My uncle flew for the JASDF from 1970 to 1998 and he flew the F-4EJ until the F-15 replaced it in his unit. I can remember at age 5 my parents took me to Iruma AFB for an Airshow and my uncle was the flight commander presenting the Airshow. Funny years later i married a soldier and life has been wonderful.
@72151
Жыл бұрын
The plane is a beast, make no mistake about it. It flew smoothly and had lots of power on tap. I loved flying the F4.
@mattg5978
5 ай бұрын
No one old says 'beast'.
@rodneybaker4132
5 ай бұрын
@@mattg5978Really? I am old (76) and say “beast” all the time. Oh, and I maintained Phantom Tacans for the Navy as an AT aboard the USS Constellation, which was a whale of a beast itself. 😊
@mattg5978
5 ай бұрын
@@rodneybaker4132 You don't use the word beast all the time. It's dumb.
@rodneybaker4132
5 ай бұрын
@@mattg5978 Okay, Matt. That is an unusual take on modern English lexicology. Dictionaries like Merriam-Webster follow trends in word usage and annually add words to their contents once those enter common usage. It is probably dumb that they didn’t check with you before including “beast” with a new non-animal definition specifically, “something formidably difficult to control or deal with.” You’re welcome. Out.
@mattg5978
5 ай бұрын
@@rodneybaker4132 It's slang not used by boomers, boomer.
@johnshields6852
Жыл бұрын
I was 9 in 1969 and my uncle Jack came home for a holiday from Vietnam where he flew the F4 phantom, I was in awe. 🇺🇲
@codystout5353
Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid the F-15s and F-4s. Would dogfight right over my grandmother's house. I would watch in amazement. My family used to say a jet aircraft would stop me in my tracks. I just couldn't believe a person was making something flying through the air and do the things they do.
@simonnomis5302
9 ай бұрын
When i was a kid i made several models of phantoms...nowdays still fixem in Greek airforce...i tell you guys...this thing can stand everything....a great machine..LOVE IT
@robertcarson2228
2 ай бұрын
Small world, I saw myself climbing into one of those Marine Phantoms at Chu Lai. Nice historical look at the coming of age of 'Old Smoky'. We Marines were unusual in that the Corps was very small, fighter pilot population was extremely small. We all knew each other, had trained together and made a tight knit very efficient combat force. When we had completed a couple hundred attack missions, the brass would send some of us to join the ground Marine forces to guide our squadron buddies who were in their planes attacking ground targets. Mud Marines are very tough guys, I was proud to bring the F-4 to help pave the way to gaining objectives.
@WindsEternal
4 ай бұрын
"... horrendous fuel consumption." HAHA! The F4 is still my all-time favorite plane. Thanks for uploading this!
@nicholashall6850
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting all these great videos! Too bad history and the military channel is nothing like it was in the 90s
@joebuckaroo82
Жыл бұрын
Don't you know it. The History Channel has gone the way of MTV, whose programming has little to do with its original intent. I don't get cable/satellite, so I can't speak about the Military channel.
@jacksonmarshallkramer5087
Жыл бұрын
The canted horizontal stabilizers and matching wing tips look so cool.
@scottgamble3445
9 ай бұрын
A Anhedral and dihedral sloped wing is the term you're looking for, not canted, and the rear flight surfaces that hang down at a 23° angle, they're called stabilators, not stabilizers. FYI....
@thurbine2411
Ай бұрын
@@scottgamble3445it isn’t wrong to call the stabilator that. It’s just the American way
@SJWOLFEMEDIA
Жыл бұрын
Have loved the phantom since I was a kid.
@JoaoPedro-qm2nc
Жыл бұрын
Eu tive um da REVELL.
@drstevenrey
Жыл бұрын
Of all the worlds machines, this, the Phantom II is in my personal top 3. Proportions are just right, big, bad, mighty and intimidating. Just such a nice shape and all.
@Ed-eq8ui
Жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more. Just something about the shape of that thing makes it look so beautiful and yet ominous. I fly RC planes -- including jets -- and an F-4 Phantom is definitely on my bucket list.
@HamburgerMolester
11 ай бұрын
Indeed. It just looks like a plane you don't want to be on the wrong end of.
@HamburgerMolester
11 ай бұрын
This is s pretty good documentary. I didnt know the phantom had so many neat features like that pop-up emergency generator.
@mitchjohnson9240
Жыл бұрын
The Phantom was ahead of it’s time. The early use of this aircraft did not do it justice. The modern upgraded version of the Phantom is an impressive aircraft. The Greeks are still flying the F-4E, now equipped with the same radar and avionics of the F-18.
@kamingleung3792
9 ай бұрын
Way ahead. The Soviet didn't have a fighter comparable to the f4e until the mig23mld (mean while f15 already in Europe) . Soviet tech just shit
@horizonandsky8989
Жыл бұрын
👍💪🔥🇺🇲This Video is phantastic, and love the Phantom from US Navy, US Marines and US Air Force.
@mohammedsaysrashid3587
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic introduction & informative documentary coverage video about F-4 Phantom II 👻 👽........previous designed Phantom appeared its supremacy during the 60th & 70th years of the last century in the Middle East & Vietnam 🇻🇳 conflicts... thanks, (Mike Guardia) channel ..for sharing this thrilled documentary that focuses on its components & components functions that provides superiority of USA 🇺🇸 Aviation techniques capabilities around the world
@DaveSCameron
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, thanks once again Mike.
@denizhanbilgili7808
3 ай бұрын
I worked as an F4-E technician for 15 years.am 50 years old and if I had the opportunity, I would fly an F4-E for another 15 years Thanks go to those who designed, manufactured and carried it to this day.
@andywilliams8540
4 ай бұрын
Never seen a sparkling clean Phantom on a carrier deck before. Nice.
@joebuckaroo82
Жыл бұрын
I like videos like this that don't use a lot of over-the-top dramatics.
@johnnyallred3753
10 ай бұрын
F-4 Phantom. The Fighter all other modern jet fighters are compared to, Can they do what the F-4 did operationly,.... and the marine corp use the Phanton in the close air support role to name just one of the many it did well.
@GeorgeLittle-uu4jq
4 ай бұрын
5000 of them. Had no idea the numbers were that high. It took two of us to replace the F/C/P ICS Box. Why? The square tube containing the internal boarding ladder was right in front of the box. So, a double 90 degree bend in the thick wiring in a very short distance. We'd use a wooden stick to shift the wire bundle around. You could get the box a little above the console rail. The person in the cockpit would stand on the box and push down from the open canopy. The person on the boarding ladder would lock in two dzues fasteners-on a diagonal-to anchor the box. The person inside could then lock in the last two. On top of the backbone (panel 48) was the upper UHF antenna. Fuels couldn't be bothered to disconnect the antenna and stripped it off the connecting cable. This happened so often (not following tech data) the USAF had a stencil by the antenna telling the person to disconnect the antenna before removing the panel. The UHF radio removed from a phase aircraft had to go back in. The guy that installed it couldn't get it to work. So, I went out there and applied power. Yep, no workie. The radio was on an interface mount that plugged into the aircraft. Pulled the whole thing out and felt back there. @$%@#$%#$%#$% Someone covered the female end of the connector in the metal foil from a candy bar. Removed the foil, plugged it all in and it worked fine.
@charlesmiller1446
Жыл бұрын
They didn't show the ECM Wild Weasel version!
@GeorgeLittle-uu4jq
4 ай бұрын
I worked them-avionics CRS
@colnet2
Жыл бұрын
I'm not into loving machines.. but this one, is the one! Love the F-4!
@grantensrud9185
Ай бұрын
I feel so fortunate to have been part of the F-4 Phantom community. I am sure it's look added to its lethality by sher intimidation.
9 ай бұрын
The CF 105 Arrow development was approximately 12. months Ahead of the F4 imagine the superplane we would have had if these 2 groups had pooled their resources??? To ad insult to injury the cancelation of the CF105 meant that the RCAF wanted the F4 as it's replacement but due to the huge costs of the Arrow program there wasn't any extra money in the budget due to the high unit cost of the phantom so Canada had to settle for F101s ,F104s and manufacturing F5 freedom fighters and starfighters in Montreal instead.....
@VerityMatthewNonis
4 ай бұрын
The most feared fighter jet bomber on the planet.it had dominated the skies throughout it's carrier.a true warrior in its history.surprisingly it is still in service with six countries in the world.hope,there could be a revival of this aircraft in the near future.goodluck to the F4 Phantom.
@sr707ca8
10 ай бұрын
Thanks I was a child when this came out
@allgood6760
Жыл бұрын
Legend! 👍✈️
@ryansta
Жыл бұрын
As always Mike, thank you.
9 ай бұрын
I saw the F4 and T38 thunderbird shows they were pretty cool to watch
@the_real_bin_chicken
Жыл бұрын
2:09 i laughed so hard... "fuel economy" and "f-4". (i get it... it was the 1950s. cool doco btw
@Parkhill57
6 ай бұрын
Every squadron had at least three k-ball birds (used for parts) and the hangars were never empty with phase inspections. All models were not designed for ease of maintenance, and you couldn't work on one in a chem warfare suit. The F-15 fixed all that.
@Red-rl1xx
Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Love the F4!
@dawightg9787
6 ай бұрын
The truth about Vietnam and the phantoms was the Powers to be forced the phantoms to Dogfight on every encounter because they needed visual Identification, however the phantoms missiles would fail about 90% of the time and pilots was not trained to Dogfight due to the BVR ONLY Doctrine of that time. However when you had WWII pilots who knew how to Dogfight they became ACEs with the phantoms during Vietnam. And Dan Pedersen the founder of Top Gun and the other Top Gun trained pilots actually took the ratio from a 2:1 to 24:1 with the phantoms by the end of Vietnam. However you will never hear about this new ratio that was achieved after the Ault report showing the problem was with poor training combined with poor missiles because it puts the blame not on the phantoms capability but on the Top Brass Fighter Doctrine during Vietnam !
@GeorgeLittle-uu4jq
4 ай бұрын
I've read on each mission, in the early days, 50% were lost on each sortie, as they were flying at tree top level; until they developed new tactics. It wasn't until this one pilot's obituary that we learned he had gotten a Silver Star. He was the Wizzo (guy in back) and the front of the aircraft took a missile hit losing the canopy. The pilot was slumped over in the rain. The Wizzo took the aircraft over the sea and was about to punch out when he saw the pilot move. The nearest airfield was a Marine base. He radioed ahead and the airfield was prepared and he landed in the rain. The pilot survived. No idea what his injuries were.
@benlecluyse
Жыл бұрын
Amazing plane !!
@jfeal
2 ай бұрын
My favorite aircraft
@MitzvosGolem1
Жыл бұрын
Awesome 👍 excellent thanks
@Huy_Nguyen_USA
10 ай бұрын
The narrator has an interesting accent, a sort of “Mid Atlantic” accent used by actors during the 1940’s and up until the mid 1950’s…ie Grace Kelly and Cary Grant.
@ttrestle
Жыл бұрын
If it had a cannon from the beginning and better air to air missiles from the start then it would’ve been even better.
@Mishn0
Жыл бұрын
Meh, persistent myth. Look at Vietnam kill statistics. Only a couple were with guns, even including the F-8. If pilots had been trained in air to air combat and in the launch parameters of their missiles, it would have been even better. Guns didn't make a big difference.
@ttrestle
Жыл бұрын
@@Mishn0 nothing I said was incorrect-our air to air missiles needed improvement (and have been since Nam) and Vietnam taught the Air Force, Navy, etc that every fighter jet should have a cannon backup in case a dog fight ends up happening. What about these facts, that our own military agrees with, is confusing to you? The cannon is the only issue today that might nit be needed, but we still include it on most all modern fighter jets because the US military realizes that pilots are going to run into situations they cannot predict. Even the smaller F-35 version had a cannon pod attachment if needed because… again… we learned from the F-4 in Nam on why cannons are always needed. Again-what do you not understand about this issue? Even our own military had written extensively about this very topic.
@Mishn0
Жыл бұрын
@@ttrestle Look at the actual air to air kill statistics. The military may "want" a gun, but the statistics prove that they don't "need" a gun. Even the famous A-10 only scored a fraction of its tank kills with a gun, most of them were with Mavericks. What don't you understand about actual objective statistics?
@RB-bd5tz
Жыл бұрын
@@Mishn0 Those statistics don't count the number of times a Phantom could have shot down a MiG, if it had had a gun when its missiles failed, or to continue fighting (rather than retreating) if it was out of missiles. I don't really know how much of a difference it would have made; I'm just saying that statistics don't necessarily tell the whole story.
@Mishn0
Жыл бұрын
@@RB-bd5tz Look at the statistics of just the Crusader, then. It always had guns and all but one of their kills was with missiles. A second kill was damaged by the missile and then finished off with the guns. What I'm saying is that the poor kill/loss ratio at the beginning of the war wasn't the missile's fault, it was training and improper tactics. Once that was fixed the kill ratio between Phantoms and MiGs went from barely 1:1 to 5 or 6 to 1, and they still didn't have any guns. You can "if" all you want, but it doesn't change that. The weight and space used by the gun and ammo would be better spent on two more missiles.
@thurbine2411
Ай бұрын
Why was the smaller diameter than the older radars?
@denniscastle936
7 ай бұрын
F4 - Getting the job done. I was there.
@beautifulfouse
Жыл бұрын
Say what you will about the F 4 but it truly was not a good ground support weapon in Vietnam. The F 4 pilots could not see our opposition in the field at all. It was good for blowing up train stations, roades and such, but no real help to us infantry needing air support. We did not have the A 10 Warthog in Nam but it would have been a true game changer. But we did have a good number of other aircraft that supported us and the best was an old world war II propeller driven airplane, it could hang around for almost two hours keeping our enemy away long enough for us to succeed at our little missions, it was called a "SANDY" it was the A1 Sky Raider, and that one saved us many a time. I saw a lot of hype here for the F 4, so I had to comment. I myself saw 5 F 4s shot down.
@PvtPartzz
Жыл бұрын
You personally witnessed 5 F4’s being shot down?
@maxfreedom1710
Жыл бұрын
i bet you're fun at parties and your wife left you to work on herself, too, huh
@beautifulfouse
Жыл бұрын
@@maxfreedom1710 Yes, and we never got any respect in 1972 either. You are well understood.
@rayeastman6601
Жыл бұрын
Do you really know what you are talking about? I flew over 300 missions and I have seen the bad guys up close many times, so don’t tell me we couldn’t see them. We got the grunts out jams many times. The F-4 did a great job as close air support
@_puz_913
Жыл бұрын
@@rayeastman6601 "bad guys" haha
@jacksonmarshallkramer5087
Жыл бұрын
I wish they carried those GAU pods at my local gun store.
@volkspanzer831
Жыл бұрын
Man that was one complicated jet.
@pastramiking6874
5 ай бұрын
It's interesting that the carrier deckhands were all wearing blue jeans
@raymondyee2008
Жыл бұрын
45:45 that’s from an RAF training film on safety in 1976.
@gianniminicucci7462
Жыл бұрын
a pretty good war plane in its era, however, eventually DONE! then, came the best fighter in this world. the F 15 EAGLE , what else is there to say!! history in its glory . god bless the F15 , and America, for OUR FREEDOM!!
@stefanhernold345
Жыл бұрын
Are you sure this documentary is from *1987* ? I`ve watched it almost halfway through, and I have yet to see the first F-14. Having been introduced to the Navy in 1961, the F-4 Phantom was an old hat by 1978, let alone 1987 - not to mention that by 1987, the F-4`s replacement aboard the carriers had long been completed.
@brianwillson9567
Жыл бұрын
Phantastic phlying machine.
@gaittr
Жыл бұрын
An amazing piece of aircraft engineering for its time. Too bad it's missiles couldn't hit the side of a barn door from ten feet away. And too bad they didn't give it a gun
@jacksonspencer2707
11 ай бұрын
USAF E’s had guns, but this only marginally improved the kill ratio in that service. Navy F-4’s didn’t add a gun, but instead responded to rolling thunder by increasing crew training standards and creating TOPGUN. The Navy’s kill ratio climbed while Airforce F4’s lagged behind, solid proof that the lack of a gun was not the problem. In fact, gun kills remained far behind AIM-9 and AIM-7 for the course of the war.
@jacksonspencer2707
11 ай бұрын
The largest reasons for missile underperformance were outdated and ineffective maintenance procedures, rules of engagement that prevented the Sparrow from operating at anywhere near it’s maximum range, and flight crews’ operator errors.
@jonhildahl9982
Жыл бұрын
👍
@CrazyRussianPilot
Жыл бұрын
Great 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@presidentoxford
Жыл бұрын
Rocket powered truck. Incredible MD did a complete overhaul to create the F15.
@payman1313
Ай бұрын
ما ایرانی ها از فانتوم خیلی خاطره داریم
@oldfriend327
Жыл бұрын
46:19 RAF 20mm gun pod
@NickArcolla
Жыл бұрын
effin awesome
@rosspayne2235
Жыл бұрын
I still don't know why they took the 50 cals off this aircraft I guess I'm just a fool for thinking that idk
@jacksonmarshallkramer5087
Жыл бұрын
Instead of using a hand crank, that gun should have been loaded with a battery powered drill.
@dkoz8321
5 ай бұрын
Original Discovery Wings voiceover has been replaced with iriritating and fake sounding AI text to speech generative voice. I hate it. BAN IT!
@johnmilner5485
Жыл бұрын
In before " flying brick " bs comments.
@Cartman420
Жыл бұрын
too bad the audio clip of the engine spooling is reused over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again in some scenes
@clarenceross6020
11 ай бұрын
I was with 35
@HieuHoang-zn2gt
5 ай бұрын
F4 phantoms at Viet Nam war?
@clarenceross6020
11 ай бұрын
Look like an F4e
@thegrinch8161
Жыл бұрын
Having been on the near receiving end of an 10 gun run I could barely make out my rsm screaming scatter and managed to jump onto a landy and the rest of the platoon bomb burst away from the wadi but apart from that I can attest to some pilots getting gun happy in airframes totally unsuitable close air support
@deantait8326
Жыл бұрын
Is this AI commentary or a Brit trying to speak American English ? Just doesn’t sound right. St Louie, Mac not Mach, madden flight not Maiden flight….
@rodzor
Күн бұрын
Communism 👎
@pburgvenom
5 ай бұрын
My dad flew the F-4 in Nam and after at China Lake ca
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