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  1. Your explanation makes sense; I never knew that the 35th served at Keflavik as an F-15 interceptor unit for a while. I was aware, however, that the 432nd and the 35th FWs are really the same unit renumbered. S'posedly as the USAF and USN downsized, they chose to retain the most historically significant unit designations, hence 432nd -> 35th, 363rd -> 20th, 401st -> 31st, 21st -> 3rd ... and there are no doubt others. (On the other hand, one might argue that the 432nd TRW made a significant impression in Vietnam, particularly in 1972; just sayin') OK, so one last question: When di
  2. I didn't realize how many F-4s got the frameless windshield. I wonder how expensive that mod was and why it wasn't more widely adopted. The F-4E/G looks oddly modern with a frameless windshield. New question: Are we to infer from the second pic that when the 35th FW transferred its F-4Gs to the Idaho ANG that the aircraft retained the "WW" tail code, at least for a while? That's strange. Wasn't the 35th getting Block 50 F-16s at the same time? I would've thought they'd have changed the tail code when they added the "Idaho" tail stripe.
  3. I seriously doubt it, but I'm not certain. If I recall correctly, the frameless windshield was installed on certain ANG F-4Es, maybe New Jersey? I'll have to do a little digging ...
  4. You never know who might be passing through, but none of the G's would've been ADC gray. According to my references, the Hawaii Air National Guard (199th TFS/154th CG) flew the F-4C until they converted to the F-15A in the late '80s.
  5. All technically true, but the USAF did field a small number of F-4Cs in SEA that were modified for the defense-suppression role, sometimes referred to as "EF-4C"; same basic idea as the later F-4G, just nowhere near as thorough. By the way, I intentionally avoid the term "Wild Weasel" in reference to the aircraft, because that was always the name of an evolving weapons-development program, not an actual aircraft type. The name stuck, I know (and the 35th FW still has the "WW" tail code), but it was always a misnomer.
  6. ADC on an F-4G rather than an F-4D/E? Really?
  7. That was the first thing that popped into my head when I read the original post -- Camouflage Gray from the SEA scheme (underside).
  8. Just for clarity, the Sidewinders used by the Royal Navy Sea Harriers in the Falklands -- the ones that recorded all the kills -- were AIM-9Ls, correct?
  9. In addition to what everyone has already said, the F-4N has prominent ECM fairings on the intake shoulders (ALQ-126?). These fairings also appeared on the F-4S (maybe on some F-4Js), but note that the fairings on the F-4N are longer than on the F-4J/S. (Now that I think about it, you need to check for all the various ECM/RWR antennas, especially on the fin tip and under the radome.) You didn't mention scale, but now that Academy makes a proper F-4B in 1/48 with thin wings/wheels and lotsa optional parts on the sprues, I'd just go that route. Just my opinion.
  10. I saw a documentary once on this, and if I recall, the F-16s were flying predictable routes day after day. (I think we've heard that one before.) S'posedly the Serbs were able to estimate the range/bearing/altitude in advance and fired SA-6s in "standby" mode without guidance, then switched on the tracking radar only in the last few seconds. As that version of the story went, O'Grady had only a couple seconds to realize he had been painted before the SA-6 detonated. I remember thinking that that particular tactic would probably be hard to beat under those conditions, and I also realized that "
  11. OK, I need your thoughts on scale fade. Do you do it? Do you believe in the concept? How do you go about doing it? I'm not sure about all this, but I'll answer my own questions anyway. 1. I have never lightened my colors, but I'm obviously thinking about it. I've always used Testors Model Master enamel, and I stick by the official FS numbers, but I'm not entirely satisfied. Certain FS colors will indeed look kinda dark to my eye, and others (such as the 34079/34102 greens in a TO 1-1-4 scheme) look too much alike compared to photographs. 2. I've never been convinced that a color should be li
  12. Harpoons during some of the dust-ups that month, but not during El Dorado Canyon itself. That was a night strike against land targets.
  13. That's right, but just a touch too general. As tobiK noted above, the Hasegawa C/D and B/N kits had raised panel lines. But the Hasegawa F-4J that came later has recessed panel lines and is much nicer. In fact, you can swap parts between a Hasegawa F-4J and F-4E to make a slatted F-4S and a hard-winged F-4E. Nice!
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