Hobby Master 1/72 HA1983 McDonnell Douglas F-4G Phantom II "Wild Weasel" AF69-0269/SP, 35th TFW (Provisional), Operation Desert Storm 1991
Hobby Master 1/72 McDonnell Douglas F-4G Phantom II "Wild Weasel" AF69-0269/SP, 35th TFW (Provisional), Operation Desert Storm 1991 HA1983
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 was the main multipurpose aircraft for the US Military for 20 years. The F-4E variant was an improved version of the C/D with an elongated nose and compact radar. These two things made it possible to install a 20mm M61A1 6 barrel 640 round Vulcan gun pod in the nose. The F-4E was the most produced variant with 1387 aircraft being made over its 12 year production period. The “E” also equipped more air forces than any other variant of the Phantom II.
For “Operation Desert Storm” the 52nd TFW based at Spangdahlem AB, Germany provided 24 F- 4Gs from August 19, 1990 until March 1991 as part of the 35th TFW (provisional). One of the F- 4Gs was McDonnell Douglas Phantom II F-4E-42-MC s/n 69-0269, c/n 3802. In 1981 it under went conversion to an F-4G specifications. During ODS the 35th flew 3,072 combat missions and accumulated 10,318 hours. On August 21, 1991 69-0269 was sent to AMARC, later converted to a drone and destroyed January 24, 2002.