Ok Folk's those that said F-4 Phantom are correct. It's a 1966 model F-4D.
That is the trim pad at Barbers Point NAS in Hawaii. We had 10 F-4's over there for 5 glorious weeks, showing the Navy guys how an REAL fighter squadron works.
@Repete Hey, the A-4 was a great plane. Were they tough to work on like the F-4? A tire change on the F-4 took hours, we had to remove each rotor and stator, and many times they were slightly "welded" in from the heat. I went to the brand new F-15's after F-4's. Everything was easy on the F-15's. They were a Crew Chiefs dream.
@sunsporter1649 Nice. There is a company called Military Graphics where you can get almost every squadron sticker. I ordered some from different units I was in. Some are inactive, but they still made the stickers
@sunsporter1649 Oh shit. I should have known that. I was too young to go to Nam. Joined the USAF in 1977 at 17 Family members and older guys from my neighbor went.
@sunsporter1649 yep. 88th Infantry 350th reg A company It was an all draftee division. The Germans thought that meant they would be weak. According to research after battling them they found that the 88th was always out front. Tip of the spear. They broke the stalemate near Anzio, and were the first ones into Rome, which the Germans vacated so we wouldn't level it.
@DogMan 1st Bn, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, I Corps, was west of The Rockpile during Operation Dewey Canyon II when I collected some scrap iron, after which I was at Chu Lai
@sunsporter1649 I would have went if I had been old enough. I was the only generation that did not go to war. Civil war, WWI, WWII, Vietnam, and then my nephew went to the Persian Gulf as a commander on a 155mm howitzer. 1st Cav. Good talking to you. Talk to you later, I'm leaving my office, and going off line.
sorry I couldn’t resist, I worked on A-4 and TA-4’s @
