"The F-4 Phantom II lives. But the life it leads today is an odd one. It still flies in other countries; in northern Iraq, for example, the Turks use it in combat with the Kurds. But in the United States, it leads a twilight existence. It’s a warplane, but it no longer fights. Its mission is weapons testing, but no pilot flies it. Mostly, you’ll find these F-4s either sitting in the desert or lying at the bottom of the sea."
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Old AF Sarge and MSGT Buck should like this one as they are old Air Force hands.
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| F-4s at Arizona’s Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, the warplane retirement home. |
The article is an oldie but a goodie. All of the QF-4s are nearly gone; the first of the QF-16s are in place.
ReplyDeleteYep. Still a good one!
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