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@GrapeFlavoredAntifreeze

5 жыл бұрын

AirshowStuffVideos Thank fuck these are still flying. I actually came to this video to see the fate of the F-4s I saw that year but have yet to return. I feared the worst when the Air Force retired the rest of the QF-4s, but it looks like they’re still flying and as beautifully ugly as ever

When my recon squad called for air support in Nam, F-4 Phantoms were sent out to us. They would make a strafing pass and hit their after burners as they flew up a mountain side toward us. The sound was primordial. It would vibrate your internal organs. If any NVA were still around they would be scared shitless just by the sheer nasty noise these things made.

@oldgoat142

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome Home, Recon.

@wwb7091

10 ай бұрын

I was a squad leader - Recon platoon, Echo Company, 2/28 1st Infantry Div. When the Phantom driver said "30 seconds out - get small, fellas", hell on earth was about to be unleashed.

@EricPham-gr8pg

5 ай бұрын

The whole goal was to wake up the whole neighborhood and even the ghost not reincarnated yet to get Hurry up that is why it is call phantom all of the war thunder was allowing the technical hunting on ground search for real hidden threat inside outside of equipment and base and personel and movement ect so all will be statues or be targeted

@matthewjdouglas6471

2 ай бұрын

Amazing story, I can only imagine. Thank you for you bravery. As I brit I respect all US vets whether air sea or land. All amazing. Good to have Allie's like the United States of America

When you hear the twin J-79’s on full afterburners you never forget it. Phantoms Phorever!!

@mucarew

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. I was a F4 crew chief and you never forget the sound. Especially the wind up when started.

@claudiocarbone2225

3 жыл бұрын

Pure eargasm🔝🤤✈

@marcusaureliusgermanicus4184

3 жыл бұрын

@Sylver The Private Aviator It was built by GE

@jimdubya5425

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like… victory.

@patfarra627

2 жыл бұрын

Ooorah

F4E phantom and F14 Tomcat... Two of the most badass looking jets ever made.

@guaporeturns9472

Жыл бұрын

Northrop F-5

I know it's pretty obsolete at this point but damn, it's without a doubt the most beautiful and badass looking jet fielded by the US to date.

@NamelessRider

5 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt !

@ohwell2790

5 жыл бұрын

The speed of heat is always awesome.

@East_Coast_Toasty_Boy

4 жыл бұрын

I heard Isreal put today's technology and made it more maneuverable and are doing well with it.

@wolfgagger

4 жыл бұрын

F-104 Starfighter takes it for me. Nothing looks faster.

@FruitBrute2003

4 жыл бұрын

for me its tied between the F-4 and F-14

The Phantom is one of the most beautiful planes ever built.

The Phantom just looks badass

We grew up with F-4 Phantoms flying around our house in NY. Fighter/Intercepter group, they were amazing to watch take off!!! Hate to see them go..

@richardlahan7068

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. Charleston AFB South Carolina.

@gao1258

2 жыл бұрын

same, our national guard flew Vodoos and then Phantoms in my childhood..in the mid sixties before they changed the law the guys would go supersonic!

When I needed an airstrike I was sure glad to see the F-4's. Gy.Sgt. Tom Boyte USMC, retired Vietnam 65-66- 70-71

@fabioo9459

5 жыл бұрын

F4? pff this is for noobs, Argentina still use A4 skyhawk kzread.info/dash/bejne/houDmtmDp8naY7w.html

@fabioo9459

5 жыл бұрын

Those planes without radar, without electronics, with free fall bombs attacked a British aircraft carrier in 1982. We must recognize that they are good. I do not want to imagine what an F22 can do

@TheDustysix

4 жыл бұрын

Semper Fi. Toxic Masculinity. AirWing 77-81.

@robwoodall8425

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for serving, Gunny.

@TheDustysix

4 жыл бұрын

@@fabioo9459 The Douglas A-4 was a Marvelous Aircraft. I worked on them in MAG-12 Iwakuni 78/9.

Used to sit in a sandbag bunker at the end of the Chu Lai airstrip in Vietnam, and watch the F4 "Smokers", in two plane elements, taking off directly over our heads with full bomb and missile loads outbound to targets. Talk about LOUD! Full afterburners and going for the brass ring. They would be just a few hundred feet overhead, and then zoom out of sight headed inland. Impressive sight.

@travr1131

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your service!

@fubarmodelyard1392

6 жыл бұрын

partriarch thanks and welcome home

@WimGrundy

6 жыл бұрын

partriarch AMERICAL!

@peterb01

4 жыл бұрын

At Korat AFB in Thailand, heard the same thing. Could never adequately describe the sight and sound to anyone not there.

@madfury3179

4 жыл бұрын

They surely smoke

Sweetest looking jet in the Air Force. I used to refuel the D and E models at Homestead AFB FL from 78 to 82 with the 31st POL Squadron. The sound of these ‘birds brings back a lot of sweet memories. PHANTOMS PHOREVER

Had the good fortune to spend four years flying the F4E in early seventies. It was the multi role fighter of its era, bomb truck, dive bomber, interceptor and dogfighter. It was the experience of my lifetime, hard to believe the subsequent fifty years have gone by so fast. Some mention the smoke, there is an interesting back story to this. The engines were tuned to run "rich" to keep the turbine inlet temperature down. This contributed to the remarkable reliability of the J79. It was possible to lean the mixture by installing modified burner cans that largely got rid of the smoke, but this led to significantly reduced tbo. It was a $$s thing, in the end most operators opted for the smoke

@norahmahnki1401

3 жыл бұрын

Same ATL Jim Graham at DAL? I got two F-4 rides, one as a cadet in the F-4E at Spangalem AB GE, the other at VX-9 Point Mugu in a QF-4N. Some of the best flying a T-38 FAIP could get! Now a 7ERA JFK. Best

Just one of the most beautifully evil looking aircraft ever to fly.

@JustKeuehri

3 жыл бұрын

A-10: laughs in brrrrre

@Paul33500

3 жыл бұрын

The mig 21 is better

@jimbo6413

3 жыл бұрын

@@Paul33500 The MiG 21was certainly more maneuverable than the F4, but that doesn't necessarily make it a better aircraft. Properly flown, using "zoom and boom" tactics, the Phantom could dictate the terms of engagement. As long as the Phantom driver didn't make the mistake of getting into a turning fight with a MiG then he had a pretty good chance of shooting his adversary out of the sky. That said, the MiG 21, the MiG 17 and the MiG 19 were all formidable opponents and a Phantom driver underestimated these aircraft at his peril, but none were superior to the F4.

What an legendary aircraft! That sound is awesome! Sure wish the commentators would stop their incessant yapping when aircraft are doing flybys though.

@dannichols845

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

F-4 Phantoms are one of the noisiest fighter jets ever built. An F-4 flyby in full afterburner sounds quite impressive!

@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL

4 ай бұрын

I heard they’re as loud if not louder than an F-35. I have seen an F-35 and honestly, it’s quiet compared to a super hornet or EA-18G

@stevegendreau3720

21 сағат бұрын

I can vouch for that. I've seen them take off and fly by. Absolutely deafening. The F14s were ear shattering, but these beasts were beyond belief.

Wow the F4 Phantom's looks so nice. It's the most beautiful Jet I ever seen.

One of the most beautiful flying machines ever!

First model I ever put together. I had to have it, I saved some of my paper route money to buy the kit. Then when I joined the military I got to see them flying all the time. It was a bad boy. It could do it all. R I P. Phantom. One of the all time greats.

Living in Nevada as a kid, we'd sometimes see these flying overhead in the desert. The roar they caused was just awesome. I later met a pilot who had flown these. He described them as like driving a muscle car.

My beloved Phantom, may your soul always "dance the skies on laughter-silvered wings".

These jets saved my dad several times in Vietnam.

Still have never seen a more beautiful jet. My all time favorite visually.

I still love the old phantom. The wings are all notched, bent up at the tips, anhedral at the elevators,...You could almost imagine the designers trying to manage the power the engines put out. Smoke trail,...The plane just thinks it's going to come up to height and kick your butt. It knows you see it coming. It likes that you see it coming

Turkey 🇹🇷 still uses these badass f4’s 🇺🇸

@claudiocarbone2225

3 жыл бұрын

😍🔝✈love From Italy

Went to Oshkosh 2016 and had the pleasure to see their arrival. Amazing aircraft. Wish they couldn't of been destroyed.

Gotta be one of the most menacing looking fighters ever !

Our local Air National Guard flew phantoms well into the 1980’s. One of the pilots took us out to the runway threshold while several pairs took off. We were within 100’ of the phantoms and we had to plug our ears. I was ten at the time but i will never forget how those planes made the ground shake as the pilots stood on the brakes with full afterburner.

It's hard to believe that a legend from the 1980's television can now be seen in HD

@thetreblerebel

4 жыл бұрын

What tv show?

@HarvestTexas

4 жыл бұрын

@@thetreblerebel Probably meant TV movies The Great Santini or Red Flag: The Ultimate Game.

@thetreblerebel

4 жыл бұрын

@@HarvestTexas thanks

Two of the most beautiful aircraft ever made. P-51 Mustang, SR-71 and F-4 Phantom II are the best of the best. I would have loved to fly in one of these.

@NamelessRider

5 жыл бұрын

The exact same three I would pick. Had two back seat flights in the F-4J and it was a hell of a ride.

@xavierathorne

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Poland Add to that the F-14 Tomcat and the F-4U Corsair.

@zeeeman8744

4 жыл бұрын

Steve Poland it was one awesome ride, I miss it

Phabulous Phantom, brilliant. All the best from the UK.

Watched these magnificent machines while being a USAF Security Policeman on the Clark AFB flightline. DEFENSOR FORTIS.

Outstanding footage!

living in an AFB as a kid in late 70s...we used to sneak into the area next to the runways, seating and watching the take offs.

We were at Airventure when these guys were there. At the time, we didn't know yet that the F-4s were doing their flyovers. We were walking out of a biulding and we heard the sound of a jet about to fly over us. We looked up and saw the F-4 heading toward us, When it flew over, gotta say, that is the loudest sound from an aircraft I have ever heard.

Nothing cooler than the sound of a J-79 idling by.... such a sweet sound!! Love the F-4 and I was lucky enough to see one of these fly at the Nellis Aviation Nation show this same year...

@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL

4 ай бұрын

Fr. To me it sounds like what a jet engine should sound like

dude, that take off was perfectly coordinated, great vid.

Used to watch the Air Nat Guard F4's at Mcguire in the late 80's. They would come back from their practice runs flying about 100' over the runway and blast straight up right over my head (they used to let you park at the end of the runway). It was so loud and it actually would make the car shake a little. The most awesome (and loud) display of power that I have ever seen. They should keep one or two as a tribute to one of the most awesome jets ever.

Anyone else notice lead’s drouge-chute door blow open and his drought-chute blow off?

Probably the best looking jet ever made

That second looks like an F-4E model from Tyndall AFB, though I don't recall seeing them in a grey paint scheme, still great to see them fly!

The best aviation video I will see today. I remember the skies above eastern England being full of them, both USAF and RAF.

Awesome f4 vid. Probably my all time favorite bad ass jet fighter.....the f14 and 15 come close but not quite the level of cool as the f4.

They'd be a heck of an aircraft to own. They're just butiful and graceful aircraft to watch. It's sad to see them disappear.

My first day at MacDill AFB in 1970 I walked out to the flight line and the tarmac was full of F4 Phantoms 15th TFS It was breathtaking

@lucky4724

4 жыл бұрын

Roger that, I was your neighbor to the south of you at HOMESTEAD AFB, Rows of F4E's on the flightline. 31st. TFS Ground refueling(POL)63150AFSC "73" ol ramp rat !!! #MEMORIES🇺🇸✈✈✈✈✈ TAC 4ever !!

F -4 PHANTOM ОЧЕНЬ КРАСИВАЯ МАШИНА!! CLASS VIDEO AND THANK YOU!! СПАСИБО!!

Instant magique de voir ces deux avions en démonstration....Bien filmé..Very goog Like....

Nice!

F-4 Phantom-- fastest way to turn JP4 into smoke and noise. A co-worker was a mechanic on a carrier during Vietnam. He said it was common for the Phantoms to return with vegetation hanging off various parts of the a/c. This was from flying into debris from exploding bombs dropped by a/c ahead of them on the bomb run. Flying that fast and close to the weeds you don't have time to think about what could go wrong, just fly the mission.

I LOVE the nose art. Even has the little angry eyes! Amazing!

The f4 along with the f14 and 15 have to be one of my most favorite fighters of all time that is until the USAF brings out another fighter design that tops these three

@f-4ephantomll271

2 жыл бұрын

It'll be a damn hard Job for the Designers ,and i don't think that they will convince me ,but we'll see what the Future brings

@Joseph_Ochoa.

2 жыл бұрын

@@f-4ephantomll271 I agree It will be a hard job but we gotta wait until the life span of the f35 is up which will most likely be in about 30 years

great video

Good Stuff and Great Action.

I was on the USS Coral Sea, CV-43, 1982, these things going as low and slow as they can, makes a hellish whistling sound you will never forget.

Been wanting to get a Phantom Society here in Oregon started to rebuild and preserve one or two for Air Shows...

@mebsrea

4 жыл бұрын

Best opportunity now would be to acquire one as they’re taken out of service by foreign governments.

Outstanding!

IMO best intimidating looking a/c ever...love em

I just re-read _Phantom Over Vietnam_ by John Trotti and it was just as gripping the second time. One number he cites about this beast that stuck in my mind was 4.5 gallons of fuel consumption per minute _at idle just sitting on the ground_

@zeeeman8744

4 жыл бұрын

Putting it in burner gave you about 10 mins of flight time without external tanks

@hshs5756

4 жыл бұрын

@@zeeeman8744I've watched hundreds of F-4 catapult launches and it was almost standard practice to go to afterburner from just before the cat stroke until they had established a positive climb rate. The burner was on maybe 30 seconds for that.

@zeeeman8744

4 жыл бұрын

That’s correct. That must have been pretty awesome watching them launch off the decks like that !

@hshs5756

4 жыл бұрын

@@zeeeman8744 When I went aboard the carrier the personnel officer rattled off a list of divisions in ship's company that needed new meat, so I picked the one I thought would have the best view: Navigation Dept, which I knew would be up in the island. Perfect choice!

If you've never been near a pair of these doing a full afterburner takeoff then you just cannot imagine how loud they are.

Two ship F4's remind me of Summer Camps in the 80's at Gowen Field. When our Air Guard flew recon F4's and they'd greet us in the a.m. with two ship takeoffs and in the afternoon with their return. Loud and awesome were the F4's near Gowen, quiet and low when we'd see them buzzing us in the field. I miss 'em..

I just attended aviation nation in Las Vegas 2019 great show but no f4 phantom. The f4 represents American muscle. Keep them flying for airshows.

Love love love the F4

There will probably never be anything as sexy as the Fox-4 ! Best aircraft the Blue Angels ever flew in an air show was the "J" model. That aircraft looked like it was doing Mach 2 just sitting on the ramp. I got two back seat rides in the J and it seemed like just yesterday. My memory was how quiet it was in the cockpit and how much sheer POWER it had. RIP.

sorry to see them go outstanding planes back in the day .

I worked on f4C, F4E, F4G, and lastly RF4C, Loved the plane. Even worked an F4E that went to Hill and came back a G.

This...is...damned...AWESOME!

I loved watching F4’s dropping snake and nape on the VC. Was one of the many joys I had back in Nam. Simpler time back then.

Nice video

Awesome to see F-4's again, they taxi with a little swagger!

Always loved the phantom, I know the operators didnt like it, but I love how much they smoke. You know a planes smokey when even with afterburner theres a black trail

@zeeeman8744

4 жыл бұрын

It was one of their biggest liabilities, you could see them from miles away. They finally developed smokeless engines in the S models

1 of my favorite jets

Awesome. Thanks 👍🇳🇿

I have seen hundreds of these birds fly, still miss them to this day.

Such a respectful and powerful jet! Hail the phantom for its immaculate service over Vietnam

Coolest jet fighter

I'm from Springfield, IL. The 183 TFW is based here at Capital Airport. Runway 2240 is about 9,000 feet, because the Phantoms needed it. The wing transitioned to F-16A's many years ago, but planes were moved to Indiana because of a friendly fire incident in Afghanistan. I live 1/2 mile from 2240.

Always loved F4s. Phantom and the Corsair

Did anybody else notice the pilot mishap during the takeoff? At 2:01 you can see the brake-parachute-hatch open up and the brake-chute flying away. At the pass while taking off at 2:20 you can see, that the hatch is still open :D

Bar none the baddest looking jet ever!

Eargasmic🤤😍love these fighters

nice fly by

F4 phantom what an aircraft I preferred the navy variant but hell of an airplane

Was the crew chief on RF-4C while stationed at Zweibrucken air Base, Germany back in 74-76.

Only the US Military can take a 18 year old kid playing grab ass in the high school halls and in a few months train him and turn him into one of the finest propulsion mechanics on the J-79. Here it is 37 years later and not a day goes by that I don’t think about working the flight line launching F-4’s...The sounds, the smell, the sight of a Phantom rumbling down the runway on takeoff will always be with me...

My uncle flew these in the Viet Nam conflict. Mostly as ground support. His last assignment, was flying the “wild weasel” missions. Which I understand was to fly over known SAM sites, as fast as they would go, drawing missile fire. Then, the F14’s or F 16’s would come in, and blow them up.

@zeeeman8744

4 жыл бұрын

Richard Bramley there were no F-14’s or F-16’s in Vietnam. But kudos to your uncle, that’s a special kind of aviator !

Kudos to the pilot in the blue F4 flying on one engine and still managing the plane.

Most beautiful jet ever designed.

If they brought back the F-4 for airshows, please bring back the F-14 Tomcat! Please!!!!

I remember at an air show I got underneath one trying to find jets ( I thought it was a Harrier😅). The Hero that actually flew it in harm's way after alot of laughing told me the history of it. What a versatile battle tested bird.

Enjoyed my 33 months at Zweibrucken with the only recon outfit on the European continent. The 26th TRW and RF4E aircraft. Now those were some hot rods.......

@lucky4724

4 жыл бұрын

RAMSTEIN AB, "76-78" 86TH Ground refueling(POL) F4E'S !! #MEMORIES🇺🇸✈✈✈✈

@georgedavidson6931

2 жыл бұрын

Ramstein AFB 1966-1970 Jet Eng Mechanic 38TRS 417Th Best Job Ever

Gotta love that

Damn...they're still beautiful as in '54 when gave Uncle Xmas card w/T-38 Talon Trainer pencil drawing AND F-4 crayon drawing both in 6 views. DOD needed single engine trainer plus fighter/bomber, but both designs twins. Uncle worked for DOD, said he'd forward both, got on phone, said "Well, crayon drawings look like a really pissed off eagle, & pencil drawings look like 1000 MPH bullet". Dad gave Uncle ride to Detroit taking his "card" to D.C. & this was on Xmas. Designs solved stability breaking sound barrier problems & F-4 actually went over 1500 MPH! Both Planes produced by end of decade, Uncle got promoted, I got suspended from Kindergarten for having swiped Dad's Top Secret Security Clearance Card for "Show & Tell", which he didn't have. I got on bus every morning - went up town screwing off - caught bus back home at noon. Worked really well for 2 weeks until School Secretary phoned Mom to bring me back as suspension ended, & sht hit fan!

PLEASE KEEP EM FLYIN!

One of my top favorite Acft except for the Star Wars X wing

Nothing like seeing two smokey joe F-4s in the sky. Still badass. Long Live Phantom II.

Its a shame they are blowing up these examples, but it is a warriors death. Here in Korea Ive had the honor of seeing some of the ROKAF flying some of their active duty F-4s out of Osan a few times. Its strange to see them flying in formation with the F-22s, but definitely a unique experience.

@AreeyaKKC

8 жыл бұрын

These 2 were destroyed 7/31/16

@znuto

7 жыл бұрын

I was at Osan AB in 1980, and the ROKAF had F-86s still. That was really cool to see a pair fly over occasionally.

I grew up under the southern flight path in and out of NAS Dallas. I remember watching or at least hearing these big, beautiful suckers go overhead almost every day. And if it wasn't a flight of F-4s, it was a flight of C-130s.

@marcfranklin4430

7 жыл бұрын

Same here, out of Oak Cliff near Kimball High

It’s jets like the F-86 and F-4 Phantom that still look very good despite their Age

Love how they are lined up amidst props. LOL

Camo bird dumped his drag chute on throttle up, LOL! End of an era for these old birds.

@Southwest_923WR

2 жыл бұрын

I thought thats what it was, almost thought I was only one saw that!

Spangdahlem AFB Germany 3yrs. C/D and E's. Loved this plane