Fourth
Allied Tactical Air Force, 1968
(Source:
Richard Tracy)
A USAFE
RF-4 Phantom II makes a photo reconnaissance pass over the
soccer field from the north -- very low and very fast! (Fortunately
for the photographer, it had made one earlier -- from the
west -- so its re-appearance was not totally unexpected!)
The Phantom's heavy black exhaust trail is quite obvious:
you can see why the pilots who flew it over North Vietnam
were glad to get new engines which burned fuel more cleanly;
with these old engines, the aircraft was very easy to track
visually!
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