QF-4E Phantom Aviation Nation 2016 Nellis AFB Air Show in North Las Vegas, NV Saturday & Sunday November 12th & 13th, 2016
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@slpkntmggt066 жыл бұрын
I don't care what anyone says, there is NOTHING like the sound of two J-79 engines in full burner flying low overhead. Absolute raw POWER!!
@brucerobinson72955 жыл бұрын
Austin The J-79 the sound of freedom stay the course Bruce
@elainericketts88204 жыл бұрын
You can hear them coming for MILES............
@HappiKarafuru4 жыл бұрын
MORE POWA BABY! Oh wait wrong video, but who cares :v
@Ddg-mi5cs3 жыл бұрын
Because you are dumb & inbred, so you think so
@jwilson27933 жыл бұрын
I see your two J-79s and raise you TWO J58s 😉
@paladin06545 жыл бұрын
In 1972 I was on a FSB near Bien Hoa. The sky was full of these in April, all headed north. My favorite jet.
@anthonyrone3933 жыл бұрын
Thank You for your service... 🇺🇸👌
@stryker19997 жыл бұрын
I love the latest generations of fighters. F-15, 16 and 18s are still going strong. But the venerable F-4 Phantom will always hold a special place in my heart as my favorite fighter of all time. One of the greatest fighters in history, and still defending skies overseas after 50 years!
@AxCYeR4 жыл бұрын
what is "defending skies overseas" supposed to actually mean?
@jaceburris25343 жыл бұрын
@@AxCYeR still in service in Japan turkey and some other places. Think Japan is looking to retire them or just recently did though. These planes were/are in service for ~60 years.
@nickgrigoriou16433 жыл бұрын
@@jaceburris2534 It's still in service in Greece too, inspite of them recently requiring 24 F-35s.
@thor108norse53 жыл бұрын
I was a weapons mechanic on load crew . I was the #2 man . I got to sit in the pilot seat and throw the switches . I was Vietnam Era U.S.A.F.. The F-4 will always be a part of me. The fighter jet was a badass and just looked mean . I think my favorite job on the F-4 was at end of the runway pulling the safety pins before flight and installing safety pins so the bird could park on the flight line. Going underneath the F-4 while running at the end of the runway was a powerful experience . That was forty - six years ago . Seems like it was just yesterday . I sure it will be flying through my mind the day I die .
@geraldneal22732 жыл бұрын
Me too !! 46270 weapons loading , release , and end of runway duty . Was load crew # 4 jammer driver and then crew chief. lead crew also
@Saltfly Жыл бұрын
My dad served on the Saratoga during Vietnam. And all throughout my childhood he would tell us stories about the phantoms. How they had a few close calls with migs and the F4s saved the ship. He also said even when you were below decks, you could tell when the big bad F4s were doin flight ops. He had a thing for the old Phantom. I miss hearing those cool stories of his service on that ship, and of the F4.
@jerrymunsch13494 жыл бұрын
The first time I ever saw the thunderbirds they flew the F-4E model! That was a show! My hole 20 year career was with the F-4’s, the wild weasel‘s at George or the RF-4 C’s at Bergstrom. There will never be another fighter like the F-4, it can do it all. The most beautiful plane ever!
@gordonstephen83299 ай бұрын
I was also at George from 78-80. I was assigned exclusively to the wild weasels. I was in MA shop. I was near the lox building in 79 when the f4 crashed after takeoff. It flew about 40 feet over my head before crashing
@AgentPepsi17 жыл бұрын
My father flew the "double-ugly" in the late 1970s and early 80s. He still talks about it today as his favorite airplane. :)
@mxstylie3127 жыл бұрын
As a kid who grew up next to MCAS El Toro I say thanks Spencer for this awesome video. I will miss the Phantoms and never forget how awesome they were flying over my house back then.
@delten-eleven19103 жыл бұрын
Just the sight of the live F-4 taxiing in front of the static 4th and 5th gen jets; the offsprings of the Phantom, is something to behold.
@TheTolz04 жыл бұрын
50 years from now the Phantom will still be considered one of the best all timers...the original rock star!!
@marcliebhold96255 жыл бұрын
The McDD F-4 Phantom. I’ve been in love with that aircraft since I was a little kid. Until the day I die!
@humbleone64053 жыл бұрын
Same here Marc
@TheMrmmkkpro3 жыл бұрын
I once knew a pilot that said he flew the U-2 as his job, never elaborated, but he did speak of flying other aircraft including the F-4. He said it was like flying a bus, a very powerful and fast bus, he was speaking to the size of the F-4. He also said it was one of his favorite aircraft. I remember being in ROTC in the late 70s, Seymore Johnson still had F-4s and F-16s were coming online, B-52,were there too, as a student it was hard to pay attention in class with these badass aircraft doing touch and go's. Love seeing F-4s, incredible aircraft. Thanks for posting. 👍👍
@kingtigerbooks11622 жыл бұрын
The F-4 Phantom is my favorite jet. It's had an enviable combat record. I know a few retired F-4 pilots and the stories they tell are great. The books the retired Phantom drivers write are mind-blowing. These are my 3 favorite aviation books: - Topgun by Dan Pederson - F-4 Phantom: A Pilot's Story by Robert Prest - Scream of Eagles by Robert Wilcox - Great Fighter Jets of the Galaxy 1 by Tim Gibson
@donaldstanfield88623 жыл бұрын
J-79s put the Thunder in Thunderbirds!! Beautiful video, thank you!
@thecatmasher5 жыл бұрын
it was 37 years of my life, loved this bird, sad it's over
@BBslider0015 жыл бұрын
My dad's bird when he flew....love that these are still flying!
@rlhwabash7 жыл бұрын
USAF 1969-1973 Wild Weasel and proud to be an American. Land of the free that's all Americans. Home of the brave that's all Veterans.
@martybarbeau6 жыл бұрын
Was a Crew Chief on the F-4G Wild Weasels from 1979 to 1983 at George AFB California
@edwardpate61284 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe that at their peak around 1969 or 1970 McDonnell Douglas was cranking out 79 of these a month!
@martinh.98344 жыл бұрын
I love this bird so much😍👍👍👍 Thx for this video😊
@jasonafterburner45966 жыл бұрын
in the 80es,90es,saw countless Phantoms flying!! Sadly,the Times are gone!
@btaylo247 жыл бұрын
It will be a sad day when there are no F-4's in the skies!
@alitlweird7 жыл бұрын
Barry Taylor never mind that....it'll be a sad day when fighter planes become pilotless
@camsteremail7 жыл бұрын
From what I was told this was the last airshow that this team would be performing in the states Hopefully not.
@svenwollenberg89537 жыл бұрын
Barry Taylor ...true.!!!!
@bigroy387 жыл бұрын
Think the only civilian Phantom is owned by the Collings Foundation.
@Tiffnice207 жыл бұрын
bigroy38 still we all miss it
@robertsuhrer56047 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest looking planes the air. A fantastic warrior that has kept America safe. Nothing looks like a Phantom...
@jerryisaacks16554 жыл бұрын
Love watching the F-4 Phantoms at Ellington AFB when we were kids! We watched just outside the base at the end of one of the runways next to a sand pit. Come screaming over us with that very distinctive F-4 howl! Best looking warbird ever!
@jamespruitt31595 жыл бұрын
I saw a Phantom coming in to Barksdale AFB for an air show and that was the loudest jet fighter I’ve ever heard! It was right up there with the B-52!
@duanepalmore387 жыл бұрын
Nothing like the "Phantom Howl" when they turn downwind in the pattern.
@ballisticv7 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Always a pleasure to see the Phantom! Thank you!
@1hornet14 жыл бұрын
And I don't care what anyone says, The F-4 is beautiful! And I miss her. All of the hers...
@agFinder27 жыл бұрын
Clark AB, '81, 3AGS/CRS, INS/WRCS. These planes are part of the best times of my life. Absolute paradise :D.
@9Apilot4 жыл бұрын
A snapshot of the mid 70's. Nellis had a ramp full of Phantoms.
@Nolib8 ай бұрын
77-81 proud member of VF-102 F-4J’s. USS Independence CV-62. AO-2, launching off carrier in afterburner standing 20 feet away would make your teeth rattle. Awesome sight.
@skeptical26497 жыл бұрын
Nice video. Nellis has changed since I was there 50 years ago!
@bobdyer4227 жыл бұрын
As long as the Collins Foundation has their F-4, 1 will always be flying. I hear they are trying to get a F-101 also. It'll go along with their A-4, and F-100. Excellent vid. Thanks
@daveculver43503 жыл бұрын
Met a QF4 pilot and his mount in 1999 Airshow at Langley. I was amazed at what the pilot knew of the aircraft and its inner workings.
@straightshootingtalk67157 жыл бұрын
Very well done video. And a classic warbird! Thank you.
@93hshadow7 жыл бұрын
brings back a lot of memories...did the f-4c,d,e in phoenix 75 to 78. loved it
@charliehansen21927 жыл бұрын
I think I'm going to cry. RIP, F-4 Phantom. Man, I can't believe it's the final flight for this jet.
@mhos69404 жыл бұрын
Great video!!! Love those Phabulous Phantoms!!! 👍
@Glenn6one97 жыл бұрын
I was there!! My 1st time seeing a Phantom FLY!! So awesome!
@michaelbreckshot65896 жыл бұрын
Glenn6one9 It was also your last.
@Desertrat2146 жыл бұрын
Always my favorite aircraft! Worked with a guy that helped develop the nose cone radar atMac Air! Learned more about airplanes from him than I could ever imagine.
@xmrrushx6 жыл бұрын
Sitting here watching Spencer's Train vids with my son and I'm like..hey I wonder if someone has an F-4 Phantom air show.... Search and this is what comes up. Spencer never fails. Keep up the good work.
@RSTI1916 жыл бұрын
F-4 still in my top 5 and always will be..
@MultiDas1236 жыл бұрын
Rst28 it's my number one
@martybarbeau6 жыл бұрын
And is in the top ten for speed of all jet fighters!
@power_of_Christ_God5 жыл бұрын
Same! I wish they could of made them stealth..
@Ddg-mi5cs3 жыл бұрын
Fuck you
@195531294 жыл бұрын
Love the sound of those J79’s cranked up.
@ricksprings4 жыл бұрын
Heard these were strongest and most durable jets in US history... these were de-commed when I served USN 97-06, AO, loved the F4, but F-14 breaking sound barrier at sea level & sonic boom rippling on water surface during calm sea was top 5 awesome thing I've ever seen.....Remarkable naval aviation F-4 Phantom & A-6s also...... missed out on 2 great jets
@TheCraigHudson4 жыл бұрын
Just got back from Nellie 2019 it was without a doubt the best air show I have seen they reanacted close air warfare with eagles hogs raptors uh. 60 s and lightning 2s. So awesome.
@TheMustang1377 жыл бұрын
Thank you spencerhughes2255........ your airshow videos are the best!
@TheMustang1377 жыл бұрын
The F4 Phantom is one of my all time favorite fighter jets!
@winfriedfischer35587 жыл бұрын
TheMustang137 , yes i egree. I did. Sometimes exercises with C 160 escorted by F 4 f from Neuburg, Germany. Greetings from an old Commander C160 from Landsberg AB.
@keithglass93677 жыл бұрын
TheMustang137 same with me. my all time favorite is the F-15 but this one is up there I only saw it once but man that thing ripped up the skies
@crazydaisy1334 Жыл бұрын
Greatest fighter jet … ever! Pound for pound!
@andstr98023 ай бұрын
My favourite since I was a little boy many many years ago
@195531294 жыл бұрын
Love the sound!
@bradviola874 Жыл бұрын
My first Red Flag was at Nellis...blacked flagged to South Korea...SSGT crewchief/mechanic F-4 was a close girlfriend.. Slept under, ate under it and she raised pure hell when needed!!
@gooniac337 жыл бұрын
I was there and loved every minute of it!! This was my one hearing protection fail.... And it was worth it!!!
@martybarbeau6 жыл бұрын
You haven't lived until you're holding a center line fuel tank up with your ear muffs around your neck and then you look down the runway at the end and see two F-4's getting ready to launch and all you can do is cringe, I probably still have some hearing loss due to it! Oh and that big bomb looking thing under it's belly IS the centerline external fuel tank, they also have wing external fuel tanks for longer sorties!
@archiecunningham37344 жыл бұрын
This plane represents American muscle. My childhood favorite
@65thaggressor542 жыл бұрын
This was the last public display of a usaf phantom. I was there for both days and what a privilege.
@librandancer Жыл бұрын
Nice ... thank you for posting this video
@johnosbourn43127 жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC VIDEO!!!!!!!!! Also, Spencer, do you know the fate of the final 8 QF-4'S from the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron?
@CATdozerboy125 жыл бұрын
Sitting next to an f-22, f-35, and a super hornet. Definitely got that "watch this kiddos" vibe
@billvalentine24397 жыл бұрын
I was at the show,this bird is beautiful!!!
@Kaledrums5 жыл бұрын
The prettiest girl on the flight line that day hands down.
@delten-eleven19106 жыл бұрын
Still commands respect as she taxis by her USAF and NAVY succesors...an icon of the jet age.
@JuanVega-ns5ok2 жыл бұрын
Still the baddest looking plane in my opinion. I loved it when they were used by the USAF Thunderbirds in the early 70’s.
@briancarothers15767 жыл бұрын
PHANTOMS PHOREVER!!!
@billbright17557 жыл бұрын
There's a F-4 in Thunderbirds colors at Pima air museum. Along with many rare and historic air craft. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, all right Thunderbirds, let's run 'em up!
@billbright17557 жыл бұрын
F-4 Mc Donald Douglas, a steed of Robin Olds.
@jeffjoseph7 жыл бұрын
McDonnell . EX MAC Tech Rep.
@F22raptor467 жыл бұрын
I feel so miserable for having missed this!!
@patriotsfan12367 жыл бұрын
Stormsquad it was awsome
@michaelbreckshot65896 жыл бұрын
Stormsquad I saw it static at Miramar. I was hoping to see it fly.
@adrienneflateau84306 жыл бұрын
I would be too
@87SRV7 жыл бұрын
I would always see phantoms fly over when I was little I lived near Ellington field and would hear that whistling sound
@russouk6 жыл бұрын
One of my fave jets....lovely looking bird shes sexy....the low sloped nose and the shape....just made for speed...RAF used to fly em over my house regular.....Indeed Barry Taylor I agree...unmistakable sounds....and looks.
@mug123417 жыл бұрын
Awesome show!
@patriotsfan12367 жыл бұрын
Anthony Cornelius seriously if you like military aviation it was better than miramar in my opinion
@joe25rs7 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@atheeraljubouri54033 жыл бұрын
One of best looking aircrafts of all time.
@WS-15 жыл бұрын
F4`s forever !
@allenchandler34882 жыл бұрын
Love the phantom. Great close air support act. Semper fi
@KyleWynia7 жыл бұрын
awesome video. Wish I could have been there
@djw64305 жыл бұрын
While an infantry officer in the Corps, tried without success to get a ride in the "back seat." A very short and thin Huey pilot I knew at the time, who lost over 20 pounds in 'Nam in his first two months, opted for F-4 training when ordered to go back. He loved the Phantom. If I were capable of envy, this I would envy. Only other plane I like as much is the P-38 Lightning. Sure would be nice if a billionaire or two would take up antique plane collecting.
@HappiKarafuru5 жыл бұрын
This aircraft can describe in one phrase "Raw Power"
@captainbuttnuggets47864 жыл бұрын
Reminds of a sexy muscle car, miss seeing these birds flying around in Niagara Falls 107th fighter division
@chrispydalt2kgaming8767 жыл бұрын
That's awesome!
@coldude25597 жыл бұрын
what a gorgeous aircraft!
@davidbarbour99292 жыл бұрын
I live near Seymour Johnson AFB, back when these were flying you could here them and see them coming. They were loud and always smoking like they were burning used grease rags. But they were a sight to see flying almost everyday.
@haneyoru08262 жыл бұрын
Old but gold
@deborahamazonamazon29007 жыл бұрын
Miss these sounds from MCAS El Toro
@Lonehelljumper4 жыл бұрын
Always loved this plane growing up, there isnt anything like a flying brick lol.
@pandamanjoe96642 жыл бұрын
Who ever is operating the camera they did a hell of a job doing it
@terrygoldfarb26317 жыл бұрын
NAVY rag squadron VF121 out of Miramar. the best time of my life!!
@jbizzle99843 жыл бұрын
Its amazing the size and thickness of the plane, yet its able to carry a massive bomb load.
@Indarow2 жыл бұрын
That engine startup = instant nostalgia from “Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience”
@mattrichards14922 жыл бұрын
Twin J79s! Never will hear anything like those screaming again....sad. Best jet ever.
@davidgilbert67114 жыл бұрын
Wish we had a solo phantom display in uk but doubt it we to soft to pull something like that off nice video mate
@renaldrivera91104 жыл бұрын
Owesome and powerful
@danpatterson80094 жыл бұрын
Still #1 in badass.
@marshallallensmith3 жыл бұрын
The triumph of thrust over aerodynamics
@Darknamja6 жыл бұрын
You can clearly see those leading edge slats of the F-4E on the first bird during takeoff. :D
@hermannengel86133 жыл бұрын
Ich liebe die Phantom
@tflashtube Жыл бұрын
Phantom Phorever!
@sanfranciscobay7 жыл бұрын
The J79 turbine engine which the F4 Phantom has 2 of them, burns 1.5 - 2 gallons per second per engine in full afterburner. So, when you see the orange glow coming from the exhaust pipe, it's burning 3 - 4 gallons per second combined at $5 per gallon of jet fuel.
@duanepalmore387 жыл бұрын
If you ever stood in the hush house when the run man cracked 'burner, you came to appreciate their power.
@sanfranciscobay7 жыл бұрын
Duane Palmore. I can imagine. You probably feel thankful that it didn't explode.
@duanepalmore387 жыл бұрын
SanFranciscoBay I've never heard of that happening. I was speaking to the amount of air the engines draw when the throttles are advanced.
@slpkntmggt066 жыл бұрын
SanFranciscoBay I'd pay out of my own pocket just to fuel this jet if I could. The Phantom is a true legend.
@user-zy9xu9ej6i5 жыл бұрын
very respected aircraft !!
@88Mobius7 жыл бұрын
What a beast! :)
@guillermomarcucci25822 жыл бұрын
Avionazo loco!!!!!!
@Carp55863 жыл бұрын
An incredible killing machine. Checkout the exhaust at 4:47. Damn.
@richardcoram15622 жыл бұрын
Up close front row seat of this this model jet in action several times, while doing convoys in Vietnam. This monster would just show up unexpectedly and lay down some massive hurt on the Viet Cong . They missed a few of the enemy at Ben Luc , and just after we traveled across the Bridge on highway 4 that day in '68 on a convoy supply run from Dong Tam base near My Tho, to Long Binh the Cong dropped the Ben Luc Bridge into the river. It's flyin..Low , slow and smoked like a brand new locomotive ✌🇺🇸