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F-4 Phantom II flight demonstration video. The J79 had a reduced time lag between the pilot advancing the throttle, from idle to maximum thrust, and the engine producing maximum thrust compared to earlier engines. While landing on USS Midway (CV-41) John Chesire's tailhook missed the arresting gear as he (mistakenly) reduced thrust to idle.
F-4 Phantom II—445 total, 382 in combat First loss: operational (non-combat), F-4C 64-0674 (45TH TFS, 15th TFW) which ran out of fuel after strike in SVN on 9 June 1965; first combat loss F-4C 64-0685 (45th TFS, 15th TFW) shot down Ta Chan, NW NVN on 20 June 1965. 9 of the losses were parked aircraft struck by rockets.
Vladimir A. Yakimov attempts a vertical landing on the stern flight deck of the Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov (ex-Baku) in Yakovlev Yak-141 (Yak-41M), 48-3, callsign "77", but during heavy touchdown the undercarriage ruptures a fuel tank, causing a serious fire. About 25 seconds later, Yakimov ejected successfully, and was rescued ...
Operation Bolo was a United States Air Force mission during the Vietnam War, considered to be a successful combat ruse. [1]The mission was a response to the heavy losses sustained during the Operation Rolling Thunder aerial-bombardment campaign of 1966, during which Vietnam People's Air Force fighter jets had evaded U.S. escort fighters and attacked U.S. bombers flying predictable routes.
Israeli F-4E Phantom. Flag markings on nose credit the aircraft with 3 combat kills. Soon after the Israeli F-4s took off, the MiGs began bombing the runways. Nahumi ordered Shaki to dump the detachable fuel tanks and to take the west end of the base while he would take the east one. Nahumi then shot down one MiG with a Sidewinder missile. He ...
On Sunday, June 6, 1971, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 serving as Flight 706 departed Los Angeles just after 6 p.m. en route to Seattle as a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps was approaching Marine Corps Air Station El Toro near Irvine at the end of a flight from Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada.
And considering an F-4 could perform air-to-air combat and carry a bomb load double that of a World War II B-17 bomber, it was quite a boost for South Korea’s military.
F-4 Phantom II William P. Driscoll (RIO) United States USN 5 F-4 Phantom II J R. Stephen Ritchie (pilot) [7] United States USAF 5 F-4 Phantom II Jeffrey S. Feinstein (WSO) [8] United States USAF 5 F-4 Phantom II Le Quang Trung † [9] North Vietnam VPAF 5 MiG-17, MiG-19: Nguyễn Văn Nghĩa: North Vietnam VPAF 5 MiG-21 Nguyễn Phi Hung † [1 ...