picture 62926

Submitted by aua on
field_i_picture
vf_node_items
title (item) field_cer_web field_cer_navbox
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
United States Navy fighter designations pre-1962 - Jagdflugzeuge (Fighter) der U.S. Navy und des U.S. Marine Corps bis 1962, USAAS/USAAC/USAAF/USAF fighter designations 1924-1962, and Tri-Service post-1962 systems - Jagdflugzeuge (Fighter) der U.S. Air Force bis 1962, McDonnell és McDonnell Douglas katonai repülőgépek és űreszközök - McDonnell and McDonnell Douglas aircraft and spacecraft - Liste der militärischen Flugzeugtypen des Herstellers McDonnell Do, USN/USMC attack aircraft designations 1946-1962 by manufacturer - Bodenangriffsflugzeuge (Attack) der U.S. Navy und des U.S. Marine Corps bis 1962, Japanese Navy Bomber Aircraft Designations
McDonnell Douglas F-4C
field_er_category
Robin Olds
field_er_magazine
The Aviation Historian - Issue 21
field_t_remark

McDonnell Douglas F-4C 63-7680 was the Phantom flown by Col Robin Olds during
Operation Bolo, armed with AIM-7E Sparrows mounted in underfuselage troughs (two
forward and two aft) plus a pair of AIM-9B Sidewinders on each wing. The AN/ALQ-72
ECM pod ftted for Bolo is shown beneath the tail. Olds’s Phantom was yet to be marked
with the “FP" tailcode of the 497th TFS, 8th TFW. Artwork by TOM COOPER © 2017

field_t_subtype
profile left
fr_quality
Average: 3 (1 vote)