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Synopsis
1069 full-color images illustrate the latest installment in The Modern Guide series. This is the largest Modern Guide yet, weighing in at 228 pages. For over 50 years, the mighty McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom has been at the forefront of air forces around the world. Although no longer in service in the United States' military, it plays a vital role in several nations' air forces. No corner of the F-4 is left untouched in this volume, covering literally every inch of the jet from nose to tail, as well as describing each version of the jet that has taken to the skies over the years and modifications performed to keep the jet viable into the 21st Century. Specifically, the F-4C, F-4D, F-4E, F-4F, F-4G, RF-4C, RF-4E, QF-4E, QF-4G, and QRF-4C are all thoroughly covered in this book. Appendices cover the F-4F ICE, F-4E AUP, ARN-101/DMAS F-4E & RF-4C (including Pave Tack and GBU-15). Complete cockpit coverage is included for each version of the jet. A future Modern Phantom Guide is already in the works to cover the US Navy, US Marine Corps, and British F-4s.
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Review
65+ pages of nothing but cockpit shots of the various USAF models of the Phantom, something I've never seen in any other publication to date regarding the Phantom,. The book covers everything imaginable, from the pitot tube to the drag chute housing, Jake covered it all. Explanations of the various systems and photos are clear and concise and in a way the avgerage Joe can understand, or a former F-4 crew chief that has been "Phantom bit" one too many times. The cockpit sections has to be seen to be believed, Jake covers the RF/F-4C,D,E,F,G and not to mention the various upgrades made to both the domestic variants and the export variants, and as a suprise to me, he also shows photo's of the QF-4's and the mods made to the airframe..awesome! Looking through the book takes me back to the four plus years I crewed the F-4, with each turn of the page, I can almost smell hydraulic fluid and JP-4 oozing from the pages. I was lucky enough to lay my hands on or launch/recover all the USAF variants at one time or another (my units F-C's and E's, Reno's and Alabama's RF-4C's, Kansas F-4D's, the 35th's F-4G's as they staged back to George AFB, not to mention F-4F's while at Red Flag, just to name a few), this book brings back all those memories I thought that were long faded of the Phantom. Helping Jake with this volume is like a who's who of Phantomology PhDs: Bill Spidle, Gary Chambers (everyone's favorite F-4 WSO!), Bill Peake, Jim Rotramel, not to mention a host of pilots, WSOs, crew chiefs, and Phantom photographers from around the world (big thumbs up to "Scout" and Kostas for the GAF and HAF Phantom pics!) that helped make this title possible. Gentlemen,take a bow for your help! You guys provide the peices to the puzzle and Jake puts the peices together! Okay, enough blabbering from me, I give this book a BIG thumbs up and a must-have for anyone who has an interest and/or love for the F-4, and now I must put on my drool bucket and look through the book again....... __________________ --TSgt. David Cook, 181st Tactical Fighter Group, USAF retired
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- PublisherReid Air Publications
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 097950645X
- ISBN 13 9780979506451
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages228
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