McDonnell F-4C Phantom II saying "hello." by Buffalo1
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Taken by yours truly at an air show in the early 1980's. This Phantom is with the Texas Air National Guard stationed at Ellington Air Force Base in Houston, Texas. The F-4's based here kept an eye on the Gulf of Mexico looking for MIG's and other Soviet types flying out of Cuba. The F-4 was the primary air superiority fighter during and after the Vietnam War. Over 5,000 were built and served in the air forces and navies of America's friends and allies.
Comments (7)
I had the pleasure and honor of working on lots of these back in the day. I was stationed at Udorn Royal Thai Airbase in Udorn Thailand. We had C's, D's, and E's based there. This brings back some memories. Nice photo of this Phantom!
WOW! My brother was briefly at Danang and then went toTakhli RTAFB! He said there were F-4E's and F-111 bombers there as well as all sorts of Air America planes. He said the AF didn't know what to do with him when he got to Takhli so he painted aircraft, stood guard with the Air Police and helped to load Air America planes. Then someone figured out he could type. The rest of his tour was in the office.
I've got a friend who flew the recon version of that plane. Great capture!
Thanks, It doesn't surprise me that so many guys put in time with F-4. A real classic fighter.
Yeah, there were a few 111's at Udorn as well - and Air America was as well - saw lots of AA C-123s..
My brother got a ride in a USAF C-123. The AA guys invited him to come out for a night mission into Red China in a C-123. He wisely said, "No."
Nice looking plane I have never seen one being in the back hills of no where
Thanks! The RAF and RN flew them with Rolls Royce engines. Made the F-4 even faster.
What do we have flying out there over the Gulf of America now?
There is a drone squadron and NASA aircraft at Ellington Airport now. (The City of Houston took over the airbase.) There are several USAF squadrons based at Eglin AFB, Florida with F-16 and F-35 fighters. Also Florida and Alabama ANG are active.
Ready to go!
Actually he just landed, but they did put on a great show! In the old days you could get quite close to the planes taking off and landing. Thanks!
Nice shot of the plane! And fun little facts to go with it