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• Today ı wıll try to ıntroduce you an aırcraftF4 PHANTOM

My speech wıll be composed of two sectıons

• Fırst part ıs relatıng to bırth of F4 and ımprovıngand propertıes of ıt

• Second part ıs ‘F4 ın the Türkiye’

• The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a

tandem two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather,

long-range supersonic jet interceptor

fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for

the United States by Mc Donnell Dougles

Aircraft Company.

ENGINES WERE PRODUCED

• In 1951,its’ engines(J-79)were produced byGeneral Electiric Company.

• In 1953,engine ground tests were completed.

• Next,it was tested by attaching it to a bomber plane.Then,this engine

installed a jet airplane and it wasexperienced.Finally,in 1956,

engines installed F4.In 1957,first test

flight occured.

• J-79 ENGINE WAS INSTALLED ON F-4 IN 1956

• PHANTOM’S FIRST TEST FLIGHT IN 1957

• In 1959 and in 1960 F4 broke an airspeedrecord.

PERFORMANCE• Maximum speed: Mach 2.23 (1,472 mph, 2,370 km/h) at

40,000 ft (12,190 m)• Cruise speed: 506 kn (585 mph, 940 km/h)• Combat radius: 367 nmi (422 mi, 680 km)• Ferry range: 1,403 nmi (1,615 mi, 2,600 km) with 3 external

fuel tanks• Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,300 m)• Rate of climb: 41,300 ft/min (210 m/s)• Wing loading: 78 lb/ft² (383 kg/m²)• lift-to-drag: 8.58• Thrust/weight: 0.86 at loaded weight, 0.58 at MTOW• Takeoff roll: 4,490 ft (1,370 m) at 53,814 lb (24,410 kg)• Landing roll: 3,680 ft (1,120 m) at 36,831 lb (16,706 kg)

FEATURES• Crew: 2• Length: 63 ft 0 in (19.2 m)• Wingspan: 38 ft 4.5 in (11.7 m)• Height: 16 ft 6 in (5.0 m)• Wing area: 530.0 ft² (49.2 m²)• Airfoil: NACA 0006.4-64 root, NACA 0003-64 tip• Empty weight: 30,328 lb (13,757 kg)• Loaded weight: 41,500 lb (18,825 kg)• Max takeoff weight: 61,795 lb (28,030 kg)• Powerplant: 2× General Electric J79-GE-17A axial compressor

turbojets, 17,845 lbf (79.4 kN) each• Fuel capacity: 1,994 U.S. gal (7,549 L) internal, 3,335 U.S. gal

(12,627 L) with three external tanks (370 U.S. gal (1,420 L) tanks on the outer wing hardpoints and either a 600 or 610 U.S. gal (2,310 or2,345 L) tank for the centerline station).

WEAPONS

• 1× 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan 6-barreled gatling cannon, 640 rounds

• 4× AIM-9 Sidewinder, Python-3 (F-4 Kurnass 2000), IRIS-T (F-4E AUP Hellenic Air Force)

• 4× AIM-7 Sparrow, AAM-3(F-4EJ Kai)• 4× AIM-120 AMRAAM for F-4F ICE, F-4E AUP (Hellenic Air Force)• 6× AGM-65 Maverick• 4× AGM-62 Walleye• 4× AGM-45 Shrike, AGM-88 HARM, AGM-78 Standard ARM• 4× GBU-15• 18× Mk.82, GBU-12• 5× Mk.84, GBU-10, GBU-14• 18× CBU-87, CBU-89, CBU-58

• THE WEAPONS WERE USED BY F-4 DURING THE VIETNAM WAR

F4 PHANTOMS USERS IN THE WORLD

Received In service as of 2001 In service as of 2008[update]

Australia 24 F-4E None (returned to U.S.) None

Egypt 45 F-4E 30 F-4E 34

Germany88 RF-4E

175 F-4F

145 F-4F

(110 upgraded to ICE)59

Greece 121 F-4E and RF-4E

62 F-4E and RF-4E

(39 upgraded to Peace Icarus

2000)

53

Iran

32 F-4D

177 F-4E

16 RF-4E

15 F-4D

29 F-4E

3 RF-4E

65

Israel274 F-4E

12 RF-4E

40 F-4E

53 Kurnass 2000 (all retired)None

Japan140 F-4EJ

14 RF-4EJ

109 F-4EJ

12 RF-4EJ

91 F-4EJ/EF-4J

26 RF-4J

South Korea

27 RF-4C

92 F-4D

103 F-4E

60 F-4D

70 F-4E

18 RF-4E

138

Spain40 F-4C

18 RF-4C

14 RF-4C (F-4Cs employed

as spares since 1989)None

Turkey 233 F-4E and RF-4E

163 F-4E

(54 upgraded to Terminator

2020)

44 RF-4E

165

United Kingdom

15 F-4J(UK)

50 F-4K

116 F-4M

None None

F4 PHANTOMS IN TÜRKİYE

• F-4E “Phantom-II”

• RF-4E “Phantom-II” GAFRF-4E “Phantom-II”

• F-4E 2020 “Terminator”

• The first two F-4E “Phantom”s serial numbers73-1016 and 73-1017 were flown to the 1st Jet Air Base by USAF pilots on 30.08.1974.

• TuAF has acquired 236 “Phantoms” as newpurchases or as transfers from other NATO countries. 54 of these were RF-4E’s.

• The 5000th F-4E “Phantom” is operational at the 112nd Squadron.

• THE 5000 th F-4E IS SHOWN DURING IT WAS DELIVEREDTO TURKEY

MODERNIZATION

• The fist two planes, 73-1025 and 73-1032 were flown to Israel on February 27th in1997. The upgrading of the first plane wascompleted and on February 11th in 1999. 73-1032 made its first test flight. The firstdeliveries to the Turkish Air Force started on January 20th, 2000 and the upgrading wascompleted in 2003.

• MEVCUT F-4E/RF-4E ÜSLERİ -- F-4E/RF-4E DEPLOYMENTS AT PRESENT • 1.inci Ana Jet Üs, Eskişehir / 1st Jet Air Base, Eskişehir • 111. Filo /111st Squadron............................. F-4E/2020 “Terminator” • 112. Filo/112nd Squadron.................................. F-4E “Phantom II” • 113. Filo/113rd Squadron.................................. RF-4E “Phantom II” •

• 3.üncü Ana Jet Üs, Konya / 3rd Jet Air Base, Konya • 131. Filo/131st Squadron ............................. F-4E/2020 “Terminator” •

• 7.nci Ana Jet Üs, Erhaç / 7th Jet Air Base, Erhach• 171. Filo/171st Squadron................................. F-4E 2020“Terminator” • 173. Filo/173rd Squadron................................ RF-4E “Phantom II”• I think that most probable 49-48 F-4E Terminator is remaing to servis in

Türkiye

• THIS IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION THANK YOU FOR YOUR LISTENING