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Lots to view if you have the time...Good F-4 videos





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-FFpEFj ... ted&search" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

F-4s in Germany



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-7JOh_x ... ted&search" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

F-4s at Mildenhall



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrQwz2Zo ... ted&search" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

F-4's over Goose Bay



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8UlLhNU ... ted&search" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

RF-4E Last Chance



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuY08V44 ... ted&search" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

F-4 Formation flying



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex1WrRgX ... ted&search" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

F4F's at Holloman- great song



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS78YGsE3h0&NR" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Animation F-4s with some nice paint schemes



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApM_f-jBlP0&NR" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

low altitude F-4



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb4K10UUPq0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

No F-4a, but great footage



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A244hlxOeH0&NR" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Great low altitude footage of French Mirages



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy4Wks5w ... ed&search=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

More Mirage low altitude flying



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XzENGFP ... ed&search=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Wait for #3...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTgpXdR2 ... ed&search=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A mix of some good video of French flying including some really low route recce and bailing out right after takeoff from a french carrier



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dpKqDVRjCA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Awesome flying through the swiss alps...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-_2rj5_ ... ed&search=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

low altitude Jaguar



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xISpZYajveA&mode" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

F-15s shooting down QF-4s... who says flares don't work (look at video just after 4 minute mark)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdcybHrBmPE&NR" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

slick PR video for the Typhoon

Just watched this little montage:-
Last F-14


could get stuck following the side lonks all week
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Jov1jh ... ed&search=

The last Tomcat makes me feel OLD..

In the mid 70's, I was in one of the last "pure gunfighter" squadrons left in the fleet. I was in VF-201, a "reserve" squadron of F-8J Crusaders made by LTV. AWESOME machine and a born Mig Killer.

Heck it could even fly with the wings FOLDED!!!


LTV was all that was left of Chance-Vought of F-4U fame. It was and still a conglomeration called Ling-Temco-Vought.

Those old F-8's were and ordnanceman's dream! 4 old, yet very reliable Mk-12 20mm cannons and sidewinder rails. A variable incidence wing gave it some great handling ability a slow speed. It only had one engine. The new navy doesn't like that.

We were down in Miramar Cal, "Fighter Town", on a deployment the first time I saw the brand new Tomcats. Those things are HUGE!

Lots of F-8 stuff here.http://www.cloudnet.com/~djohnson/index.html

We used to have a lot of fun shooting the "tompions" out the guns at unsuspecting avionics types. The tompions were yellow plastic plugs that kept trash out of the gun barrels. Those old Mk-12's (of Hispano lineage) were electrically fired and test ammo, ( an empty case witha LOUD primer installed) was readily available to enterprising types such as myself. We'd stoke all four guns with a test round and wait for a "tweet" to walk across the hanger. We'd already dis abled the "downlocks" which kept stuff from firing when the gear was down. We'd holler FIRE IN THE HOLE just to cover our butts and let her rip when an unlucky bastard strolled into range. My best was 4 consectutive tweets in one night. If you missed, you had to start over. THey really hurt if you were within 20 feet of the muzzle, past that and they just bounced off of you. Max range was about 50 feet.