Walk around - McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom (Page 1 )

 

Note:  this F-4 Walk around is split in 2 pages for greater loading speed.

So see also F-4 Walk Around Page 2...

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was developed in the fifties-sixties aimed at mission capable in all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor. It is a tandem two-seat, twin-engined, fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the United States Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. It served in many US armed forces like U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Air Force, and was also exported to NATO countries and Japan.

The Phantom is a large fighter with a top speed of over Mach 2.2. First it was designed without an internal cannon, but later models incorporated a M61 Vulcan rotary cannon. The F-4 was used extensively during the Vietnam War. It was replaced in its roles by the F-15 in the USAF and later the F-18 in the US NAVY.

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F-4B

This F-4B Phantom aircraft, BuNo. 153030, was used by the US Navy. It was displayed on board of the USS Midway naval aviation carrier museum in San Diego.

Photographed, November 2009 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright!

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F-4E

This F-4E Phantom has a canon under the nose as typical for this later version. This aircraft was photographed at at Nellis AFB, Nevada, USA.  Painted in USAF Vietnam type camouflage, it is of Detachment 1, 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron (82 ATRS) USAF.

Photographed, November 2009 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright!

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Here of the same unit 82 ATRS one of the last flying F-4E's Bur.no 74-0643 is seen, November 2016 at Nellis AFB. It has a green camouflage scheme, coded TD.

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F-4E  of the USAF 32 TFS Soesterberg / The Netherlands

This F-4E Phantom is special as it was operated by the USAFE 32 TFS based at Soesterberg airbase, The Netherlands. Several F-4E's are shown, photographed in the seventies. Painted in standard USAF scheme camouflage. Nice stuff!

Photographed, seventies by Fred Bachofner (C) Copyright!

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F-4J

This US Navy F-4J  with BuNo. 153880 is displayed in the Balbao park Museum in San Diego.

Photographed, November 2009 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright!

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The F-4J cockpit interior can be seen here:

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Photographed, January 2012 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright!

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F-4J US NAVY (Duxford)

This F-4J has the scheme of US Navy VF-74 coded Bu.No 155529. Modellers may recognize it as the scheme in the very old Airfix F-4 1/72 kit. It was later converted to a F-4J(UK) for service with the RAF from 1984 with code ZE359 . Conserved at Duxford it got the original United States Navy markings.This aircraft is now located in the American Hall at the Duxford museum, U.K. 

Photographed, 2015 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright!

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F-4N US NAVY VF-154

This F-4N (Bureau Number 153915) has markings of US Navy VF-154 as operating from the carrier USS Midway (CV-41) in the Vietnam war. The display is located at the Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola, Fl., USA.

Photographed, November 2014 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright!

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F-4S US NAVY VF-161  (OVER 150 PHOTOS!)

This F-4S with Bu.No 153851 is painted in a very nice scheme of US Navy VF-161 of USS Midway. It was photographed with all details and it is on proud display at the Palm Springs Air Museum, Ca.

Photographed 2016 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright!

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F-4S

This F-4S with Bu.No 157246. It is on display at the Flying Leatherneck Historical Foundation and Aviation Museum, Miramar, CA.

Photographed 2016 by Cees Hendriks (C) Copyright!

 

this walk around was first published on this website February 2012  (c) Copyright IPMS Nederland

 

 

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Continued on F-4 Walk Around Page 2... 

 

The first version of this page was created February 2012 by M. de Vreeze (but split up in 2 pages)