Category Archives: F-4 Phantom II

Mach 2

Posted on August 4, 2017 by

Found this little pin in a box recently. Not much to look at from a distance. Small F4 on it, but its the caption that catches the eye: Mach 2 Club, Phantom II.  The first reaction might be: “Is this … Continue reading →

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Questions never answered

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

Had a great experience over the weekend. I visited David Garbe who lives about ½ hour away and has reconstructed the front part of an F4 D aircraft which had flown with the famed 555th Triple Nickle at Udorn. It … Continue reading →

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Of Fireworks and other things

Posted on June 30, 2017 by

There is no way around it. The 4th of July makes me think of fireworks. When we were small there were always fireworks in Fair Haven, a town located on Lake Ontario about 8 miles away. We lived on the … Continue reading →

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A Day in the Life….

Posted on March 29, 2017 by

Today is Vietnam Veterans Day — March 29, as such I thought about how I would have spent this day during the war. Most days in combat began early. There was what we called an “0 Dark Thirty” wake up. … Continue reading →

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Air Force F4 Tech Supplement to High Flight

Posted on March 19, 2017 by

HIGH FLIGHT Air Force Supplement 1 OH, I HAVE SLIPPED THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH (Surly bond slipping will be performed only by two ship IP-led flights) AND DANCED THE SKIES ON LAUGHTER-SILVERED WINGS; (Dancing the skies will be performed … Continue reading →

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F4 Stuff

Posted on February 22, 2017 by

Recently I was looking at all the things I had collected that had to do with the F4. The Phantom II mascot was called the Spook.    He appeared on a lot of things from patches — to letter head … Continue reading →

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Long Ago, In a Galaxy far far away…

Posted on January 11, 2017 by

Over the last few months, since I visited the Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio and sat in the cockpit of an F4 again, the Phantom II has been almost continually on my mind. And as I thought about all those … Continue reading →

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