[oh8eleven]

I was USMC artillery up on the DMZ. I can't tell you how many times we watched F4s working out on Charlie just outside our wire.
We were also fortunate enough to have witnessed many F4s coming back over the DMZ from the north doing barrel rolls.
Was not aware of the significance of that at the time.

F4s remain my favorite plane to this day.

[BwanaNdege]

"F4s remain my favorite plane to this day."

Amen to that! I was an 81 mortar FO with Lima, 3/26 further south in I Corps. We had a lot of F-4 (and A-4, plus an occasional "Spad" A-1 Skyraider) CAS. They definitely had the Vulcan 20mm cannon, but don't remember if those were internal or in external pods. We nearly got brained by the empty brass kicked out by the 20mm!

My wildest memory of F-4 CAS was in Arizona Territory. I was trying to locate an NVA mortar and a .50 cal. The F-4 came over from behind us, about 75 feet off the deck. About 75 yards behind us, he released (6) 250# Snake eyes and 2 canisters of napalm. All that ordinance flew right over our heads and nailed the NVA position. Scared the snot out of me and I wasn't the target!

[Chainmail]

God bless our Marine Phantom drivers! I owe my life to Snake and Nape delivered right in the middle of the enemy when we needed it most. He had to fly that thing so slow and so low I was afraid he'd hit the trees.

I sure I could find that particular pilot and buy him a case of his favorite champagne.

[Yardstick]

I’ve always thought F4s were cool. What was the significance of the barrel rolls?