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Turkey retires first squadron of F-4 Phantoms
Flightglobal ^
| 12 May 2009
| Tolga Ozbek
Posted on 05/15/2009 7:46:43 PM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
Turkey retires first squadron of F-4 Phantoms
By Tolga Ozbek
Turkey has disbanded its first squadron of McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom strike aircraft, under a transition plan leading to its future operation of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The Turkish air force's 172nd Sqn, based in Malatya Erhac, had flown the F-4E for more than 32 years. It is planned to reform in 2014 following first deliveries of the JSF. Ankara expects to receive its first two F-35s that year, although these will first be used at a training centre in the USA. The air force's first conventional take-off and landing F-35As should arrive in Turkey in 2015, with the nation planning to buy 100 of the aircraft.
The 172nd Sqn retirement leaves Turkey with five Phantom units, including the 112th Sqn at Eskisehir, which operates "classic" F-4Es introduced from 1974. Two squadrons fly F-4E 2020 "Terminator" bombers, which were upgraded in the late 1990s in co-operation with Israel Aerospace Industries. The air force also has two squadrons of RF-4 reconnaissance aircraft.
TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: aerospace; f35; f4phantom; jsf; navair
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© Tolga Ozbek
To: A.A. Cunningham
That’s the coolest looking F4 I’ve ever seen.
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posted on
05/15/2009 7:57:57 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather bed. -Jefferson)
To: A.A. Cunningham
...being in munitions (46150) back in those days I can tell ya, they carried everything....they served this country well.
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posted on
05/15/2009 7:58:40 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: A.A. Cunningham
still my all time favorite...
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posted on
05/15/2009 7:59:43 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
To: ovrtaxt
That’s the coolest looking F4 I’ve ever seen. nah, there's plenty of great paint jobs out there
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:00:17 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Doogle
Well don’t leave me hanging, post away!!
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:01:55 PM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather bed. -Jefferson)
To: A.A. Cunningham
As my dad used to say...the F-4 Phantom: proof you can make a brick fly with enough thrust.
7
posted on
05/15/2009 8:05:24 PM PDT
by
NorCoGOP
(Recession: friend loses his job. Depression: You lose your job. Recovery: Obama loses his job.)
To: ovrtaxt
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:18:03 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Chode
Mine too! Saw the Blue Angels flyng F-4s circa 1969 at Ewa Beach Hawaii. Thrilling to see and hear them make thundering passes just feet off the flightline!
To: A.A. Cunningham
Skipping generations is not all bad.
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:24:56 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: A.A. Cunningham
I like the F-4, but the main thing about the story for me is giving Turkey access to the new Strike Fighter. I can't help but think when the pooh poooh hits the fan, you ain't gonna want a rag head country having cool rides. Turkey doesn't belong in NATO. They will side with Allah in the end.
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:28:40 PM PDT
by
chuckles
To: chronicles
absolutely...
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:30:16 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - Obama is basically Jim Jones with a teleprompter)
To: chronicles
I was a crew cheif on F4s,at Shaw,Ramstein and Keflivik.I love the F4 and after my 20 years in the USAF,I have to say that it is one hell of fighter.
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:32:41 PM PDT
by
noutopia
(Home of the brave,not the spineless.)
To: chuckles
Yeah, why the heck is Turkey getting the F-35?
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:38:13 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: noutopia
I had to feed them (”1969”)..and like I said, they can carried a lot. We had 4 sqdrs at Ubon RTAFB....AND they were loud...*grins*
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:45:24 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: ovrtaxt
Dump trucks with wings, the F-4 has always been one of my favorite fighters.
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:55:09 PM PDT
by
theymakemesick
(You may be a terrorist if you went to church last Sunday or think "shall not be infringed" means it)
To: chronicles
I forgot about the F-4 Blue Angels. I’ve got a video tape of “Threshold” with them in it. Grainy video but pretty cool.
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posted on
05/15/2009 8:57:18 PM PDT
by
theymakemesick
(You may be a terrorist if you went to church last Sunday or think "shall not be infringed" means it)
To: noutopia
I used to be a Crew Chief to the F4 at Luke Air Force Base
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posted on
05/15/2009 9:04:02 PM PDT
by
truegris
(***The teleprompter is smarter then him***)
To: theymakemesick
DT w/ wings, LOL.
I could never understood how those bricks could get by with negative dihedral.
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posted on
05/15/2009 9:12:47 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: Doogle
Kool, but apparently kraut.
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posted on
05/15/2009 9:14:58 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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