Good looking machine. :) I'm a fan of the C and D models, more then the E's, but it's still a looker.

Thanks! The odd thing is, the Collings Foundation actually has a flying 'D' model based right there at the air field, but for some reason, the WOH planners never give them a time slot to fly that beauty for the hometown. D:

*nods* Well, as my father, a former F-4D pilot always says, that thing is a maintainance bitch. And considering it's privately owned, it's no wonder they don't get to fly it often. I've been to airshows where I've seen the Collings bird, and she's supposed to have flown, but each time she's had maintainance issues. Oh well.

kick ass :p

Oh yeah!

I belive the only two nations still using the McDonnel Douglas F-4 Phantom II are Israel and Japan,and the very last of the American F-4s are being rebuilt and used as remote controlled target drones for missle tests.

The F-4s were used by the United States Air Force,Navy and Marines during Vietnam and contined serving as front line fighter and fighter bomber until it was replaced by the F-15 Eagle during the 1980s,and the F-4G Wild Weasels were used as anti-radar and anti-aircraft missle search & destroy aircraft to destroy Iraqi air defenses and radar systems during the 1991 Gulf War.

I think Israel retired theirs, but I know Germany is still flying them, as they have a training wing in New Mexico. The only use in the US is currently Heritage Flights and target drones.