Rob,

According to a nice article in a past Smoke Trails article, six F-4E's
from the 3rd TFS/3rd TFW were deployed to Incirlik, but only four made
it to Incerlik on 2/20/91 (71-1086, 72-1407, 73-1198/9). The unit's
AVQ-26 Pave Tack pods were stuck in a transport at Hickam AFB, and did
not arrive in time for combat use.

The unit's first combat action occured on 2/22/91, when they flew AAA
suppressions missions for F-16's against Al Mosul, Iraq, with similiar
combat missions on 2/26 and 2/27.

Ordnance configurations were the same for all combat missions, all
aircraft:

- a single CBU-87/D on each of the inboard pylons, suspended from
'special weapon' adapter.

- AIM-9 missle rails were in place, but no Sidewinder missles were
carried

- AIM-7F's in the two rear Sparrow wells.

- deep ALQ-131(V)-14 in left front Sparrow well, right front well
unused.

- Two 370 gallon wing tanks, and F-15 style 600 gallon centerline tank.

A Pave Tack laser designation mission was set for 2/28/91, but was
canceled due to the cease fire. The aircraft were loaded, but did not
fly, with:

- Paveway GBU-10's mounted directly to the each inboard pylon

- AVQ-26 Pave Tack on centerline, replacing 600 gallon tank.


All aircraft were ARN-101/TISEO equipped.

The aircraft left Turkey on 3/19/91, and went directly to AMARC.

Hope that helps.

MM



In article , Rob van
Riel wrote:

I've found several references to an F-4E unit deployed at Incirlik
during DS, but I can't seem to find what they were doing there. All
other Phantoms were either taking snapshots or scrapping SAM sites,
but that's a job for RF-4C or F-4G types, not the E model. Does anyone
here know what they were doing?

Thanks

Rob