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If 1 gun was good, 3 were better: the USMC F-4 with unique Three Gun Pod Configuration

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / Weapons

If 1 gun was good, 3 were better: the USMC F-4 with unique Three Gun Pod Configuration

Dario Leone

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From damaged neck discs to being momentarily incapacitated doing a dogfight: US Navy fighter pilot tells how high Gs over many years damaged his body

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Incapacitated during a dogfight: Navy fighter pilot on how high Gs over many years damaged his body

Dario Leone

VF-51 Screaming Eagles F-4’s Flamboyant Markings in Vietnam were devised to be a magnet for MiGs

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

VF-51 Screaming Eagles F-4’s Flamboyant Markings in Vietnam were devised to be a magnet for MiGs

Dario Leone

On 2 ship low level F-4E flight with 1 jet with 3 tanks and other with 2, both were out of fuel at the same time. Phantom pilot explains why.

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

‘On 2 ship low level F-4E flight with 1 jet with 3 tanks and other with 2, both were out of fuel at the same time.’ Phantom pilot explains why.

Dario Leone

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US Navy F-4 RIO recalls when his Phantom II was mistakenly shot down by a US Navy F-4 (flown by a USAF exchange pilot)

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

This Navy F-4 has been shot down by a Navy F-4 (flown by a USAF exchange pilot)

Dave Svajda

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The Story of North Star, the KC-135 Stratotanker that Saved an F-4 Phantom over the Atlantic

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

KC-135 Crew Chief recalls his low on fuel Stratotanker giving 6,000 pounds of fuel to F-4 that failed six approaches to Andersen AFB because of bad weather

Dario Leone

F-4E pilot recalls spotting a glider flying close to the target during a training air-to-ground mission

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

F-4E pilot recalls spotting a glider flying close to the target during a training air-to-ground mission

Dario Leone

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F-4 Pilot recalls when his Phantom II Outran an F/A-18 Hornet and Zoomed at 82,125 Feet per Minute

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

F-4 Pilot recalls his Phantom Outrunning an F/A-18 and Zooming at 82,125 Feet per Minute

Dario Leone

F-4 pilot recalls pulling 7.5g while flying with travel pod during airshow practice. 2g was the amount the pod could sustain.

Airshows / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

F-4 pilot recalls pulling 7.5g while flying with travel pod during airshow practice. 2g was the amount the pod could sustain.

Dario Leone

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The fully loaded USAF F-4 Phantom II went inverted on a tanker at night in a thunderstorm

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

The fully loaded USAF F-4 that rolled upside down underneath a tanker at night in a thunderstorm to get separation

Matt Graves

RAF Phantom Pilot recalls Shadowing two Soviet Bears over France because French fighters were grounded for Bastille Day celebrations

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

RAF Phantom Pilot recalls Shadowing two Soviet Bears over France because French fighters were grounded for Bastille Day celebrations

Dario Leone

US Navy F-4 pilot explains why the lack of an internal gun on the Phantom II was not significant in retrospect during the Vietnam War

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Navy F-4 pilot tells why if Phantom II was built by Grumman instead of McDonnell Douglas would have been a better aircraft

Dario Leone

They made Robin Olds Angry: the Navy F-8 pilots that instructed USAF F-4 crews in ACM and beat them during every engagement

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

They made Robin Olds Angry: the Navy F-8 pilots that instructed USAF F-4 crews in ACM and beat them during every engagement

Dario Leone

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F-4 crews kept saying the SR-71 couldn’t do a high-performance takeoff: after a Blackbird went vertical in full AB after takeoff, they gave up.

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

F-4 crews kept saying the SR-71 couldn’t do a high-performance takeoff: they gave up after a Blackbird went vertical in full AB after takeoff.

Linda Sheffield Miller

RAF Phantom pilot recalls intercepting a Soviet Il-62 Classic spy plane disguised as an Aeroflot airliner

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

RAF Phantom pilot recalls intercepting a Soviet Il-62 Classic spy plane disguised as an Aeroflot airliner

Dario Leone

USAF F-4 pilot recalls when he was punished for not ejecting from his Phantom II after one of its engines exploded (He did a successful emergency landing instead)

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

USAF F-4 pilot recalls when he was punished for not ejecting from his Phantom II after one of its engines exploded (He did a successful emergency landing instead)

Dario Leone

The RAF Phantom crew that jokingly requested fuel from an Argentine Air Force KC-130 flying over the Falklands

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The RAF Phantom crew that jokingly requested fuel from an Argentine Air Force KC-130 flying over the Falklands

Dario Leone

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