It was a fun day, with constantly changing weather conditions, that 21 June 1990. Besides four Luftwaffe F-4Fs, it also saw the arrival of 7x EG F-15s of the 56th TFW, a 10th MAS Sherpa, a Portuguese C-130, 2x Dutch F-16s, and locally based 32nd TFS Eagles and 334sq F27s. This F-4F (FMS 72-1248) flew first on 22 Sep'75, was delivered to the Luftwaffe 23 Oct'75. The spook made its last flight on 8 Feb'03 when serving the German training unit at Holloman AFB (NM). With 4658,4 flight hours logged, it was withdrawn at Holloman and eventually moved as a range target at the White Sands Missile range

It was a fun day, with constantly changing weather conditions, that 21 June 1990. Besides four Luftwaffe Phantoms, it also saw the arrival of seven EG F-15s of the 56th TFW, a 10th MAS Sherpa, a Portuguease C-130, two Dutch F-16s, and locally based 32nd TFS Eagles and 334sq F27s. This F-4F (FMS 72-1213) flew first on 18 Dec'74, was delivered to the Luftwaffe 29 Jan'75 and was sadly scrapped at Jever, after 33 years of military service by June 2008.

It was a fun day, with constantly changing weather conditions, that 21 June 1990. Besides four Luftwaffe F-4Fs, it also saw the arrival of 7x EG F-15s of the 56th TFW, a 10th MAS Sherpa, a Portuguese C-130, 2x Dutch F-16s, and locally based 32nd TFS Eagles and 334sq F27s. This F-4F (FMS 72-1271) flew first on 17 Jan'76, was delivered to the Luftwaffe 17 Feb'76. Since June 2009, the F-4F swapped function and became a instructional airframe at Kaufburen (Germany). Great to see it here in an experimental Luftwaffe, US Egypt one style, colour scheme.

It was a fun day, with constantly changing weather conditions, that 21 June 1990. Besides four Luftwaffe F-4Fs, it also saw the arrival of 7x EG F-15s of the 56th TFW, a 10th MAS Sherpa, a Portuguese C-130, 2x Dutch F-16s, and locally based 32nd TFS Eagles and 334sq F27s. This F-4F (FMS 72-1116) flew first on 2 Aug'73, was delivered to the Luftwaffe 19 Sep'73. First assigned as a traning aircraft with the 35th TFW at George with 'GA' tailcode. Moved to Germany for service in the Luftwaffe in early 1978 and eventually scrapped at Hopsten in Jul'02. Great to see it here with that striking tail.

Picture is probably taken at one of the RAF Germany air bases. Any help on the location is appreciated. Photographer unknown

Preserved at Gerhard Neumann Museum, Niederalteich. Photo by Klaus Mohr.

Built by McDD in St. Louis (MO), this Spook made its first flight on 20 May 1974. It was delivered to the Luftwaffe with Foreign Military Sales serial 72-1171 on 20 June 1974. The aircraft was withdrawn from use at Neuburg air base in December 2006. It was handed over to the Wilhelm-Frankl-Kaserne for preservation by 25 April 2021.

Photographer unknown

Preserved at Furstenfeldbruck, Germany from 2005.

Allocated USAF serial 72-1213. Scrapped at Jever around 2008.