treat. Are you employed on base or are you given permission in order to capture your fantastic images ?
I'm just looking out of the fence.
@@1-300 that must be a big lens.
Awesome Video!
I love your videos.
Could you please upload a version without music.
Harigato.
Of course.
Please see the description section of this video.
@@1-300 Arigto gozaimasu!
Don't cry cause its over
Be happy cause it happened
Last Phantoms of Japan
Amazing
I'm loving the amazing content you're uploading. Your channel is blowing up. Lots of love for the Phantom! (♡°▽°♡)
Bellisima!!!
Put Yellow Scarf in a Museum!!!!
カッコいいを通り越して，ウツクシイ…