Several of the inquiries I received after posting Dick Kamm's C-123 pics from Vietnam concerned F-4s. Upon delving into these I found that Dick left behind more Vietnam F-4 pics than I thought (about 350) so the following is a small sampling, but still more than I had expected to post. Sorry if it is too many. I have tried to choose ones that show not only a variety of different aircraft, but also different angles, service equipment, buildings, and maintenance procedures to give an idea of what the base looked like. Squadron and wing affiliation is as noted by Dick; I have not attempted to verify. Date of all pics is 1967-68 and place is Cahm Rahn Bay. Hope you enjoy.
Proceeding roughly in serial number order, here is F-4C 63-7428. 480 TFS, 366 TFW.
F-4C 63-7442. 559 TFS, 12 TFW.
F-4C 63-7490. With bombs, then without.
F-4C 63-7496 going hunting. 558 TFS. Looking very clean and spiffy.
F-4C 63-7497.
F-4C 63-7507. 559 TFS, 12 TFW. Now on display at Marshalltown, IA.
F-4C 63-7517. 391 TFS, 12 TFW.
F-4C 63-7519. Now on display at Southern California Logistics Airport, formerly George AFB.
F-4C 63-7522. 558 TFS, 12 TFW. One of several that I chose because of interesting maintenance equipment alongside.
F-4C 63-7524. 390 TFS, 366 TFW.
F-4C 63-7528 out of the revetment and on the flight line. 557 TFS, 12 TFW. Lost in combat 11/4/69 with both crew KIA.
As above.
F-4C 63-7556. ? TFS, 8 TFW. Now on display at Louisiana ANG museum, New Orleans.
F-4C 63-7557. 557 TFS, 12 TFW.
F-4C 63-7588. 557 TFS, 12 TFW.
F-4C 63-7605. 559 TFS, 12 TFW.
F-4C 63-7609.
F-4C 63-7674.
F-4C 63-7679. 480 TFS, 366 TFW. Bears a kill marking under the Gunfighters unit insignia aft of the intake (see closeup, 2nd pic). I have not yet verified whether this is a MiG killer. It is preserved and displayed in Portland, OR.
F-4C 63-7686 in the shed for engine work.
F-4C 63-7701. 391 TFS, 12 TFW.
F-4C 63-7713. 557 TFS, 12 TFW. Lost 7/5/68 on armed recce, crew reported ejected, still MIA.
F-4C 64-666. 389 TFS, 366 TFW.
F-4C 64-673. 389 TFS, 366 TFW. Now on display at Pima, AZ.
F-4C 64-679. Shot down MiG-17 on 7/10/65. Now on display at Misawa AB, Japan.
F-4C 64-694. 391 TFS, 12 TFW.
F-4C 64-699. Shot down a MiG-17 on 4/23/66. Now preserved (don't know if on display) at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
F-4C 64-704 "Shehasta". 559 TFS, 12 TFW. These slides are labeled "Repairing battle damage." Aeromaster featured this aircraft on a model decal sheet (#48-472).
F-4C 64-818.
RF-4C 65-895.
And finally, a couple of funky shots of unidentified aircraft:
I guess I got a little carried away with the scanner. Hope you enjoyed these and that it wasn't too monotonous.
August