Home

Museums

Manufacturers

Mission

Airshows

Performers


McDonnell-Douglas EF-4C 'Phantom II'

Description
  Manufacturer:McDonnell-Douglas
  Base model:F-4
  Designation:EF-4
  Version:C
  Nickname:Phantom II
  Designation System:U.S. Tri-Service
  Designation Period:1962-Present
  Basic role:Fighter
  Modified Mission:Special electronic installation
  See Also:

Specifications
  Length: 62' 10' 18.9 m
  Height:16' 6" 5.0 m
  Wingspan: 38' 5" 11.7 m
  Wingarea: 530.0 sq ft 49.2 sq m
  Empty Weight: 28,276 lb 12,823 kg
  Gross Weight: 50,341 lb 22,830 kg
  Max Weight: 58,000 lb 26,303 kg

Propulsion
  No. of Engines: 2
  Powerplant: General Electric J79-GE-15 (A/B 17,000Lb/7,711Kg)
  Thrust (each):10,900 lb 4,944 kg

Performance
  Range: 1,375 miles 2,214 km
  Cruise Speed: 587 mph 945 km/h 510 kt
  Max Speed: 1,459 mph 2,349 km/h 1,269 kt
  Climb: 48,300 ft/min14,721 m/min
  Ceiling: 59,400 ft 18,104 m


 

Recent comments by our visitors
 chat
 cairo, DE
Thank u so much
شات الحب
تحميل مهرجانات
دردشه الحب
ديكورات جديدة
دردشه مصريه
اغاني سنجل حديثة
دردشة الحب
رسائل حب
شات مصريه
تحميل مسلسلات رمضان 2012
شات مصرية
يوتيوب
دردشة مصر
مشاهدة اون لاين
دردشه مصرى
تحميل افلام عربي
دردشة مصرى
صور حب
دردشه الشله
صور رومانسية
شات الشله
صور الفنانين
شات مصرى
صور اسلامية
شات بنات
اخر نكته
دردشه مصر
مركز رفع الصور
دردشة مصرية
برامج الكمبيوتر
شات مصر
ماسنجر
دردشة
مقياس الحب
دردشة نهر الحب
ازياء 2012
دردشة بنات لبنان
راديو مزيكا
دردشه نهر الحب
فوتوشوب
دردشه بنات لبنان
العاب الكمبيوتر
شات نهر الحب
تعليم الطبخ
شات ادما
ديكور 2012
شات بنات لبنان
ثيمات مسن 2012
فساتين سهره
دردشة الحلم العربي
mazika
زخرفه شات
دردشة ادما
توبيكات مسن
Chat girls
مجلة مزيكا
رمزيات ماسنجر
دردشة بنت السعودية
منتدي
دردشه بنت السعوديه
العاب بنات
شات بنت السعوديه
زخرفة انجلش
دردشة شقاوة
شات الحلم العربي
تطوير المواقع
دردشه شقاوه
طبختك
دردشه الحلم العربي
صور مسن
شات شقاوه
sitemap
زخرفه انجلش
rss2
زخارف انجلش
مزيكا
فساتين سهرة جنان
Code of Arab
دردشه حبنا
صور الفنانين
دردشة حبنا
بدل رجالي 2012
اضف موقعك
دردشه العنابى
اغاني شعبي
دردشة السعودية
اخبار مصر
دردشة الشلة
زخارف شات
بنات السعودية
صور حزينة
دردشه ادما
Romantic Wallpapers
شات
الثقافة الجنسية
شات حبنا
دليل بنات مزيكا
دردشة بنات مزيكا
منتديات بنات مزيكا
دردشة العنابى
منتدي الصور واللقطات
chat egyptian
صور رومانسية 2012
فضائح الفنانين
صور الفنانين والمشاهير 2012
صور بنات 2012
صور شباب 2012
عالم حواء
شات العنابى
ازياء 2012
مكياج 2012
حوامل - ازياء حوامل - فساتين حوامل - ملابس حوامل
ازياء محجبات - فساتين محجبات - ملابس محجبات - صور ازياء فساتين محجبات 2012
فساتين سهره 2012
فساتين زفاف 2012 - فساتين عرايس - فساتين خطوبة زواج
صور حب 2012
صور بنات جميلة 2012
صور بوس ساخنه 2012
06/24/2012 @ 05:05 [ref: 61501]
 Guy E. Franklin
 Deatsville, AL
The EF-4C Wild Weasel IV was a development of the F-4C, designed in parallel with the F-105 Wild Weasel III program. This aircraft, like the modified F-100F and F-105F, was intended to detect and attack North Vietnamese surface-to-air missile sites. The EF-4C designation was not official.

These EF-4C aircraft were modified F-4Cs which were fitted with electronic equipment that was designed to detect, identify, and locate enemy surface-to-air missile radar installations. The EF-4C aircraft were fitted with the AN/APR-25 Radar Homing and Warning System (RHAWS) with antennae mounted on the top of the vertical fin as well as inside the empty infrared seeker fairing mounted underneath the nose. This system could give the direction of threats and could assign priority to them. An AN/APR-26 SAM launch warning system was also fitted, with a blade-like omnidirectional antenna installed underneath the nose just behind the infrared seeker fairing. An ER-142 electronic countermeasures receiver was installed. Frequently, the EF-4C carried a Westinghouse AN/ALQ-119 noise and deception active electronic countermeasures pod underneath the forward fuselage.

The F-100F and F-105F had always been viewed as interim *Wild Weasel* aircraft, pending the availability of the Wild Weasel IV EF-4C Phantom. However, the entrance of the EF-4C into combat in Vietnam was delayed by numerous problems. Among these were insufficient internal space to house the electronic equipment, electronic interference between the various components of the system, and mechanical vibrations of the panoramic receiver pod that was mounted in the starboard rear Sparrow recess. It was not until 1969 that these problems were fully resolved.

36 F-4Cs were ultimately modified to the Wild Weasel 4 configuration. Serials were 63-7423, 7433, 7437, 7440, 7443, 7447, 7452, 7459, 7462, 7467, 7470, 7474, 7478, 7481, 7508, 7512, 7513, 7565, 7567, 7574, 7594, 7596, 7607, 7615, 7623 and 64-0675, 0741, 0757, 0781, 0787, 0790, 0791, 0815, 0840, 0844, and 0847.

The first EF-4Cs entered service in June 1968 with the 4537th Fighter Weapons Squadron, an operational conversion and tactic development unit based at Nellis AFB in Nevada. At that time, this squadron was part of the 4525th Fighter Weapons Wing. The 4525th was redesignated the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing in October of 1969, and at the same time the 4537th FWS became the 66th FWS.

Overseas deployment of the EF-4C Wild Weasel IV began in March of 1969 with the 80th TFS, 347th TFW at Yokota AB in Japan. However, these planes were transferred in March of 1971 to the 67th TFS, 18th TFW based at Kadena AFB on Okinawa. The 67th TFS relocated to Korat RTAFB in Thaliand in 1972-72 to take part in the Linebacker raids.

The EF-4C was intended to detect and attack the Fan Song track-while- scan radar that was used to guide the SA-2 Guideline surface to air missiles. The primary armament of the EF-4C consisted of the Texas Instruments AGM-45 Shrike anti-radiation missile, plus an array of cluster bombs and conventional iron bombs. The Shrike missile proved to be rather unreliable in service, since it had to be preset before takeoff in order to home in on a particular frequency. The EF-4C could not carry or launch the AGM-78 Standard anti-radiation missile.

In December of 1969, EF-4Cs were issued to the 81st TFS of the 50th TFW, stationed at Hahn AFB in Germany. The The 81st TFS was transferred to the 86th TFW at Zweibrucken AB in January of 1972.

In 1973, surviving EF-4Cs were retrofitted with the Itek AN/ALR-46 electronic countermeasures receiver which provided fast digital processing in a bandwidth ranging from 2 to 18 GHz. Antennae for this system were placed on the tailcone at the base of the vertical fin as well as on the lower fuselage immediately aft of the nose radar. It interfaced with a cockpit display and provided automatic control of jamming assets. In addition, an AN/ALR-53 long-range homing receiver was mounted which could guide aircraft toward surface threats.

After being replaced by later, more capable versions of the Wild Weasel Phantom, many EF-4Cs were returned to F-4C status and then turned over to the Air National Guard. These ex-EF-4Cs were turned over to the 113th TFS of the 181st TFG and the 163rd TFS of the 122nd TFW, both with the Indiana Air National Guard, which received these planes in 1979. However, neither squadron was actually assigned the specialized Wild Weasel mission, and both squadrons flew their EF-4Cs in the conventional strike role. Both Indiana ANG squadrons exchanged their EF-4Cs for F-4Es in 1988.

09/11/2006 @ 06:40 [ref: 14140]