F-4E Phantom – The Aviationist

Turkish Air Force F-4E Crash Lands at Erhac Air Base. Pilots Successfully Ejected.

May 31, 2019 David Cenciotti

The nose gear of a Turkish F-4E Phantom collapsed upon landing. On May 31, 2019, a Turkish Air Force F-4E-2020 belonging to the 111 Filo (Squadron) “Panthers”, based at Eskisehir air base, crash-landed at Erhaç […]

Italian Air Force Typhoon, AMX, Tornado, T-346 And F-35A Jets As Well As Greek F-4E Phantoms Take Part In Italy’s Largest Drills In 2017

November 7, 2017 David Cenciotti

Exercise Vega 2017 put the Italian Air Force’s most advanced “hardware” to test. Vega 2017 (VG17) is the name of the Italian Air Force-led aerial exercise included in Joint Stars 2017, Italy’s largest joint drills […]

Take a seat in the cockpit of one of the last USAF F-4 Phantoms as it arrives at Oshkosh airshow

July 27, 2016 David Cenciotti

Helmet camera provides a unique point of view of the arrival at the 2016 EAA AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, of one of the last U.S. Air Force F-4s. Two of the just twenty remaining […]

[Video] Iranian F-4 Phantom testing Qader air-to-surface missile

October 16, 2013 David Cenciotti

On Sept. 25, Iran unveiled two new domestically produced air-to-surface missiles: the Qader and Nasr. Whilst Nasr is a short range missile, Qader, derivative from Chinese C802 supersonic ASM (Anti-Ship Missile), is believed to be a […]