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McDonnell Douglas F4F Phantom II, German Air Force (Luftwaffe). Photo by Hank Smith. Military

Designed to be a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic interceptor and fighter bomber, the F-4 Phantom II saw combat in Vietnam, Israel, Iran, and Turkey. At first, the aircraft's name was going to be either Satan or Mithras, but in the end, the plane maker went with the far less controversial Phantom II.

Luftwaffe F4f Phantom II Photograph by Gert Kromhout

Introduction The F-4E was exported to some of the NATO partners (UK, Germany, Spain). The F-4E Phantom built for the Deutche Luftwaffe received the F-4F designation in 1973. This aircraft is powered by two J79-MTU-17A engines with afterburners. The engines were built in Germany by Motoren und Turbinen Union München GmbH (MTU).

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List of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II variants QF-4E Phantom II in flight at Holloman Air Force Base (November 2007) The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II variants were numerous versions and designations of the F-4 and are described below. Production numbers for major versions asterisk indicates converted from other version Variants

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Outside of the United States armed forces, the German Luftwaffe was the biggest operator of the Phantom in Europe. Following the end of the Cold War, the F-4F remained in service in the air defense role and the fleet was upgraded under the ICE program gaining multi-mode radar and the AIM-120 active radar-guided air-to-air missile.

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In 1973, under the "Peace Rhine" program, the Luftwaffe purchased the F-4F (a lightened and simplified version of the F-4E) which was upgraded in the mid-1980s. 24 German F-4F Phantom IIs were operated by the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing of the USAF at Holloman AFB to train Luftwaffe crews until December 2004. In 1975, Germany also received.

McDonnell Douglas F4F Phantom II, German Air Force (Luftwaffe). Photo by Hank Smith. Jet

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II [N 1] is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy. [2]

McDonnell Douglas F4F Phantom II 38+10 JG71 Richthofen based at Wittmund Aviones, Aviacion

The withdrawal of the German Luftwaffe's F-4F Phantoms will mark the end of 40 years of continuous service in support of NATO, and this second GAR feature to commemorate the forthcoming retirement (plus Karl's Wittmund blog) aims to provide some insight into the farewell training mission conducted by JG71 "Richthofen" and the 351st Aerial Refueling Squadron (ARS).

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Description In the early 1980s, around ten years after Germany received their Phantoms, Germany decided to retrofit their F-4Fs in an attempt to modernize them. The F-4Fs at the beginning of their lifecycle were stripped down F-4Es in an attempt to reduce the cost and lost many abilities that the F-4E had.

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The order for 175 F-4F Phantom IIs was placed with McDonnell Douglas in 1971. The F-4F is based on the F-4E with minor modifications, partly to improve commonality with the RF-4E. Thanks to the incorporation of semi-automatic slats and a lower weight than the F-4E, the F-4F was the most manoeuvrable version of the F-4 Phantom II.

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As part of the agreement to purchase the F-4 Phantom to replace F-104 Starfighters the German Government negotiated a deal which included transition and instructor training for Luftwaffe crews on the type within the U.S.A.. 1973 deliveries of the Luftwaffe F-4F, which was basically a stripped down lightweight version of the F-4E, began. 175.

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The F-4F/ICE is a vastly modified version which incorporates a more advanced AN/APG-65 radar as well as the capability of carrying AMRAAM missiles among other avionics improvments. ICE-upgraded Phantoms can be distinguished by their clear radomes, compared to the earlier black radomes. The Luftwaffe also obtained a large number of F-4 Phantom II

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The Air Force followed suit in 1963. Over the next 25 years, a total of 17 different variants among 5,200 aircraft followed, including the gun-equipped F-4E and the Wild Weasel series. Phantoms flew for 11 nations: Australia, Greece, Iran, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Spain, West Germany, Great Britain, Turkey, and the United States.

Luftwaffe F4f Phantom II Photograph by Gert Kromhout

The Phantom FG.1 was the last conventional take-off carrier fighter flown by the Royal Navy. There was an anxious period from December 1978 to June 1979 where FAA fighter pilots had nothing to fly, until they were finally relieved by the arrival of the Hawker Sea Harrier.

Luftwaffe F4f Phantom II Photograph by Gert Kromhout

The "F" in the earlier designation, indicating different engine from subsequent Phantom production. F-4A's served mostly in a conversion and training role with the US Navy. F-4B and RF-4B The F-4B was a re-designation of the original F-4H1-1 and future production versions of that model.

McDonnell Douglas F4 F Phantom II Kampfflugzeug der Luftwaffe, Erstflug 1958

The Era of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom in the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) In line with the cautious de-escalation policy introduced in the 1960s and the gradual increase in strength of conventional forces, NATO abandoned the strategy of „Massive Retaliation" and adopted the concept of „Flexible Response".

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The German Air Force retired its last operational F-4F Phantom IIs on 29 June 2013.. The Greek F-4s were upgraded to a similar standard as the Luftwaffe F-4F ICE, including APG-65 radar, a GEC-Marconi HUD and GPS/INS. The first flight of an upgraded aircraft was on 28 April 1999 at Manching airbase. In total 38 aircraft were upgraded, 37 of.