Old Viper Tester Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 F-4Es of the 335th Tac Fighter Squadron ("The Chiefs"), 4th Tac Fighter Wing out of Seymour-Johnson AFB during Red Flag 84-4 exercise at Nellis AFB, June 1984. 72-0128 72-1478 with ALQ-131 ECM pod. 73-1183 73-1189 73-1196 with AGM-65 training rounds 74-1625 74-1640 74-1643 with Long-Chord Wing (LCW) GBU-15 built on a Mk-84 inert warhead. 74-1645 with replacement TISEO fairing. Thanks for looking, Sven 21 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Thanks again for some great photo’s Sven. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Long chord wing? Do you mind elaborating a little more Sven as I don't think I've ever heard of that on an F-4. All I've ever been aware of is slatted and hard wings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 35 minutes ago, whiskey said: Long chord wing? Do you mind elaborating a little more Sven as I don't think I've ever heard of that on an F-4. All I've ever been aware of is slatted and hard wings. I think he's referring to the wing fitted to the GBU-15. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Dang, the Phantom looks good in European One. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Viper Tester Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 19 hours ago, whiskey said: Long chord wing? Do you mind elaborating a little more Sven As Mike mentioned above, the GBU-15 originally was operated in two variants: a Long-Chord Wing (LCW) and a Short-Chord Wing (SCW). The LCW was characterized by triangular forward fins and very large trapezoidal aft fins. I think the LCW is no longer in service. the SCW aero surfaces are trapezoids up front and rectangular at the back and much smaller area than the LCW fins. Both are built on the Mk84 2000-lb bomb warhead. LCW GBU-15 (US Dept of Defense image) SCW GBU-15 (via Wikipedia) Sven 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 That's outstanding, thank you Sven! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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