What Makes the F-4 Phantom One of the GREATEST Ever

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The Phabulous Phantom can trace its roots straight back to the F3H Demon – and has been in continuous service for over 70 years, find out why the F-4 is still making its mark on history – and could be the Greatest Of All Time – the Goat!

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29 thoughts on “What Makes the F-4 Phantom One of the GREATEST Ever”

  1. I'd say the Falcon is a sort of a spiritual successor of the f4 . Both aircraft were aerodynamics masterpieces ,
    both performed very well ,
    both were sold to many
    countries and both were modified till to the end with the falcon still being upgraded

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  4. You need to check your history. Declassified in 2006. There was no Gulf of Tonkin Incident. It was a false flag event ran by LBJ so he could leverage the propaganda and get Congress to agree to deploy the US military in Vietnam.
    Quote from the Capt. of the USS Maddox John Herrick that LBJ chose to ignore. "Review of action makes many reported contacts and torpedoes fired appear doubtful. Freak weather effects on radar and overeager sonar men may have accounted for many reports … Suggest complete evaluation before any further action taken." But a further evaluation was never conducted."
    LBJ went on TV that same evening and told the world the US had been attacked. Only, per Capt. Maddox. There was no attack. Perhaps this is the reason LBJ chose not to run for another term. He was likely told this info. would be disclosed and he'd be impeached.

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  6. Please make more videos on obscure aircraft designs such as South African Atlas Carver and AIDC F-CK 1 Ching Kuo(Also known as Indigenous Defense Fighter).

    Reasons :
    1. The Atlas Carver became the first domestic 4th gen lightweight fighter jet developed in South Africa, mainly used as a deterrent against the MIG-23 and possible MIG-29 possessed by Northern Neighbours, it uses outdated Snecma Atas engine, Atlas Carver was not put into production after the imports of SAAB Gripen was available sometime after the Apartheid policies were abolished.
    2. The Indigenous Defense Fighter is a F1-6 derivative but with characteristics borrowed from F-5 Freedom Fighter and F/A-18 Legacy Hornets. This lightweight fighter jet is developed after the imports of F-20, F-16/79 and F/A-18L was not approved by United States. The Indigenous Defense Fighter was the first domestic Asian 4th gen jet made into service, unfortunately it often overshadowed by other domestic Chinese designs such as J-10 and JF-17.

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  16. ETA: Nice to hear a John Chesire reference in this!
    I've loved the F-4 ever since the day I was in the library and picked up a book about the air war in Vietnam. I think I read about half of it right there in the library. I love the story about the pilot (name of whom I can't recall) had figured out that he could make the plane depart aerodynamic control and tumble it, and then allegedly did it in combat. Talk about knowing your machine.

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  26. There's a mission in Ace Combat 7 (available as DLC but worth it) where one of the enemy squadrons callsign "Glamrock" fly F4 Phantoms and talk to each other in flamboyant cowboy mannerisms. I will stop shooting at those dudes from now on after learning about VMFA-112

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  27. As a former resident of St. Louis whose wife was a cost control engineer at Mac, this video brought back many memories. My Bonanza was home-based at Lambert, across the field from where the planes were built. A Mac test pilot gave me my Instrument Ticket training and a skill set that lasted a lifetime. I still remember the prototype F-15s taking off from Lambert and the test pilot standing the plane on its tail at midfield to climb vertically out of sight. Thanks for the great video; I made it to the end.

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