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BFIGIUM Poblshod and dsb in the Unted Sides by VIS CORPORATION ‘West Pot India Pak 804 Fee Fee Road Maryland Heights, Mo 63043 USA Project Manager & Chie Edioe Trango VERLINDEN US Eto Bob LETTERMAN Text & research: Willy PEETERS Layout Wily PEETERS Photosting = SCANBOF Booze Beg Printed by Drukkery DE PEUTER nv 1 Herenils Belgium ISAN on:7Aet2.2n9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ‘The people involved in the compilation of ths Lock On have once agiin done thei tuimost to provide us withthe necessary material to edit a complete photographic cove rage ofa fighter which, to some, may seem ouidaled, but which sil serves as one of the backbones of the USAF defense system. ‘We therfore would ike to express our sincere gatiude to the following parsons, with apologes to those we forgot to mention: Brg Gen Jim RENSCHEN, Col john BUTLER, ‘Tech Sg.Lary BROOKS and Tech Sg.Bob GERHARDT, all of the 110th TFS, 131s TFW of the Msiour Air National Guard, based at StLouis Lambert Inlemational Air por, a squadron better known as “Lindberghs OwnWhat inaly sare as a desig fora new Navy backtones othe USAP fighter envelope The F-4 Phantom Il made is maiden fight in 1962, and its sil beng wed by many Air onal Guard unis Stateside and by many ait feces werldwide a one oftheir main terror, econnaisance aif or Fighterfoambe. The F-4E is considered the ulimate Phantom version and ofthe ps $000 buil Phantoms tis by lar the mos rumerous ype ever produc lgherlsercetor became one ofthe The testbed fo the PAE was az 62-12200, a standard Navy FAB, which hod pre viously been involved in testng ofthe RF-AC version ofthe Phantom It etained most of Navy design features excep forthe ot Sparrow bays which were removed to aor mode the camera equipped nose othe fous gin muzles have been ested on this ara, where the camera equipment was replaced by the General Elsric M61 AT Vulcan gun, without having to modly the complete nose section. Minor intrioe adjustments to the nose fcitated the instalation of the gun and is ammo drum. In adi tothe gun, an ANIAPG-50 radar unit and a lad computing gun sight wth auxiary equipment were aso inte Reciesgnated YE-AE, the ascrat made as fs fight on August 7, 1965, with MCAIR's ie est plot Joe DOBRONSKT atthe contrals an system operator Id ROSENMEYER. Alera s in the back sea. urgency The major difference between the FE and other members ofthe Phantom fay was ‘of course the instalation of the gun. Development on the gun system was not without soblems. However, General Flectic, who produces the Van, was able fo come with «fully new design which fied the FE. Two more changes delineates the F-4E fom as reece, The removal othe ram at urine (RAT) fromthe uper port fselage side and the omision of the automatic wing folding mechanism wich were considered redundant, resulted in substan weigh bing saved he fist actual prodicton F-AE rolled of the MCAIR assembly line in June 19 Phantom 2254, serial number 66284 he S Louis based 110th TES, 13151 TFW ofthe Misour Air National Guard, became he fist ANG unit to recive the F-AE when they received thei fist acraf in 1985, Intl finshed in a dark green over geen overall camouilage scheme with a black radome, as shown above, today the 110 TFW T-4E's eave the Miso skies in an atradive twotone gy scheme, retaining the very color sharkmouth markings.The sted sabiator is another distinctive feature of canbe seen prt of painted grey while the par kes haus 'S bare titanium Which isthe same for both upper and lower surfaces, The 8 ‘of anheral and both left and sight slab are interconnected by a single piveing point asembly The vericl tail withthe red and white Misour ANC oars and the S.Louis tal code in dark Note the difent pestion ofthe taade ‘othe The lel picture show cn page 8 but with the aft removed completely. Engine na require the contglete removal of hisThe upe nylon with the TER,RESCUEage 14s devoted othe nose gear othe F-AE which had tobe reshaped around the large gun installed in ot of the nese gear well. It eatures a dual wheel asembly with 18x5.5 14-py ties and a faily heavy si, developed with camer landings n mind, sain is early Navy design Note the anttorque ik is et to the let while the hyralic erating actuator i mounted on the ight side ofthe sul. The 2s two parts wi the landing piece evidently facing forward Like on the main gears, a remove before fight device is cowering the trating ole, preventing an accidental reaction of the gear om the gyound. ding gear door dan lihts mounted in the smal rot This page shows the rst ofthe le seo the nose and the cockpit, Deal rind the rescue panel & cleatly visible. Note how few quick release panes can be found on the F-4 when compared tothe 1-15 and the FIG(Right) The air intake located at the base of the vertical fin serves as a cooling inlet for the powerplant bays, Afer being ducted into the bays, the airs dumped through the a facing Sos located just above the engine exhaust noes. Note the mat! nish ofthe upper fuse lage walking are (Below) What may not wieatee”, dif in one particular spot The F-AE on the lft has the enginaly designed Phantom windscreen while the one on th right was used fo test a newly designed onepione windscreen. The {10th TFS of the Mis souri ANG had the honor of fight tein the signcanly improved bike capably of apparent a fist glance, these two FAE'S, having a fenlyws aonep he thd part _Ammunition is fed tothe gun by the forward canveyo spent cass are ransported back nto the um by th The gun brew salty pins and gamete Gach ‘can be sen mounted in the gun bay hed remove beloe fight lags. Mest arsCONTROL STICKS es) FRONT COCKPIT REAR COCKPIT sinsrument panel which red witha and straps‘auating seatwhen instal),Courtesy of the U.S.A.F. oid ich Courtesy of the US.AF. a“Two reserva al work on a TER inside the maintenance fac sears scmewhat out of place here, bu which s very fective in the open, The contribution to the US defense sysem by these men should not be underestimated, because they are equally qualified todo the job as thelr Air Force counterpartNot seldomly can acral crdnance be seen with some kind o gall Artwork sch as this is kss common because it depends raving an ait inthe squadeon oF no The significance of "GCMFA pained on the sale ofthe eatoon 10E Paveway I in fill view. Note this lase-guide! bomb isthe smaller 500th type and not the which main body s mach larger and which ean be recognined bythe more pointed guiding fins on the front prt ofthe unit The same coltion viewed fro the ear. The fouth MKB2 bomb ftom the right i 2 Sakeye retarded bomb which fins deploy 10 the fort to slow the bomb down afer release. The fins on te fh bomb denotes i asa MKB? low dag general purpese bomb, ied which i usually done on the ighline upon securing the bombs blue bands around the font end ofthe bombs indicate these are practice bos and they are used for taining purposes only.Besides bors and a lethal gun, the F-AE is capable of carrying Sidewinder and Sparaw misses. The Sidewinder has been part of the USAF ordnance inventory quite some the much more expersive Sparrow mise is mainly used by the Navy Tio types of Sidewinder canbe seen here loaded on thet rack. The AIM9E Sdewinder wilh pointed guiding ns and the AIMS] pracice mise with squareedged fins. The ye low rubber coves pected the missles infrared sevker heads from damage while the mile is being ground handle. your If lasegawa model vel Why do. we once again recom cause they sill provide the most a embled with the leas eo. It you, ater reading this book, fa the urge to build an -AL ofthe Misoun Air National Guard inthe sgey scheme, Hasegawa latest F-AE ree ings ofthe very appealing F-4F podray this book features the mar the te page of 36