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The Warplane That Will Not Die (F-4)
Time Magazine ^ | December 4, 2014 | Mark Thompson

Posted on 12/05/2014 7:09:47 AM PST by C19fan

Think of it as the return of the Phantom.

Fly boys of a certain age perked up with reports Thursday that F-4 Phantom II’s belonging to the Iranian air force — or what’s left of it — have attacked targets belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) in recent days.

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: iran; phantom
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To: Mr Rogers

Ok, can/could F-4 maintain a constant airspeed in the vertical?


41 posted on 12/05/2014 8:53:05 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Mr Rogers

Ok, can/could F-4 maintain a constant airspeed in the vertical?


42 posted on 12/05/2014 8:54:33 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: NFHale

The first Phantom was the McDonnell FH1, the Navy’s first operational jet fighter. It hails from around 1946.


43 posted on 12/05/2014 8:55:12 AM PST by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: BubbaBasher

The emergency procedure for out of control below 10000 feet was “ Eject”.


44 posted on 12/05/2014 8:57:34 AM PST by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: C19fan

I asked the former chief pilot for NASA Dryden what his favorite plane was (he flew everything including the SR-71).

His answer... F4 Phantom. It was like the ultimate hotrod.

The last few years he headed the flight test group for the Eurofighter.


45 posted on 12/05/2014 8:58:40 AM PST by BillM (.)
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To: 60Gunner

I can remember when the f-16 became operational and the f-4’s were being phased out.

Pilots and support crew had a saying: Better my sister in a whorehouse than my brother in an f-16!


46 posted on 12/05/2014 9:00:25 AM PST by saleman (?)
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To: Kozak

i was on the fid in ‘79, watched an f4 eat a deck wrench on it’s way down the cat...

spit the engine out the end of the aircraft just as it cleared the bow...

pilot jettisoned all stores and we watched it sink below the bow. we waited for the crash... it never came

out in the distance in front of the ship it came into view, a mere feet from the water..

it slowly gained some speed and eventually climbed and returned to the ship...

one hell of a loud smoky aircraft it is..


47 posted on 12/05/2014 9:02:36 AM PST by joe fonebone (a socialist is just a juvenile communist)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Very cool photo, brother. Thanks for posting it.


48 posted on 12/05/2014 9:02:45 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: rfreedom4u

If the F4 d has AIM-120 AMRAAM it can engage an F-18 at a fair chance of victory as the fight should be Beyond visual range. F-4E Peace Icarus 2000 has AIM-120

Only rules of engagement makes the Turn and Burn a requirement.

and as a bomb truck the F-4 is still a good platform just old and expensive on the fuel side.


49 posted on 12/05/2014 9:04:52 AM PST by Bidimus1
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To: 60Gunner

RE FH1:
So that would be a first generation jet fighter, alongside F86s, P80/F80 Shooting Stars... same time frame.

Like the styles on those aircraft.


50 posted on 12/05/2014 9:05:45 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: Mr Rogers

The question was if it could climb vertically. You correctly answered the question as it has to do with power to weight.

I believe the F-15 was the first American jet fighter to achieve positive power to weight ratios.


51 posted on 12/05/2014 9:07:05 AM PST by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Sparky1776

Interesting.


52 posted on 12/05/2014 9:09:22 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Bidimus1

Another problem is if you try to turn and burn an F-4 you rapidly run out of mission capable aircraft. A very maintenance intensive aircraft.


53 posted on 12/05/2014 9:15:36 AM PST by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: PJammers
I consider any movement, however minor, of the needle in the clockwise direction of the AS indicator acceleration.
54 posted on 12/05/2014 9:18:39 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

An F-4 in a vertical climb was losing speed. An empty F-4E weighed 32,000 lbs. Fuel, crew, external tanks etc added weight. In theory, a completely stripped down F-4 could have a 1:1 thrust:weight ratio...moments before flaming out. Going up vertically with no fuel left would be bad.


55 posted on 12/05/2014 9:22:15 AM PST by Mr Rogers
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To: central_va

Going Up!

 photo morning_picdump_663_640_50_zpsc55924e1.jpg

56 posted on 12/05/2014 9:26:52 AM PST by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
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To: Mr Rogers

I remember reading years ago about an Air Force Reserve squadron of F-4s kicking the butts of active duty F-15 squadrons. The phrase, “Old age and treachery always wins out over youth and enthusiasm.”


57 posted on 12/05/2014 9:58:32 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: central_va

Not so. That was the F-15


58 posted on 12/05/2014 3:46:58 PM PST by pasodave
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To: Mr Rogers

Me too. Beat them at Nellis in 79 and 80


59 posted on 12/05/2014 3:51:20 PM PST by pasodave
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To: Mr Rogers

Could not accelerate in vertical due to thrust to wait ratio.

155 combat sorties in that aircraft.


60 posted on 12/05/2014 3:53:16 PM PST by pasodave
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