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Pat O’Brien, the Civilian Engineer who made dozens of flights in the F-14, F-4, TA-7, and others
After working as a college intern at North American Rockwell, Pat O’Brien decided he wanted to be in flight testing. When NAVAIR told him...
Israeli F-4E crew downed Egyptian Mi-8 with Kurnass afterburners in the Yom Kippur War
As F-4 call sign CLOSET 1 flew overhead the doomed helicopter, the Kurnass afterburners were switched on and the nose was pulled up, smashing...
The day a USAF F-4E flying at Mach 1.2 gun-killed a VPAF MiG-19
On Jun. 2, 1972, a remarkable duel between a MiG-19 and a 58th TFS F-4E flown by Maj. Phil Handley and 1Lt Jack Smallwood...
When a US Navy CO let wives ride in F-4 Phantoms—and things went wrong
‘The third F-4 got airborne for a few feet. However, after touching back down on the runway, the pilot needed to drop his tailhook...
A fully loaded USAF F-4 Phantom II went inverted on a tanker at night in a thunderstorm
The flight of three F-4 Phantom II fighter jets and the tanker continued banking around the storms while refueling, when suddenly the Tanker flew...