F-4
The Phabulous,
Phenomenal, Phantom!
This page is
undergoing maintenance to correct broken links and
provide better photos. page. Most of the photographs
that needed to be re scanned have been uploaded. Work
will continue for the next several weeks adding
airplane/date/unit and location information. (08-20-22)
The USN/USMC F-4s should be complete by the second week
of January, 2021. Then I can start the USAF/AFRES/ANG,
which is a real monster. I have completed scanning of my
Navy F-4s Thursday January 7, 2021. It will take at
least another day to edit them and upload them.
ANG/AFRES/USAF F-4s are in a continuous scanning cycle,
it will take most of January, 2021 (and maybe even some
of February) to complete. Well, it is May and I just
finished scanning the last F-4Ds!
As of 17 May all USN/USMC Phantoms are
scanned (F-4B/N, F-4J/S and RF-4B) and all
USAF/AFRES/ANG F-4C and F-4D Phantoms. I am now
working on F-4E/G, F-4F and RF-4C Phantoms. I
must scan slides, resize and perform any editing prior
to uploading then and adding them to the pages. This
takes time. I usually scan about 50 slides, or so to
start this process. With about 1,200 individual F-4s in
my collection this is a time consuming task and as my
time to scan is limited by other needs it means that I
might only have a few photos complete per week. There is
always something going on in the background. even if it
is not visible.
USAF
F-4C/D (complete 08-20-22*)
ANG F-4C/D (complete 05-20-21*)
182nd TFS F-4s (in progress 02-10-21)
AFRES F-4C/D (in progress 05-17-21)
USAF RF-4C (in progress 12-21-21)
ANG RF-4C (in progress 09-27-21)
USN F-4B/N (complete 03-16-21)
F-4B/N Reserve units (in Progress 01-15-21*)
USMC F-4B/N (in progress 03-16-21*)
USMC RF-4B (complete 12-18-20)
USMC F-4J/S (in progress 01-11-21*)
USN F-4J/S (in progress 03-16-21*)
F-4J/S Reserve units (in progress 01-15-21*)
Preserved F-4s (in progress 08-20-22)
USAF F-4E (in progress 05-28-22)
ANG F-4E (in progress 07-26-21)
AFRES F-4E (in progress 04-14-22)
F-4G Wild Weasel (complete 12-22-21*)
German Air Force F-4F (complete 2-27-22*)
*
Photo uploads complete, awaiting text.
This page connects
to various photo sites for the F-4. Each one will
cover various models and services that operated the
Phantom. I will add pages and photos as time goes
by. This endeavor will grow over time and it will
take years for all of the photos to be scanned and
uploaded.
NOTE: While updating these sites with larger photos (ones that can actually be seen!) I am discovering numerous broken links. These are being addressed as best I am able. (Dec 2020)
Many of the photos were taken on visits to bases and airshows, but a great percentage were taken at MASDC in the 1970s/ early 80s and later AMARC, and even later AMARG. The background can be as interesting as the main subject.
F-4B/N
RF-4B
F-4C/D
RF-4C
F-4E/F
F-4G
F-4J/S
Note:
All images are saved as JPEGs. Starting with the
newer pages the file name will incorporate the
aircraft type and serial or bureau number, unit,
location and month date (month and year) photographed:
i.e.
F-4C_63-7420__111th_FIS___Ellington__Apr_86___5
= F-4C 63-7420 111th Fighter Interceptor
Squadron Ellington AFB April 1986. If there are
multiple shots of the same a/c, the file would have a
"_#" following the serial: i.e. The example used is
the 5th shot of 7420.
Most
photographs were taken by me, but some exceptions were
pictures taken by Bobby Porter, Bill Spidle, Gerald
McMasters and John Paul Jones. We had all at various
times visited airshows together, or made trips to
airbases, or just hung out taking photos. That is the
reason that many Air Forces are lacking as we simply
did not have the opportunity to photograph them.
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