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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
AMHC Gilbert Chavarria attached to US Navy VF-154 the Black Knights, while on board USS Coral Sea died after being blown into a parked F-4 Phantom II, by another F-4 Phantom during flight deck operations in the Sea of Japan. 22 February Blue Angels pilot Lcdr. Stu Powrie, 1970 Naval Academy graduate killed in A-4 Skyhawk crash during airshow ...
Pilot, Lt. Tom Dostie, succeeds in hooking 1-wire and aircraft snags safely in barricade. Since the A-7 type was about to be retired, airframe is stripped for parts and buried at sea 25 January with full military honors, but refuses to sink until strafed by air wing jets. [38] This disposition is in question, however.
A Grumman A-6E Intruder, BuNo 149948, 'AJ-500', of VA-35, [30] and a McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II from USS Nimitz collide in midair over the Atlantic Ocean during a refueling maneuver ~600 miles SSW of Scotland. The two crew of the A-6 were missing and presumed dead while the two of the F-4J were recovered. [31] 26 August
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.
Memories of the Phantom. If there were a perfect match for me to make my fighter dream come true, it had to be the Phantom. It first flew in 1958, a year before I was born, and was truly the ...
Yokohama F-4 crash [148] 27 September 1977 Yokohama, Japan McDonnell Douglas RF-4B Phantom II: 3 2 5 † N/A Mandala Airlines PK-RHS crash [149] 18 October 1977 Manila, Philippines Hawker Siddeley HS 748: 3 1 4 †, ‡ N/A SATENA (FAC-1101) crash [150] 22 August 1979 Bogotá, Colombia Hawker Siddeley HS-748-260 Srs. 2A: 3 0 3: 6 (all on aircraft)
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II [8] San Bernardino Mountains. California During maneuvers with his Air Force Reserve unit [8] Eduardo Mata: Mexico 1995 Orchestra conductor and composer. Piper Aerostar: Toluca, Mexico Aircraft crashed after entering a stall while attempting emergency landing [79] Enrico Mattei: Italy 1962 President of Eni