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BFIGIIM, Pah ad debt in the Ute Ses by Vis CORPORATION ‘Wes ot sl Pk 804 Toe Tee Rood Manian Hoshi, Mo 5045 uM Poet Manage & (Ch fice rans VERLINOEN OS lice Bab LETTERMAN, Te & seach; Will PECTERS Layo Wily PEETERS Phcating —-SCANBCY Brera Belge Prvied yDrddery DE PEUTER ow 1 Hero gi ISBN 9070932202 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The peopl involved inthe compilation of ths Lock On have once again done their uimos to rove us uth the nzessary material io ei complete photographic cove- rage of a fighter whic, fo some, may seem outdated, but which ail serves a ane othe backbones of the USAP dense stm, ‘We therore would like a expe our sincere gaia othe Slowing pasos, with _apolges to those we fog o mention: Brig Ges in RENSCHEN, Calon BUTLER, “Tech Sg.Lany BROOKS and Tech Sq Bob GERHARDT, all ofthe 110th TFS, 131s CTRW ofthe Moun Ar National Gd, ltd at Stans Lambert Intemaional Air pest squadron ter known at "Liniberhs Onn‘What intl sare as 2 desig fora new Navy igheinerssorIncare one of he backbones al ke USAF igherenvelo 4 Phantom I made ts mide fish in 196% National Guard unis Stas and by man intecepice, cennaisnce ara or fhe aram vesicn ad ofthe plus 5000, pe er proce dts bring user by many Ai air lors workdvide as ore of tie rain fomber, The AEs considered the ulate i Phanloms i by lt the st numeros The tte forthe F-AE was aia 6-12200, a standard Navy F-4B, which had re sicusly bern volved in esting of te RE-AC version ofthe Phrlom, I sean mc Navy desig fears except or the rent Soarow bays whi were removed to aco modal the camera equ nose ofthe conaisance verso, Various gun muzaes have been tested ont aia, where camera equipment was cepaced by the Geral Hecric M6I AL Vulan gun, wihout having to mod the ‘comple nse set, Mint iteroe aden to the nose lala the insllaion of the gan and is ano drum. In addin to the gun, an ANVAPG-30 radar nit and a lad computing gun sgh with auxlary equipment were ako ins Redesignated YF-4E, the ara made is fis fight on August 7, 1965, wih MCAIR fie st pls Jor DOBRONSKI athe contol and sytem oprator Ed ROSENMEYER in the back seat. Alle a sucesil maien fight, more tes igh foe with great tugency The major ifreace betwen the FE an ther mbes ol te Phantom fay wa ofcourse the stallion othe gun. Development nthe gun sem was rt without aoblans. However, General Flr, who produces the Vulcan, was abe 2 fully new design which fied te F4E. Tw mote changes delineates predecessor, The removal of ram a tubine (RAT) rom tne upper pt sclage sid and the omission of the automate wing folding mecharism which were corsidered ‘lund, reed in subsaal wight being sive fs acual producton FE tolled off the MCAIR asiembly bine in June 1967 as Phantom 2254, seal number 6-284 ome ith Et its The St.Louis bal 110th TFS, 15151 TFW othe Misour Air National Gua, became tbe fst ANG unit to recive the F4E when they ceive the Fist acral in 1985, Ina finshed in a dark green over reo overall camouflage scheme wa a lack ‘dome, as shown above, day the 110th TPW F-4Es cave the Misour skis in an aradive tworone gey scheme, retaining the very cola shakmouh makesHeaton view of the “beat” The shape of ths her which we have barome so liar wah prety ep rd in ths pte Typical fo the F4 Phantom are the large arias aside the faselage and the split pain font ofthe takes to el he alow ino he engne. Thre coolant aie a- ks are aparen. one on topo the nese on the arca’s 2 ‘dock pasion which & actly the sun compare scavenge door, and two on the lower pat ofthe now which are use foe the cockpit ar contioning system The plchedup ouboard wing panel was dened to be folded up and inva lor camer stowage. 2 asty ve seom used on land based F4E's. One ofthe FAL's extemal characeiis are the maneuvenng sn both inboard and out adn gs. Note the brightse the dark ge an lr ge nota sraight Ine bu hich follows the conious ofthe aah. (Chee uo he cockpit environ onto tem on the night ol by unfasening ees whch remain ata HE antenna on the main nese gear well door inboord onthe lend. Vacs an. Note hat rene ofthese faring a mulbinde of ses,The pan ofthe FA wherThe sted stable f ano te PAE. As can be seen pat of iis painted gy w to the engine haus f bive tent Which the same foe both ujper and lower suracs The sabiator has 25-14 of anhedl and bath let ae ight slablalor ae neconneces by a sgl pivoing pint ase The veical tal with the red and white Miseousi ANG lors ard the Sous tal code in dark grey [Note the dierent postion ol he alee nba pictues 5 g¢ formation ish “The epicure shows the oppose ide ofthe aea shown cpg 8 bat with te aft door hinged i removed comply. Ensine mainien requ the complete remaval of tis dooa The tp picture shows the FE inal splendor onthe Lambert Field rtemaonal Apo airamp, A Trans rd ain taking of at ight while nthe ditancecan be sen par ofthe McDowell Deus (or MCAIR) pint. All have their home on this is afield, ‘The two remaining curs show dal ofthe oulnard wing panel with formation ighs and radar homing and waming antennaih rang eae at > mainieanee i a in el but erin atch hae a8 pit on the main whee! rut and The right inboard armament pyon with he TER he Ae se launchers can be scr aPage Is devoted to the nose gar cf the PAE which hadi be reshape art the large gun inal in fon ofthe nose gear wel festires a ‘ual whee! asembly wih 18:5,5 14 py ies and afi heavy seu fleveoped wth caer landings in mind, Sating Sealy Navy A [Not the arto link ole othe le whe the hydaule reacting ‘actuators moun on the right se ofthe sia. The landing ear doer 2st arts with he lng atau hs cite nthe smal ont pee evenly lacing Iona Like on the main sear ut 2 remove belore fight device covering the reacting cleo. preventing an acetal rsracton of fhe sear on the sgound This page shows the resto the side of he nose and the cock, Detal behind the rece panel & clay vile. Note how lew qu reas pane can be found on the 4 wien compared tothe F15 and the Fis,(Ru) Thea iake located atthe bas ofthe vere fn serves a a cooing inlet fo the Powerlant lays. Aer lng ducted ino the bays, the ais dump trough the af facing ‘ot loca just above the engine exhaust noes, Note the mat fish of the upper age walking area (Pelow) What may mt be apparent at ist glance, these two FE’, having a endl weet” der in one paral spo. The FE onthe let hss he oigally designed Phantom windkceen wie the ane on the right was used fo test a newly signed one pee windaeen. The 11h TTS of the Mi ‘ouri ANG had te henc of light esting the sgdcanly improved birstrkecapabity of thisWhat rakes the FE no can” ga. Tsun Sten i ako wee inte me remy developed 16 fer and consis ol ortatrg sx bal gin ase aya drive, alae ammunton cum anda nies conseyor sn. This ‘ate sony comes a a sige pokage and can be remove it fem the aa for maton One ach un can bese noun a minenance sand i hep et pcogaph cf weapon sem this MO1A ‘Vil Note the only pot of the gun cover which mains attached fo the fse- lage is the Saion covering the gun breach rotor. The mot forward gun Bs dfusor an the frward pat the shark pine overcome & a one pew aserably to, while the mile prt covering the basi the hid part othe gun lang,bya drive mechan ae Ammunition fed othe gun by the forward conv spent cass a transport back ito the dum by the ojor bet tae seen mounted inthe gun bay. Note the latin of the sly pins ad the atached remove bere fights. Ms pars of hs asebly have a gunmetal nih,Inside detail ofthe rot cance wit the cancpy pring krfe lect on thet ide of he Canopy fair, Ian be wed by the pt in ase the Hoc eft meahanism s malkancning and rapid evacuation frm the carkpt & nected. A feng hand outide the airra s nc always eval A picture taken fom the tanker ara while on a roitneifight rela mision shows thelr the efuelirg reception top ofthe Fs Dice ais the shape ofthe arias and the way they are mourtd apart fom the fie has The door loci imedintely behind the rear kit frovides acess to the IFT (eeifcaion, Isr ot fe) antenafst foward) ana nig inlightrefaing ight) [Note tis irra has he blackout cuain installed inthe rear cockpit wich i used to prevent eta rouslight om enteingthe cock afeig ago System Operates son when viewing‘CONTROL STICKS FRONT COCKPIT REAR COCKPIT ea behind the fort pare! which set uncovered une some other ved wah tap from dus F when hydraulic power las exgenenced during salty pins and sapsCourtesy of the USAF. |Courtesy of the USAF. Courtesy of the US.AF.|pance be seen with some kind of gf. Artwork suchas ths isles common bacause it depends on avin an atin the squadron ont The sgnicarce of "GCMFA” aie onthe sole ofthe coon charac mot dear No seldomiy can ara This GBULL0E Paveway I in fll view, Nate thi lasersude tomb isthe aller 500k ype and not the 2000s type which main body auc larger and which can be recgnized by the more pant suing is on he font par othe unit M82 500s bomts ona bomb oly. The nosemounted detonaiors arena led ich i usually dne onthe fghlin upon securing the bots othe ara ue bands ound the frontend ofthe bom indicate these are practice bombs ne they are used for waning purposes only Srakeye reared bomb which fs deploy fo the fos to slow the bomb down alter se. The fis on the fith bom denotes aa M82 low crag general pups bom, 36Besides boms and a lethal gun, the FAE i capable of ‘arying Sdewinder and Sparow mises. The Sidewinder has bam pat ofthe USAF ordnance inventory quite some fie now whl them mere expensive Spamow mise is mainly used by the Navy Tw ype of Sidewinder can be seen hee lad on he tp ‘ack, The AIM SE Sidewinder wih pointe guiding is 20 the AIMS} practice mile with square edged fis, The lew raber covers oes the miss infared ecker heads fom damage wale the mae is being ground-handled, As youan sr, 2 multude of ordnance is aval fo make your 1/?2nd or 148th Hasegawa model vary atacive. Why da we once again recommend Hasegawa, segly because they sl provide the mont accurate kis which an be asembied withthe lat elon It you afer reading this book, el he urge tod an FAL cf he Miser Ait Natonol Grd in the aarsve gran sgey scheme, Hasegrss Les Erle lies the mar Keng: afte very appealing FF portrayed onthe tle age of this bok.