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F-4 Black Bunny, Fighter Town USA, Mira Mar 1988.

I was at that show....IIRC the Black Bunny sat at the end of the static display line on the west end. It was the only time I've seen a USN aerial refueling with a KA-6D and an F-14

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I was at that show....IIRC the Black Bunny sat at the end of the static display line on the west end. It was the only time I've seen a USN aerial refueling with a KA-6D and an F-14

Wow! You can remember that far back!?! ;)/> I vaguely remember that refueling. That's one thing I miss since leaving CA, all the airshows they use to have.

Cheers,

Gregg

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Cool shots, Gregg!

I was at that show as well, the VX-4 guys told me that was the last scheduled public appearance of the BB F-4S with the switch to the BB F-14A ... Great shows at Miramar back then ...

Thanks for sharing ...

-Gregg

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Cool shots, Gregg!

I was at that show as well,

-Gregg

:lol: Talk about life, you know each of us probably saw the other two, maybe real close up, and never imagined what the future had in store. After that show I went to the March AFB show where the Tomcat almost stole the show there..and the stealth got a lot of attention especially with the way the sky cops were prancing around prominently displaying their M-16's.

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Hey Clif,

I'm sure we crossed paths at that show!

Funny how things work out ...

I attended every Miramar airshow from 81 to 89 ... I went to March in 88 as well ...

-Gregg

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From the photo vaults of Kris Metz, a friend and fellow crew chief,he has given me permission to post these for your viewing pleasure.

My assigned F-4E from back in day,68-0490

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Kris's assigned F-4E,68-0429,which was sadly lost along with the crew while TDY in Nevada in 1990. '429 was also the first F-4E we received in 1988,picked up from Moody AFB.

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F-4E 68-0478

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Kris as the B man ready to pull chocks on launch

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thanks soul freak. I saw that picture while doing some digging but there a couple things that bother me about it.

1) where is its Mig kill stencil?

2) the last place I could trace this bird to was with the 3rd TFW during its tenure at Clark AFB. From what I've gathered is after the 3rd was disbanded most of the F-4s they had where sent CONUS to become drones.

3) this a/c in the picture is out of Spangdahlem and has numerous kill markings most likely attributed to the Gulf War, and 0291 that I've found did not participate but I could be wrong.

Could anyone else share some enlightens on this?

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The one at Spang is 69-7291, not 0291. The person who uploaded it to Airfighters.com picked the wrong serial. 0291 went from Clark to the US indeed. It is now on display at Osan AFB in somewhat dubious markings and with a gun nose.

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I really haven't heard of a solid reason why we used RWB on the fin tip,I know we started applying it in 1971 when we converted to F-100's.

Ah, so it wasn't a leftover from the Bicentennial in '76 either. Doesn't really matter, it looks snazzy.

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Whiskey said:

1) where is its Mig kill stencil?

2) the last place I could trace this bird to was with the 3rd TFW during its tenure at Clark AFB. From what I've gathered is after the 3rd was disbanded most of the F-4s they had where sent CONUS to become drones.

3) this a/c in the picture is out of Spangdahlem and has numerous kill markings most likely attributed to the Gulf War, and 0291 that I've found did not participate but I could be wrong.

Could anyone else share some enlightens on this?

Whiskey,

F-4E 69-0291 was never converted to an F-4G. As has already been indicated, the picture of the 52FW 'SP' coded F-4G causing confusion is actually 69-7291 not 69-0291. I took a quick look through my F-4E images and I found shots showing 69-0291 with 'FC' 21TFW, 'PN' 3TFW, 'SJ' 4TFW, 'ZF' 31TFW and 'MY'347TFW tail codes. The image of the 'PN' bird (no date shown), shows a larger than normal MIG KILL applied to the left side of the intake trunk. The 'SJ' image was taken on 12th June 1972 and shows the left side of the aircraft. However, no MIG KILL is applied but this is probably due to the fact she has recently been repainted in standard SEA colours. The 'ZF' image was taken from the LRQ ( left rear quarter ) but you can't tell if a MIG KILL marking is present as the ramp is not visible. The 'MY' image was taken in Aug 1984 and shows her in a Euro I scheme. There is a small red MIG KILL on the left ramp. The image of the 'FC' coded aircraft is a right side profile in standard SEA so I can't tell if the MIG KILL was applied to the port side. I have no images that show what she looked like during her Vietnam days.

Good Luck

Oz

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69-0291 was converted to an F-4G, and was assigned to the 3rd TFW.

Here's a close up of its left intake with the data stencil and MiG kill marking: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thebigbluescrew/6677201829/

And here is what it looks like now: http://f.st-hatena.com/images/fotolife/m/mi28/20101010/20101010093505.jpg

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69-0291 was converted to an F-4G, and was assigned to the 3rd TFW.

Here's a close up of its left intake with the data stencil and MiG kill marking: https://www.flickr.com/photos/thebigbluescrew/6677201829/

And here is what it looks like now: http://f.st-hatena.com/images/fotolife/m/mi28/20101010/20101010093505.jpg

Thanks Pete,

I should of checked more than one source. I dug out another list showing F-4E to F-4G conversions that was published in 2004 and 69-0291 is shown on that one. It shows the aircraft was converted to an F-4G on April 16th 1990 as an attrition replacement aircraft. The aircraft was then assigned to the 3TFW at Clark AFB and finally ending life as a Gate Guardian at Osan. I did a little more digging and discovered that Aeromaster already produced decals for this aircraft as an F-4G with the 3TFW. Also, Afterburner produced a sheet 48-068 for F-4E/F-4G 3rd TFW with 69-0291 included and I also noticed that Jake included the same aircraft on his recently released 32nd scale SEAD Hunter Phantom Killers sheet SHG32-005. However, his upcoming 48th scale sheet 48-009 SEAD Specialists F-4G Part 1 doesn't include markings for any 3TFW 'PN' F-4G's. Hopefully we'll see these on Part.2

Thanks for the flickr link showing the 3TFW F-4G's. There's some very useful images there.

Cheers,

Oz

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