... cockpit and a F-4EJ Phantom II doing ground demonstrations of the hydraulic system.
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On the apron itself there were no other aircraft to be seen apart from ...
... apex attack, the Τ-6 Daedalus and F-16 Zeus solo displays concluded the event, before finally a mixed fighter formation fly past of the A-7 Corsair II, F-4E Phantom II, M2000 and F-16 Fighting Falcon appeared ...
Vietnam and aviation brings to most peoples minds probably Phantoms fighting against MiGs, B-52 Stratofortresses acting as bombs trucks and napalm and "Agent Orange" over the jungle. However, as Uncle ...
After the show of Jagdgeschwader 71 (JG71) at Wittmund to honour the end of the F-4F Phantom II service for the Luftwaffe at the end of June 2013, the two remaining Phantoms of WTD61 soldiered on for ...
... in service with the "Hammers" Squadron that has its heritage in operating three B-17 Flying Fortress and after years of flying the F-4 Phantom II " Kurnass" (sledgehammer) the state-of-the-art F-15Is arrived ...
Aggressors, Eagles and Phantoms, there is plenty of jet action going on at Nyutabaru, even on a normal flying day. Spending two days on the fence guarantees many motives of jets from the Land of the Rising ...
The annual airshow at Nyutabaru is always a safe bet to see some amazing aerial displays of the JASDF. Three Squadron, either equipped with F-4EJ Phantoms or F-15(D)J Eagles, amongst them the nicely painted ...
... ceremony area. This year it was a Phantom and a Kfir C-2, which stood closely together with some helicopters such as the AH-64 Apache or AH-1 Cobra and even a Hermes 450 UAV.
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... F-4 Phantom II is still in service, flown as the F-4E in the air-air and air-ground role as well as still some RF-4C as a reconnaissance asset. These latter ones however are to be put out of service in ...
... interception of "Aggressor" Phantoms by two Eurofighters as well as demonstration of two Bell UH-1D Hueys as CSAR helicopters and the venerable C-160 Transall in their MedEvac role.
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... the next aircraft announced themselves by the characteristic whining of the J79-engine: both Turkish F-4E and RF-4E Phantoms, which were hard to photograph in the static display the previous days, taxied ...
... closely followed all of my movements while I was looking to get some nice photos of JASDF aircraft.
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Besides all the local Aggressors, Phantoms, Eagles and of course T-4s flying ...
... the clouds during this period of time, as it was also the case for most of the morning. It only started clearing up during the afternoon.
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The F-4EJ Phantom came in once again ...
... The scenario was first to gain aerial superiority – with two Eurofighters against two Aggressor Phantoms… - and then to clear using Tornados before the extraction of hostages. Furthermore the aerial refuelling ...
... seeing a rehearsal display for next Sunday's show of them.
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As only some F-4EJ Phantoms were flying and the weather was far from perfect I decided quite early in the afternoon ...
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But nevertheless the show proved worth going, even if it was this year only for some Phantom action.
The gates open just in time for sunrise at 7am and give some time to stroll through the static display ...
... just afterwards.
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The jets were next with a F-4EJ Kai Phantom that flew in directly from Nyutabaru, and a display of three Tsuiki based F-15J Eagles ...
... its best to satisfy the "need" of all those Phantom Phreaks to come to the sole remaining wing operating the mighty F-4F Phantom II in the Luftwaffe.
In relation to the 50th anniversary a special coloured ...
... and Hungarian Gripen parked in close proximity to one of the host country. But besides these two aircraft unfortunatly only two other foreign jets – a German Phantom and Belgian F-16 – did come to Caslav ...
In Spring 2009 it was time for another trip to Japan, concentrating on the area around Tokyo and mainly driven by the fact that the – until then – Naha Phantoms of 302 Hikotai have moved to Hyakuri, making ...
