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F-4D - USAF - 1972
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And finally finished!
Thank you all for watching and reading the article!
Prosjekt: F-4D - USAF - 1972
10+ 72 1 July 2023, 08:09
-Antoine-Hi Marius, 10th may was not a so great day in term of claims by the USAF, and they've also lost that day Major Robert Lodge. On its way to acedom, he"d get his third kill that day, but was then shot down by a MiG-19 and killed (His GIB, Roger Locher survived and was rescued.
11 July 2023, 14:37
-Antoine-Ritchie was also greatly helped in nearly all his kill mission, in that he was flying one of the Combat Tree equiped F-4D.
11 July 2023, 14:39
MariusThank you Guy and Bernhard!
Yes, it is finally finished. Thank you all for following.
Finishing a model after 11 months seems to become the new standard.
17 November 2023, 04:55
NeulingWas lange währt wird endlich gut. Excellent build with top paintwork. And interesting story. Thanks for showing/telling!
17 November 2023, 07:14
-Antoine-Very nice Phantom, and I'd like to say, as usual!
Just great!
Very good article as well. Obviously you don't need any feedback from me any more on that aspect.
I'll just add that Combat Tree took some time to be accepted by the crews, pilots mostly, who didn't understand very well the whole affair... The big advantage they had was the opportunity to engage a target in real BVR without the need to go for a visual ID before. And for exemple, this opportunity was lost for 7463 on 16th april 72, when Fred Olmsted decided to go for a visual ID as Stu Maas was telling him to shoot at a Tree contact. They did get their kill in the end, but they've been really very lucky, as they gave the MiGs pilots a clear opportunity to shoot them down. I tell the whole story in a big article scheduled to be publish in the next issue of Aerojournal, early in december.
17 November 2023, 07:36
MariusThank you Neuling, Antoine, Alberto, Clement, Jan and Oleg for your comments and thank you all for taking the time to have a look in the album.
I have uploaded a few more pictures aside aircraft of "the other side".
@Antoine: thank you for your addition. Indeed, this happened more often with several crews, not just in this particular case you mentioned. While the 66-7463 was lucky in this case, I remember reading about at least one other such situation where the crew was not that lucky in the end, but I need to recheck literature.
@Clement: I actually left out a couple of small ones from the spine 🙂. I have since then managed to sleep well enough.
18 November 2023, 09:38
Oleg SmilykA stunning Phantom, Marius,superbly crafted and painted, this makes for an outstanding collection of Vietnam War era pieces.
18 November 2023, 17:23
MariusThank you Oleg and Cuajete! Yes, a Vietnam-era collection is slowly building up, with an F-4E following as well.
7 January, 09:14