Pardo's Push: McDonnell F4 Phantom

[tim9lives]

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Got this youtube from a my brother - about Pardo's Push. He tells me everyone in the fighter community knows about this-I didn't know there was a youtube describing Bob Pardo's actions in Vietnam. Watch this video-it's history! AND it involves the greatest jet fighter ever made-which, of course, is the mighty F-4 PHANTOM!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRNbcPS3A9c

 

[JCcypress]

FIFY

Amazing story!

 

[blanepara9]

If someone had told me this I wouldn't have believed them. Absolutely amazing! And I always thought the Phantom was a bad ass looking jet.

 

[tim9lives]

FIFY

Amazing story!

Thanks JC....I tried a few times but couldn't get it to embed. I've done it before and it worked...but no luck this time. Not my forte.

Anyway....thanks again.

 

[jms]

Ah yes the F-4 phantom . My 1st experience working on the flight deck of carriers. I was the guy standing outside the white line (as if that line would save in the event of a crash) waiting for that plane to land so I could free the arresting cable if it became hung up .
Thanks for the viewing .
Sorry for the distraction but, I could only look as my speakers have went defunct like me .

 

[radney]

It was a tough frame but FAR from the best fighter ever made. It had design flaws all over. Cool vid

 

[JLouv]

Cool story OP. he wasn't the first though. A guy in Korea did it with an F86.


F-4. Proof that given enough power, even a turd can fly.

F-4. It's so badass, it didn't even need a cannon. At least until they added one because everyone was wrong.

Badass record: During the (vietnam) war, U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom squadrons participated in 84 combat tours. The Navy claimed 40 air-to-air victories at a cost of 73 Phantoms lost in combat. An additional 54 Phantoms were lost in mishaps. IMO, that's not a good record for an "interceptor" role aircraft even given the majority of the losses were to SAMs & AA.

Go read up on Israel's 50-1 record using the F15 if you want to see how it's supposed to be done.

 

[22lr]

Here is the original version. You cant compare the 2, as they are different. But holy crap, talk about balls of steel.