When the Turkish Air Force invites you, you can always expect surprises. This formation, which is unlikely to be seen again anytime soon, was led by the specially painted Phantom 77-0296.

The image on the tail refers to the Phantom's long service life. The Phantom entered service with the USAF in 1958. In Turkiye, the Phantom entered service in 1974.

Part of a group of New Jersey ANG F-4E's arriving late in the day as "CLAN" flight

Stored. Placed on display at the Idaho Military Museum in 2000

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 With 4658,4 flight hours logged, it was withdrawn at Holloman and eventually moved as a range target at the White Sands Missile range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.

Delivered in 1976. Withdrawn from use at Hyakuri in 2020.

Photo by Denis Hughes.

Photo by Denis Hughes.

Photo by Denis Hughes.

Del 11 Aug 1964 Preserved at USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.