[MCF]

The strangest thing! We were at the Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin Air Force Base FL yesterday and there was a painting of that event on display.
My father worked on the F-4 as a flight mechanic from start to finish of its production. So I have a liking for that plane.

[kearnyirish2]

It was a good plane (its length of service attests to that, here and in other countries), but in Vietnam a critical oversight was exposed - it had no gun, so it couldn’t “dogfight”.

[kearnyirish2]

I knew I had seen a story like this before, and it was from the Korean War (with F-86es):

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/this-f-86-pilot-pushed-his-wingmans-crippled-sabre-for-60-miles-to-keep-him-out-of-enemy-hands/

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Over twenty years ago, I contacted the F-4 Phantom Club for information. Whether that organization still exists, I don’t know.

They sent me a copy of their latest glossy club magazine....I have it packed away somewhere.

I saw the Blue Angels fly the F-4 years ago at Point Mugu Naval Air Station, near Oxnard, California.