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F-4 Pilot, MiG-21 Destroyer, Tells Story

January 6, 2017 Moreno Aguiari 0

Two F-4 Phantom IIs flew in a triangular pattern behind a Douglass B-66 Destroyer, escorting the slow-moving light bomber on a radar jamming mission. During the operation, the skies were clear with a few scattered […]

F 4 Phantom Final FLight Phantom Pharewell Photo by Jay Beckman1

Pharewell to the Phantom

December 22, 2016 Richard Mallory Allnutt (Chief Editor) 26

The US Military bid a final farewell to the mighty McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II on December 21st, 2016, as the last active examples were paid off in a ceremony and brief flying display under heavily […]

A Family Tradition

December 20, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 0

It’s the summer of 1967. Lyndon B. Johnson is president, Rolling Stone published their first magazine and girls all over the world are going crazy over an English boy-band called The Beatles. Right now, none […]

B9A0408 Richard Mallory Allnutt photo AirVenture Oshkosh WI July 28 2016

The Final Flight for the F-4 Phantom Set For Next Week

December 14, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 2

The final flight and retirement ceremony for the venerable F-4 Phantom will be December 21st at Holloman AFB, New Mexico. The Phantom is still in active service at Holloman with Detachment 1 of the 82nd […]

Retiring QF-4 stops in at Aviation Nation

November 18, 2016 Moreno Aguiari 3

After more than 60 years of service, the QF-4 Aerial Target, modified from the F-4 Phantom II, will officially retire from service. The aircraft was highlighted during Nellis Air Force Base’s Aviation Nation air show […]

Holloman AFB

F-4 Pilot, MiG-21 Destroyer, Tells Story

Pharewell to the Phantom

A Family Tradition

The Final Flight for the F-4 Phantom Set For Next Week

Retiring QF-4 stops in at Aviation Nation

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