To: sukhoi-30mki
2 posted on
06/16/2010 8:53:50 AM PDT by
gundog
(Outrage is anger taken by surprise. Nothing these people do surprises me anymore.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
3 posted on
06/16/2010 8:59:48 AM PDT by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
They better keep those under lock & key very tightly, the iranians are desperate and will do anything to get their hands on them.
4 posted on
06/16/2010 9:04:30 AM PDT by
prophetic
(0Bama = 1 illegal president = 32 illegal, unconstitutional & unnecessary CZARS to do his job!!)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Our Air Guard base in Reno had the F4’s fitted for reconnaissance. Got rid of those years ago and got replaced by a transport group.
I miss the roar of the F4!
5 posted on
06/16/2010 9:05:42 AM PDT by
adaven
To: sukhoi-30mki
Nice pic!
How did the song go....
'The MacDonnel Douglas F-4 Fighter / Bomber....mostly bomber...'..
Years of maintenance on C / D / E / G models...
Great jet.
To: sukhoi-30mki
My father was an F4 driver....said it was like flying a rock with wings.
8 posted on
06/16/2010 9:12:19 AM PDT by
Psycho_Bunny
(Hail To The Fail-In-Chief)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Turn them into QF-4 drones, load them with JDAMs and send them north as high speed UCAVs. If they try to shoot them down the Wild Weasels will eat the Norks for lunch. And if they hit it the worst you are out is an obsolete jet.
14 posted on
06/16/2010 9:20:06 AM PDT by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Inexpert aviation fan question here:
What’s the pod hung on the mid-line of the F-4D?
Is it one of those cannon pods?
Just curious.
15 posted on
06/16/2010 9:21:23 AM PDT by
VOA
To: sukhoi-30mki
to me, the F4 is the iconic image of Vietnam era fighters. I get a little nostalgic looking at planes like that.
21 posted on
06/16/2010 9:31:37 AM PDT by
llevrok
(I am a stranger in the country I was born and raised.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
A friend was a McDonnell Douglas engineer. His comment, the F4 was proof that if you put a big enough motor on a barn door, it will fly.
31 posted on
06/16/2010 10:04:15 AM PDT by
lurk
To: sukhoi-30mki
I was an air traffic controller in the AF and pretty much cut my teeth on the F-4. I can’t tell you how many F-4’s I worked using PAR (precision approach radar to the non-flying Freepers) in a freezing cold GCA (Ground Controlled Approach) van in Germany. About the hardest aircraft to get on course and keep him on course.
34 posted on
06/16/2010 10:26:53 AM PDT by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: sukhoi-30mki
A classic, but a little too slow and cumbersome to take on the newest generation of CHICOM fighters.
35 posted on
06/16/2010 12:16:14 PM PDT by
JimRed
(To water the Tree of Liberty is to excise a cancer before it kills us. TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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