F-4X Super Phantom

When the USAF withdrew from the program, I wonder if McDonnel Douglas approached the US Navy, to see if they were interested? At the time, the USN had lots of experience with Phantoms, and this model would have given their carriers a hell of a reconnaissance capability.

The USNavy should have jumped at this, but they were ready to get the F/A 18, a very good fighter/ attack aircraft! How have we changed our relationship with Israel? Now they get almost anything they want from our arsenal!

F-14: I thought you died!
F-4: My death was... greatly exaggerated.

You should do a followup to this about the Israeli F-4E 2020 Terminator

Can I use this as a source so Gaijin can add it to War Thunder?

gaijin, when?

Wow, a Mach 3 Phantom with Mach 2 super cruise and high-altitude performance, like a mini-Blackbird that runs on normal jet fuel. What an awesome thing that would've been.

An ally so great you need to worry about them pulling you into WW3.

Please drop the song name for the intro!!!

It would seem the key message of this video is if you are a middle power, do not let your military become dependent upon American weapon systems.

Not sure about Australia, but in America if there's an "X" in the title of a plan it's an Experimental plane. I KNOW this because I work in the aerospace industry.

What a coincidence, a Big nose plane for big nose user.

Always loved f4

Wait a minute! I remember reading some years ago about the Australian Air Force making some up-engined F-4s that were actually in use.
How about some info on that if true?

great idea..make a brick and give it more power....ultimate muscle car...goes fast straight but cant turn

Turkish Air Force liked this. Turkish media: F35 killer

Correction: The Soviets did not have access to Mach 3 capable aircraft, it was just the USA who did with the SR-71. The MiG-25 could "do" Mach 2.8 however it could do it once for a couple of minutes then needed it's engines replacing, in normal use it wasn't much faster if at all than a British BAC Lightning (Mach 2.3).

Send 4X…

This was a great documentary. But holy hell what was that opening song? That was kick ass!

What’s the music in this video? Especially the song in the beginning?

And today we have the F-15x

cant wait to see this in war thunder 😱😱😱

Politics have fed up EVERYTHING good that has come out of aviation. The Super Tomcat, YF-23, X-31, and so on and so on.

Amazing!!!

God bless the men and women that made these. Geniuses.

General Dynamics never made the F4. McDonnell Douglass made her.

Shower f-4X Top brain

Biz Türkiye'de hala F4 leri (bizde ona baba F4 denir) kullanıyoruz ve F4 leri çok seviyoruz. Geçenlerde 50. hizmet yılı kutlandı. Çok etkileyici videolar var. Gösteri için hazırlanan F4 boyaması da çok güzel oldu .

The flying BRICK, put big enough engines on and you can get any aero foil to fly… terrible design!

Mig 25 and Mig 31 have pre compressor cooling.

Great video. Intelligent script.

Australia has a military? Did they arm 20 kangaroos with surface to pouch missiles?

I’m confused why the Vigilante was never allowed for export. I guessing because of its original mission of nuclear strike with the bomb train setup that releases out tail area. US quickly learned it wasn’t needed for NAVY to have that capability since the A-4 could drop a tactical nuclear device. The RA-5 was a great RECON airplane super fast and good range. Pretty expensive and kinda a maintenance problem but I believe faster than F-4. Since nobody was getting an SR. Should have taken all the systems and gear for the bombing mission out of A-5 put fuel tanks in the bomb location just like US did and sell those things. Beautiful aircraft

The F4 Phantom was proof, that even a rock can fly, if you put a big enough engine on it.

Very cool. Im a RF-8g photo tech. KS-87,s sweet.

i love the Phantom but this is a common theme in aircraft evolution: An established plane is Heavily modified at GREAT EXPENSE TO INCREAS PERFORMANCE but a Better alla round fighter is already in the works and there just is not enough money for ""all dreams to come true."" The F-15 Eagle cost a great deal of money and beginning its production was expensive and so SIMPLY NOT >enough< CASH FOR ALL SUPER-PHANTOM DREAMS TO COME TRUE>

Reminder that all of the coolest planes that you know and love went to Fort Worth for testing and modification

How long is it going to be able to fly in afterburner with the onboard fuel

Can you list the background music please!! Love that 80's synth stuff.....

I have always loved the Phantom.
But would have to see with mine own eyes. Any Phantom that was better than any F15.
So please show me. Seriously show me. I’d love to see a Phantom that had all the flaws of the original corrected. The air force at the time was INCREDIBLY shortsighted. Building her without any guns. Sending her out with only unproven tech.

The backbone of the USAF, US Navy and USMC as well as the IAF during many years

What a surprise getting the history of RF-4E(S) covered by this channel. Thanks!
I used to hang out where the three RF-4E(S) were parked: underground aircraft shelter number 7 at Tel Nof AFB (I was ground crew).
At the time (1988), photos of RF-4s in IAF service (nor its service in the IAF) were never published, so imagine my enthusiasm discovering the "regular" RF-4Ea and then the 3 special RF-4E(S): 499, 498, 492.

Yeah, love that disco to go along with the times. Ick. Still, good rundown on the history of the extended Phantom development. You can do one on the Super Tomcat if you haven't already.

The Israelis didn’t want U2 flying near their nuclear facilities because they were outright lying to JFK.

mach 3.2?? holeeee crap!

Wow, I'd never heard of this program!

I felt privileged to have worked on F4-E in Germany from for four years. After that I retrained into radio maintenance for my last fifteen years of active duty. Best part of my life.