... so the Phantom became more potent in the air-ground role and was able to overtake roles from the indigenous Mitsubishi F-1.
The force of the fighter jets was enlarged by RF-4E Phantoms that were able ...
... see some of airshow rehearsals. Fortunately, it went as planned. F-4EJs and RF-4E(J)s Phantoms were flying in quite some numbers and some display rehearsals also took place!
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... the Hyakuri airshow 2018. Apart from the air interceptor variant F-4EJ the green/brown and blue sea camouflage colored RF-4EJ recce Phantoms were in line in the very early morning hours even already before ...
... and as no solo Display teams exist in Japan, the flying program during airshows in usually performed by the home units, demonstrating maneuvers and role demos of their operational flying.
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... aircraft on „the other side of the fence“ were 3 helicopters of the the JGSDF (UH-60, AH-64D, OH-1), the (X)C-2, T-400, the still omni-present RF-4E Phantom II and a U-125 Flightchecker as well as the ...
... of only a dozen airworthy aircraft of the mixed fleet of RF-4E and RF-4EJ and an end of their career in the timeframe of 2012/2013. But without a proper reconnaissance asset replacements this might change. ...
... and RF-4E (in new camouflage" fighter jets, but also the most modern aircraft of the Turkish AF like the recently delivered first F-16D Bl.50 and the B737 "Wedgetail" AEW aircraft. This display way completed ...
... which I photographed from the outside in order to catch the airshow departures as well. Unfortunately the static display this year was very sparse and the only fast jet, a 'shark-mouthed' RF-4E from Hyakuri, ...
... of the visitors, which was rewarded with some nice shots of the Hyakuri-based RF-4E and F-4EJ Phantoms.
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Though the weather has not been very good ...
... rewarding!
RF-4E(J) nightflying
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So we rushed through the ground exhibition, photographed the F-4- and F-15-exhibition and get some shots of the aircraft parked along the fence line. This was quite good: RF-4E, F-2, ...
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So we rushed through the ground exhibition, photographed the F-4- and F-15-exhibition and get some shots of the aircraft parked along the fence line. This was quite good: RF-4E, ...
... and also the subvariants. So different Mirages and Kfirs are to be seen, as well as a lot of examples of the Phantom family (mainly the F-4E Kurnass, but also the Recce-versions RF-4E, RF-4E(S) and one ...
... was allowed to be photographed, consisted out of a RF-4E, A-7, Mirage 2000, F-16 and a small Cessna on the apron and three F-16s, that were display in different armament configurations inside the hangar. ...
... photos there, though the jets are still quite high. With a changing cloudiness it was a lot of gambling to get a sunny Phantom, and did not have a lot of luck. Besides an RF-4E and the unique EC-1 that ...
... was sparse, but included nevertheless interesting examples like Turkish RF-4E, the German s/c MiG-29 and a Hungarian Mi-17 and Mi-24. A good start of the year, many of the following shows in 2004 will ...
