Dec 3, 2024 · The RF-4EJ was a local Japanese air service model with a nose-mounted M61 Vulcan cannon. 15 aircraft were converted to the standard. The final variant of the RF-4 became the RF-4/TM "Isik" operated by the Turkish Air Force - having since been thoroughly modernized to keep up with battlefield requirements and emerging threats.

The RF-4E (company designation Model 98LG) was the unarmed reconnaissance version of the F-4E. It was designed strictly for export, and never served with the USAF. However, RF-4Es did carry USAF serial numbers for administrative purposes.

Jan 2, 2016 · RF-4Es arrived from February 1971, supplemented by four F-4Es locally modified to carry a downward-pointing KS-87 camera instead of the internal gun. Israel’s RF-4Es often used their AN/ APQ-99 radar’s ground-mapping facility for low-altitude penetration flights.

Aug 28, 2020 · With the arrival of two F-4E Phantom II (73-1016 and 73-1017) aircraft to the 1st Main Jet Base Command with US pilots on August 30, 1974, the Phantom page was officially opened in the history of Turkish aviation, and the incoming Phantoms entered service with the 113th “Tayfun” (“Typhoon”) Squadron, established the same year at Eskişehir.

May 14, 2017 · The end of the film as the Hellenic Air Force 348 Tactical Reconnaissance Squadrons deactivates retiring its final three RF-4E Recce Phantoms featuring the last American and Germans with commemorative paintjob.

The F-4E is essentially an F-4D with improved J79-GE-17 engines (900 pounds more static sea level thrust each) and an M61A1 "Vulcan" 20mm cannon. Operational experience gained in Vietnam had a direct influence on the addition of the cannon.

Mar 9, 2020 · Japan retires its last Photo Phantoms. On Mar. 9, 2020, the Japan Air Self Defense Force retired its RF-4E/J reconnaissance aircraft at Hyakuri Air Base, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

Jul 10, 2019 · Acquired by Israel in 1969 the McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II quickly became the backbone of the Israeli Air Force (IAF) thanks to its range, payload and bombing accuracy. Along with the F-4Es...

Imperial Iranian Air Force was the largest operator of the RF-4E after Germany. A total of 32 examples were ordered by IIAF. The first RF-4E destined for Iran rolled off the production line at McDonnell in St Louis Mo. in the late fall of 1970.

Jun 18, 2015 · Further development led to the F-4E variant of the ugly fighter-bomber, widely regarded as the best all-around iteration of the Phantom. The Rhino, as US Air Force aircrew liked to call it, came with a capable AN/APQ-120 radar, two very powerful (and improved) General Electric J79 engines that could push it to Mach 2.2, and an internal M61 ...