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No. 41 (Val. 2)

F 4 J . V F ~ 2 1 . i r c c L a n c e r s . USS Ranger Tall rnarkngs yellow outlmed black

Illustrated by Richard Ward Compiled by Richard Ward

& Rene J. Francillon

This secarld volume of the Phantom I . together w l t h volumc one. A R C A M No. 30. prusel,ts w ~ t h j nthe four covers over thrce hundred a n d h i t y colour and black and white illustrations o i this famous aircraft. T h s volume covers the USAF in greater deta~lthan the US NAVY and U S M C thereby balancing out volume one which concentrated on the US NAVY and USMC. This book should be used in conlunctlon with volume one in w h c h book w l l be iound the text. Thanks are due to all those w h o ass~stedw i t h photographs and ("formaton whose names are listed below in alohabetical order. , B. Baker. R. Besekker. J. T. Brady. F. C. Dickey Jr.. R. J. Fianclllon. R . GIII. J. G. Handelman. A. P. de Jong. D. A. Kasulka. R. Levy. P. Mancus. P. R. March. M c D o n n e Douglas. E. R. McDowell. D. W. Menard. L ~ o n e lPaul. Rolls-Royce. F. Roas. J. Sullivan. N. Taylor. USAF. US Navy. USMC. T. W. Van Geffen. J.v.d. Woude.

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McDONNELL F-4 P H A N T O M The Phantom F-4E, squat and powerful, ugly yet right. Exceeding sixty feet in length and when configured for a M1G CAP mission weighing more than twenty-five tons. With 2,000 gallons of fuel internally and 1,340 gallons externally in drop-tanks the intercept range is not far short of 1,000 miles and the ferry range in excess of 2,000 miles. More than once under combat conditions with MIG-19s over North Vietnam the Phantom has exceeded twelve G's and come home with the wings intact. Wing shape is semi-delta with leading and trailing edgeflaps, coupled with these is a boundary layer control system which enables the Phantom to operate off reasonably short runways. The outer wing panels are angled up to provide more stability at high degrees of attack; the tail plane is angled down to compensate for the bent wings rolling tendency when the aircraft yaws. Herewith follows a general specification covering the Phantom F-4E. McDonnell Douglas Corporation. Basic design 1953. First flight May 1958. First flight o f production F-4E on 30 June 1967.

SPECIFICATIONS L e n g t h : 6 3 f t H e i g h t : l e f t 31"s W e i g h t : Empty 3 0 4 2 5 b Loaded 60.630b Speed: Slali aboui 130mph Maxlmum 1.500mph p u r l M a c h 2 27 plus Service c e i l i n r r a ~ o r o x60.00011 Power p l a n t : ~ n 1 7 . 9 0 0 l b .s f w t h reheat General Electrc J 7 9 ~ G E V5 Span: 38f1 61ns

A r m a m e n t : One 20mm M ~ 6 1 A 1rotary cannon, flxed, forward flrlng a1 a r a t e o f 6000rpm Piov#s#onfar u p to s8x A I M 7 E Sparrow I l l radarguided m~sr,lei four A l M ~ 9 DSidewinder infrared. heal seoklno m#ssles or uo fa 1G.0001b assorted external stores R a n g e : Ferry 2.000 miles p u s With reserves lnlercept 900 mtes pius Air-lo-Surface Allack Range Out to 100 m o s i n tvpcal h l g h h w m,sson, depending on bomb loading. F u e l : 2.000 gallons lnternai 1.340 gallons exrernally Fire Control S y s t e m : Mnarurzed. s o l d ~ s i a t eANIAPU I 2 0 STOL Capability: 3.00011 or less Stores permutations: 18xl501b bombs. 15x680lb m ~ n e s . 11 x l 0 0 b bomhs.seuensrnokc bombs. l l x l 5 0 g a l l napalm bombs: l o u r or six nllsslei flfteen a l i ~ l o g r o u n d ror:ie, packages-ln combina!,ons u p l o e g h t tons Lang~rangeattack ~ 8 t hnuclear weapo,,r F 4 ~ p e r a l n ghouri to December 1072 n exccss of 2.000.000hrs W o r l d Records: Flflean lnclvd8ng high and iow aitltude speed. alfttuda: t i m e t " h e , g h f . transcontinental speed ciosed-courre spced. s v s l a n e d n l l f u d r

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