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To: Robe

The “G” (USAF, or did you fly the short-lived Navy “G”?) was a specialty platform, not too many were converted from “Es” and i think most were converted to unmanned drones and expended as targets some time ago.

USAF still has “Es” and some RF-4Cs in inventory as target drones. But those are running out and they’re starting to convert F-16s.


48 posted on 08/22/2014 8:27:56 AM PDT by tanknetter
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To: tanknetter

Flew the “G” stateside, mostly flew the “B” and “J” mods.
I liked the “G” , ( Navy had a dozen of them (One was lost over the North) it had a downlink capibility that allowed hands-off carrier landings, but the Navy didn’t,they stripped all the electronics gear out of them in ‘67 (I think)and returned them to the “B”status.


59 posted on 08/22/2014 9:39:16 AM PDT by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
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