Old Viper Tester Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 F-4E s/n 66-0329 was an ex-Thunderbird aircraft. She served as a test support aircraft at Edwards AFB from 1978 through 1991. Operated by the 6512th Test Squadron, throughout the early 1980s is was part of the Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) chase flight, hence the white upper wings with the camouflage schemes. The N prefix indicating a permanent flight test modification was installed in/on the airframe. July 1984 - Over the Boron mine On the downwind for Runway 22 March 1985 May 1985 January 1989 October 1991 - Text on the cannon fairing reads "THE LOVE MACHINE" Thanks for looking, Sven 25 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f111guru Posted December 31, 2019 Share Posted December 31, 2019 Nice looking aircraft there Sven. Great to see a hard winged F-4E. Also the change from short to long gun fairing. Thank you for posting and interesting subject matter. All The Best Ron VanDerwarker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Why the removal of the MIDAS fairing for the cannon? Kinda interesting. I so wish we could get a USAF Test and Eval set of decals in 1/48 for aircraft such as this, especially from the likes of Caracal or Speed Hunter. Thanks Sven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 1, 2020 Share Posted January 1, 2020 Thanks, as always, Sven! Beautiful Rhinos! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Superb F-4 shots again Sven. You’ve photographed some serious metal in the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 @Old Viper Tester l see that Caracal Decals @CaracalModels is looking at doing a decal sheet based on Edward's Phantoms http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/312007-cd48162-148-f-4-edwards-test-phantoms/ Regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaracalModels Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 5 hours ago, Robert said: l see that Caracal Decals is looking at doing a has already designed and sent to print decal sheet based on Edward's Phantoms http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/312007-cd48162-148-f-4-edwards-test-phantoms/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaracalModels Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 5 hours ago, Robert said: @Old Viper Tester l see that Caracal Decals @CaracalModels is looking at doing a decal sheet based on Edward's Phantoms http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/312007-cd48162-148-f-4-edwards-test-phantoms/ Regards Robert It will contain markings for six different AFTTC Phantoms (F-4D, NF-4E and RF-4Cs) and will be available in early April. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Yeeessss!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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