F-4 PHANTOM: Great Fighting Jets (1989)

Super sonic legend, Mig buster💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

I would have loved to experienced the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels during the Phantom era.

Still the meanest,, junkyard dog looking airplane of all time. It has "trained killer" written all over it. The fact that it is still in use is a testament to McD's engineering brilliance

F 4 is the best looking fighter jet ever

Greatest fighter ever made!

Always loved the look of the Camo West German Phantoms with rhe shark mouth.

When I was young I touched a Phantom in the Air Base of Rota, Spain. It was an open day and I got in love with this aircraft

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I wish this series contained more foreign jets as well. Like the Mirage etc.

In October 1998, I met Bri. Gen. R. Steve Ritchie at the Little Rock AFB Open House and had my picture taken with him.

The phantom was sexy. Sounds weird to say, but it just was.

Every mission of this beautiful plane, over Vietnam, was a war crime. Why is the American War, against the people of Vietnam being ignored, despite the fact that ionnocent people are still being killed by US munitions, to this very day. Yes, UXBs, cluster bombs etc. The US Govt is a criminal organisation, intent on death and destruction, no matter how bad, in order to expand the Empire. Ukraine is the latest expression of this lust for global domination.

I always loved the music in this 😎.

THE NEGATIVE dihedral of. the Elevators on the F 4 is a radical departure in design and prevented unstable shock waves turbulence on the flight control surfaces at Mach speeds and loss of control for the pilot.

The F-4, with two J 79 turbo jet engines, was an interceptor. Vietnam needed a fighter that could also dogfight. As an interceptor it was designed for using missiles to shoot down bombers and not the nimble turns of fighters. They added a gattling gun to shoot down Mig 17s in tight turning maneuvers. The F4 pilots learned new tactics using the superior speed to out run the Migs and end up on the Migs tail and then shoot him down with the gun. Radar ranging on the gun also gave a great advantage to the F4 pilots.

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This one airplane had more nicknames than most people

Consider it was created in the early 50's....
The jet is more capable than any other aircraft of its time.

My uncle piloted the F4 phantom in Vietnam, a few holidays he'd be home, I was 10 in 1970 and in awe, I always wanted to ask him about it but he didn't talk about it so I didn't ask. God bless all who serve this great country. 🇺🇸🙏

I always felt that the F-101 was part of the F-4 lineage along with the F-3. Interesting that there is no mention of it in this documentary.

Awesome plane still in service

26mm Vulcan?

Good nais f4👌👌👌👌👌

What is an F-8 Corsair?

This would have been a great video to watch all the way through but the music just became too annoying.

Thanks for uploading. Awesome video!

I worked on the Automatic Flight Control System on the F4s and RF4s for 3.5 years after basic and tech school ('64-'68). Until I watched this video I had never heard anyone but my wife refer to the drooping horizontal Stabilator. She call them "Droopies" not Phantoms. The drooping stabilator functioned as both an Elevator and stabilizer. It was interesting and more than a bit dangerous working around taxiing aircraft, with all the noise and climbing around on them in bad weather... but my hat's off those Navy pukes on carriers launching and recovering in that chaos. I never considered the Navy, I get motion sickness on small islands.

What people don’t realize is that the problem with the phantoms wasn’t because they weren’t Manuverable but Due to the BVR only Doctrine the pilots wasn’t trained to Maneuver the phantoms. However the WWII Dogfighting trained pilots became ACEs in Vietnam and Dan Pedersen the founder of Top Gun with the phantoms and other Top Gun phantom pilots took the kill ratio from a 2:1 to 24:1 with the phantoms In Vietnam!

I used to love seeing the old smokey f4s at air shows. One of the best multirole fighters ever made sadly mist😢😢but much loved❤

Im 81 now, and the best time of my life was at the PAX RIVER NAVY AIR TEST CENTER AT PAX RIVER MARYLAND 1960-1964.There i was a Plane Captain and was able to pull flight time in the back seat of the F-4 phantom we were testing. Because we flew MACH 2, i was given a gold MACH 2 PIN that came from McDonald Douglas. The test pilots i was so fortunate to work and fly with will always be in my memories!!!

Disregard tomcat
Embrace phantom

It was a pig.

You know you're watching a quality documentary on classic fighter jets when you hear that 80s synth guitar

A film all F-14 Tomcat lovers should watch...
the F-14 didn't last as long as what its predecessor did...sorry Grumman.

Needed a cannon.

It’s called the flying brick.

I NEVER understood why we went to the A-6 Intruder. Made absolutely no sense at that time. The F-4 carried more ordinance, had air to air capability, supersonic speed, and was already in service before the A-6. A few modifications to electronic packages and it EASILY could've done anything, and more, than the A-6!

Thanks for sharing Mike. Love the old bird.

At 37.56 it says the Phantom is caring a SHRIKE missile. That is incorrect, that's a Maverick on a jet from the 80"s. Note the full wrap around Euro 1 camo scheme v.s. the SEA or south east asia scheme in Vietnam.

The „NATO Diesel“

Anybody remember Robin Olds?

I may be in the minority (after reading other comments) but I could have done without the music.

Perfect music for this intro an old classic jet but still has potential like all classic machines they age very well the f-4 phantom is one of my favorite jet fighters produced by the United States.

Remember when we were actually proud of our military?.... I sure do miss the 80s/90s...

Yes! They mentioned the Demon!! I actually love the F3H Demon more than the F-4 Phantom.

That doesn't look like a Shrike. It looks like a Maverick... The F-4 did carry Maverick Missiles so... Probably is..

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I gave you a 👎 for the crap you chose for me to listen to.

👎👎👎 You glossed over the wing-tip & elevator designs. I saw a documentary in which a critic called those "remedies" for an intrinsically poor aircraft design. Whacha got to say about them potatoes ?