The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A McDonnell Douglas Corporation promotional film showing the versatility of the McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom twin seater supersonic fighter bomber. Includes scenes of various models of F4's in service with the USN, USAF, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm and Imperial Iranian Airforce (IIAF). Scenes of weapons tests such as F4's launching AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, unguided rockets, guided air to ground Bullpup missiles, 750lb bombs and 20mm cannon. Also shown are scenes of F4's in combat in Vietnam strafing target with 20mm cannon, releasing high drag retard bombs at low level and shooting down a North Vietnamese MiG 17 with an air to air guided missile. F4 aerobatic displays by the USN 'Blue Angels' and USAF 'Thunderbirds'.
USAF McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom fighter bombers landing and taking off. Air to air shots including F-4E firing 20mm Gatling gun. Ground to air shots, taxiing on tarmac and in formation flight.
MacDill Air Force Base, United States 21-24 August 1970. RAAF personnel being trained on various aspects of the McDonnell-Douglas F4E Phantom twin-seater fighter bomber. Shows aircrew in aircraft, gro
Item 1. RAAF Butterworth, 1964. Film taken while 77 Squadron Sabre aircraft were on 5 minute scramble alert on Quick Alert apron adjacent to threshold of Butterworth runway 36 during the Confrontation
