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ex USAF/RAAF QF-4G Phantom heading down under
Soon a retired USAF (ex RAAF) (Q)F-4G Phantom will be heading to
Australia to a collection of a friend of mine. Serial is 69-7207. This hunter also scored the last HARM/Sam kill by a F-4G in 1993. Any former weasels who flew this aircraft could they email me with info if can on their time with the aircraft. |
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Where in Australia is it going to? Is there any time frame for its arrival?
Darryl Gibbs. "Aerophotos" wrote in message ... Soon a retired USAF (ex RAAF) (Q)F-4G Phantom will be heading to Australia to a collection of a friend of mine. Serial is 69-7207. This hunter also scored the last HARM/Sam kill by a F-4G in 1993. Any former weasels who flew this aircraft could they email me with info if can on their time with the aircraft. |
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No time frame at this moment.
F4 will be based somewhere in Oz... secret until then im told , the owner prefers to be kept annon at moment. Darryl Gibbs wrote: Where in Australia is it going to? Is there any time frame for its arrival? Darryl Gibbs. "Aerophotos" wrote in message ... Soon a retired USAF (ex RAAF) (Q)F-4G Phantom will be heading to Australia to a collection of a friend of mine. Serial is 69-7207. This hunter also scored the last HARM/Sam kill by a F-4G in 1993. Any former weasels who flew this aircraft could they email me with info if can on their time with the aircraft. |
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Aerophotos wrote:
Soon a retired USAF (ex RAAF) (Q)F-4G Phantom will be heading to Australia to a collection of a friend of mine. Serial is 69-7207. This hunter also scored the last HARM/Sam kill by a F-4G in 1993. Any former weasels who flew this aircraft could they email me with info if can on their time with the aircraft. I looked up the serial number and it doesn't mention any Iraqi radar site kills by 69-7207, however it does mention 62 missions flown during Desert Storm. You probably already have this information. "7207 (c/n 3862) returned to USAF 6/1973. Modified to F-4G. Flew 62 missions in Desert Storm. To AMARC as FP0971 9/17/1997. To Tyndall AFB as QF-4G AF172 6/8/1998." Here is the webpage: http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-b...07&content=F-4 And here is the serial number search engine page: http://users.rcn.com/jeremy.k/serialSearch.html |
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Well thats news to me..... as i have several personal photos showing
clearly 69-7207 with last sam kill in gulf with harm. The photos i have were taken in 1997 at Mojave??? flight test school drone ramp in Cali where Tracor were modifying the drones and also at Tyndal in 1998 when she was in use by the 82nd. I can supply the pictures even if you want. Erik Von Erich wrote: Aerophotos wrote: Soon a retired USAF (ex RAAF) (Q)F-4G Phantom will be heading to Australia to a collection of a friend of mine. Serial is 69-7207. This hunter also scored the last HARM/Sam kill by a F-4G in 1993. Any former weasels who flew this aircraft could they email me with info if can on their time with the aircraft. I looked up the serial number and it doesn't mention any Iraqi radar site kills by 69-7207, however it does mention 62 missions flown during Desert Storm. You probably already have this information. "7207 (c/n 3862) returned to USAF 6/1973. Modified to F-4G. Flew 62 missions in Desert Storm. To AMARC as FP0971 9/17/1997. To Tyndall AFB as QF-4G AF172 6/8/1998." Here is the webpage: http://cgibin.rcn.com/jeremy.k/cgi-b...07&content=F-4 And here is the serial number search engine page: http://users.rcn.com/jeremy.k/serialSearch.html |
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On Fri, 07 May 2004 10:51:36 +1000, Aerophotos
wrote: Well thats news to me..... as i have several personal photos showing clearly 69-7207 with last sam kill in gulf with harm. How did you manage that? You got personal photos meaning you were there for the last SAM kill? You must mean that you possess some photos from someone else, don't you? SAM killing business has a tendency to be somewhat hazardous and high workload. I don't think I recall ever seeing a photo of an actual SAM kill with any kind of missile in which you could: 1. Know the aircraft tail number from the photo (rather than later documentation.) 2. Know that the shot being taken in the photo was going to be successful. 3. Know that a confirmed kill was achieved by any particular shot. 4. Know that a particular confirmed kill was going to be the last one in a war. Probable kills are one thing. Confirmed SAM kills--meaning the site is destroyed--are usually the result of more than an ARM impact. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN #1-58834-103-8 |
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The photos i have were taken at Tracor/Cali and Tyndal in my
collection... The marking i have show a kill on the splitter intake plane with a radar with a harm thru it... This is apparently the kill .......... do you want a copy also? Ed Rasimus wrote: On Fri, 07 May 2004 10:51:36 +1000, Aerophotos wrote: Well thats news to me..... as i have several personal photos showing clearly 69-7207 with last sam kill in gulf with harm. How did you manage that? You got personal photos meaning you were there for the last SAM kill? You must mean that you possess some photos from someone else, don't you? SAM killing business has a tendency to be somewhat hazardous and high workload. I don't think I recall ever seeing a photo of an actual SAM kill with any kind of missile in which you could: 1. Know the aircraft tail number from the photo (rather than later documentation.) 2. Know that the shot being taken in the photo was going to be successful. 3. Know that a confirmed kill was achieved by any particular shot. 4. Know that a particular confirmed kill was going to be the last one in a war. Probable kills are one thing. Confirmed SAM kills--meaning the site is destroyed--are usually the result of more than an ARM impact. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN #1-58834-103-8 -- |
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"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message ... On Fri, 07 May 2004 10:51:36 +1000, Aerophotos wrote: Well thats news to me..... as i have several personal photos showing clearly 69-7207 with last sam kill in gulf with harm. How did you manage that? You got personal photos meaning you were there for the last SAM kill? You must mean that you possess some photos from someone else, don't you? I suspect he's talking about personal photos that someone else provided and that they are captioned with that claim. |
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On Fri, 07 May 2004 11:30:01 +1000, Aerophotos
wrote: The photos i have were taken at Tracor/Cali and Tyndal in my collection... The marking i have show a kill on the splitter intake plane with a radar with a harm thru it... This is apparently the kill .......... do you want a copy also? Paint on a splitter plate doesn't conclusively prove much of anything. It doesn't confirm a kill, nor verify a date, nor place it in a relationship to the last event of a sequence. But, since you asked and since I've got access to the Weasel Net, here's some info from a guy who was crew-chief on the tail number you provided: I was ACC on 69-7207 from 88-90 at George in the 561TFS/AGS. 93 for a HARM/SAM kill might have been from when she was in the Idaho ANG after DS doing the no-fly deal. However, I have asked the question a couple times (here) and am certain 207 was downed as an unmanned target drone in 98 at Tyndall and is resting deep under water. No clue how this guy could have bought her unless he's in a salvage team. Jay SoWW #2485 Weasel Keeper 69-7207 My Society of Wild Weasels number is 2488. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN #1-58834-103-8 |
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In article ,
Ed Rasimus wrote: On Fri, 07 May 2004 11:30:01 +1000, Aerophotos wrote: The photos i have were taken at Tracor/Cali and Tyndal in my collection... The marking i have show a kill on the splitter intake plane with a radar with a harm thru it... This is apparently the kill .......... do you want a copy also? Paint on a splitter plate doesn't conclusively prove much of anything. It doesn't confirm a kill, nor verify a date, nor place it in a relationship to the last event of a sequence. But, since you asked and since I've got access to the Weasel Net, here's some info from a guy who was crew-chief on the tail number you provided: I was ACC on 69-7207 from 88-90 at George in the 561TFS/AGS. 93 for a HARM/SAM kill might have been from when she was in the Idaho ANG after DS doing the no-fly deal. However, I have asked the question a couple times (here) and am certain 207 was downed as an unmanned target drone in 98 at Tyndall and is resting deep under water. No clue how this guy could have bought her unless he's in a salvage team. Jay SoWW #2485 Weasel Keeper 69-7207 My Society of Wild Weasels number is 2488. Ed Rasimus Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret) "When Thunder Rolled" Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN #1-58834-103-8 Additional info via CC, 82 ATRS/DET 1, Holloman AFB: Tail 69-2707 was killed at Tyndall on 16 Dec 98. Its Air Force number 172 for reference. Does someone claim to own this one? They had to fish it out if so. FWIW, there were additonal HARM shots taken from the F-4G after Desert Storm ended. The 81st TFS remained deployed with ever shrinking personnel and an ever shriking number of aircraft from Spangdahlem to Incirlik and Dhahran until early '94. The jets were handed off to the lads at Nellis after that, but my familiarity with any combat events ends at that point. Billy |
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