[Kenton]

My best memory of the F-4 was watching one do a barrel roll about 50 feet above the deck of the Russian helicopter carrier, the Moskva, in the eastern Mediterranean off the coast of Egypt in '67. Cold war gamesmanship at it's best.

That plane is a fine old warrior.

[Stingray]

My best memory of it was standing on the flight line when a pair of them took off in formation. The ground shook and my ears rang for hours afterwards. It was one of the most incredible displays of raw power I have ever seen.

[Conserev1]

A great work horse! Job well done!

[joe fonebone]

My best f-4 memory......

‘79, I was a plane captain aboard the FID....

They just shot off an F-4....

As it was rolling down the cat, a deck wrench came flying out from the catwalk.

the f-4 ate the wrench and spit out the engine in a million little pieces.....

The plane hit the end of the catapult, all the stores were immediately ejected, and the plane drifted below the flight deck....

We all just stopped ans stared, waiting for them to eject...no seats...

Then, way off in the distance, we saw it, at wave top level, shaking like a leaf, but sslooowwwllly gaining altitude...

It got up, came around, and caught the wire.....

Just can’t kill ‘em?..

[Kenton]

My best memory of the F-4 was watching one do a barrel roll about 50 feet above the deck of the Russian helicopter carrier, the Moskva, in the eastern Mediterranean off the coast of Egypt in '67. Cold war gamesmanship at it's best.

To correct myself, this happened in the spring of 1970, not '67. That was another cruise on a different ship.

Just like the F-4, I'm getting old. Time is taking a toll on my ever-shrinking brain.