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Seeing those different a/c types, I don't recall any fast movers but F-4s in Viet Nam. Mostly camo - saw a few with the Flying Tiger shark face. But there were "white" ones around, too.

Uncle Ho's boys did NOT like F-4s! SW

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Not a fast mover but still a big part of the team.

FACs!! Willy Pete rocket followed by bombs & napalm! SW

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I always like that Cessna.

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Found this pic on the web. F-4 doing what it wasn't really designed to do, but did a good job of doing it.

Looks like he's dropping inert MK-82's in the "low drag" configuration. One is still one the rack, no way to know if it was "hung" or just hadn't rippled off yet. The MER had a selector on the back end that was set to either SALVO or RIPPLE.

We always hated to hear the words from the BOSS when he announced, "HUNG ORDNANCE ON FINAL." Especially when it was one of our birds. hung shit was apt to come un-assed when the bird caught the wire and go clattering across the deck and hopefully into the drink. Fin assemblies usually came off and headed in whatever direction they wanted to. All the fuses were "carrier safe" so explosions weren't too much of a concern. Missiles were the worst. They broke up into a lot pieces when they fell off and hit the deck.

I wish I had a nickel for every one of the ejector assemblies on those "MER" ( multiple ejector rack ) that I washed back in the day. They used a black powder cartridge that fired and pushed a "foot" against the bomb to kick it away from the rack. We called it "washing feet". Great sport when It's 40°F with a 40 knot wind and you're scrubbing the shit out of 'em of in a big wash tub.

LOTS of good pics of planes at.
http://www.planeaday.com/

I've seen a film of several F4s dropping ordnance en masse over the north like that.

I've also seen Arc Light flights. The B52s were so high, you could barely see them. SW

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