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A U.S. Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the 36th TFW, Bitburg, Germany, TDY to Zaragoza Air Base, Spain, crashed on a gunnery range 25 miles from Zaragoza, killing pilot Capt. Charles A. Baldwin, 28, of Charleston, West Virginia and navigator Capt. Stephen N. Smith, 27, of Pinebrook, New Jersey. [28] 25 August
Douglas C-54D-10-DC Skymaster and F-4 Phantom II: 2 99 101: 1 (on aircraft) LANSA Flight 502 [166] 9 August 1970 Cusco, Peru Lockheed L-188 Electra: 2 43 45: 16 (all on aircraft) United Airlines Flight 553 [167] 8 December 1972 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Boeing 737-222: 2 0 2: 7 Yokohama F-4 crash [168] 27 September 1977 Yokohama, Japan McDonnell ...
Toei Animation Studios produced an animation story of the F-4 crash titled "Mamma, Poppa Bye Bye" in 1984. It was directed by Hiroshi Shitara with the story written by Katsumoto Saotome. The anime covered the life of the two young victims of the crash from the early summer of 1977 to their deaths on the night of 27 September 1977.
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.
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.
Lendon in the back seat of a South Korean F-4 Phantom flying over southern South Korea on May 8, 2024. - South Korean Air Force I greeted a US journalist on the morning flight as she climbed down ...
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.
Tailhook of an F-4C Phantom II on display at the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Pardo then tried to use Aman's tailhook to push the plane. The Phantom, having been originally designed as a naval aircraft for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps , was equipped with a heavy duty tailhook for landings aboard aircraft carriers and for emergency ...