Spinners Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 McDonnell Douglas Phantom F.3 - No.11 Squadron, RAF Strike Command, 1985 Following the 1982 Falklands War the UK Government decided to upgrade the Falkland Islands defences by deploying a squadron of Phantom FGR.2's but realising that this would weaken the UK's interceptor force they looked for an interim stop-gap until the Tornado F.3 was available in sufficient numbers. The closeness of the Thatcher-Reagan relationship soon saw a US offer of 48 ex-USN F-4S Phantoms made to the UK Government, sufficient to not only reform No.74 squadron but also replace the two Lightning squadrons at RAF Binbrook and thus upgrade the UK's air defences. 2 Quote
+daddyairplanes Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 (edited) what S is that? its got the slats but no slimers or DECM which are bigger hallmarks of the S than the slats (1st 48 were delivered w/o slats then retrofitted later) not nitpicking, curious as the only S models i knew of had the slimers and decm nitpicking is to say that the RAF never actually called it the F.3 but rather F-4S(UK). even kept the american kit to expedite service entry Edited January 30, 2015 by daddyairplanes Quote
Spinners Posted January 30, 2015 Author Posted January 30, 2015 what S is that? its got the slats but no slimers or DECM which are bigger hallmarks of the S than the slats (1st 48 were delivered w/o slats then retrofitted later) not nitpicking, curious as the only S models i knew of had the slimers and decm It's the MF 'S' that's undergone the SPRP Spinners' Parts Removal Programme 1 Quote
+daddyairplanes Posted January 30, 2015 Posted January 30, 2015 Know how most worked. Lemme know how you got the wingtips lights removed as that stopped a RF-4B project some time ago. But i know someone else that could benefit from that knowledge. When last i worked it the tail and fuselage dissapeared fine but wing tpis left a hole... Quote
Spinners Posted January 30, 2015 Author Posted January 30, 2015 I'm at work right now but mue's LOD viewer will show you. I think they're labelled as RWR's not lights. Quote
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