The supersonic QF-4 is a reusable full-scale, remotely piloted aerial target modified from the F-4 Phantom. The QF-4 provides a realistic full-scale target for air-to-air weapons system evaluation, development and testing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and Holloman AFB, N.M.

Two-seat all-weather carrier-based fighter for the US Navy, J79-GE-2 and -2A engines with 16,100 lbf (71.6 kN) of afterburner thrust each. Named Phantom II in 1959 and redesignated F-4A in 1962; 45 built. [1] A small number of F-4As converted into two-seat training aircraft.

Jan 6, 2017 · As part of the 82d Aerial Target Squadron Detachment 1, the QF-4/QRF-4s were flown in a manned and unmanned Full Scale Aerial Target (FSAT) role. These were the last F-4s in service for the U.S. military. Greece, Iran, Japan, South …

The supersonic QF-4 is a reusable full-scale, remotely piloted aerial target modified from the F-4 Phantom fighter jet. The QF-4 provides a realistic full-scale target for air-to-air weapons...

A QF-4E aerial target over the Gulf of Mexico, near Tyndall AFB, Fla. Old Phantoms, dating back to the 1960s and 1970s, continue to serve in a weapons test capacity, although their days, even as targets, are numbered.

Jul 17, 2013 · When flown unmanned, an explosive device is placed in the QF-4 to destroy the aircraft if it inadvertently becomes uncontrollable. The QF-4 is equipped to carry electronic and infrared...

This QF-4E was one of the last F-4s to fly in USAF service when the QF-4Es were retired in December 2016. This airframe dossier is based on unreviewed imported data. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

Flying from Pt Mugu to Hill AFB in Utah a pair of these beautiful QF-4E's managed to find their way thru the world famous Star Wars Canyon to the wonderment of the lucky few to have been there. All US QF-4's were retired in a ceremony at Holloman AFB on December 21 2016.

Dec 10, 2016 · McDonnell Douglas QF-4E Phantom II. JetPhotos.com is the biggest database of aviation photographs with over 6 million screened photos online!

Feb 9, 2017 · Almost 56 years after the type first joined the inventory, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II finally bowed out of US military service at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico on 21 December, when four QF-4s from the USAF’s 82nd Aerial Target Squadron made a final ceremonial flypast.