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  1. From "The Modern Phantom Guide": Beginning in the late 1970s, many F-4s received an arrow-shaped reinforcement plate on the stabilators. They are found on the top and bottom of the stabilators of nearly all F-4Cs and F-4Ds, many RF-4Cs, F-4Gs, and early F-4Es. Most late-model F-4Es (fy72 and later) did not receive them, while some received only the top plates, but not the bottoms, or vice versa. They were also applied to export F-4s, including many F-4Fs and most F-4EJs and RF-4Es, but not all aircraft received them.
  2. Also note: in the last photo I posted, the radome got replaced with one that didn't have shark's teeth on it. The camo aft of the black area clearly does not match the rest of the aircraft.
  3. I personally prefer the style of shark teeth you are using. However, the photos in this thread clearly show a much different style that not only has more teeth, but is partially blocked by the air intake scoops. The eyes are different, too. Interestingly enough, the 1/32 box art more or less shows the correct teeth clipped by the air intake, but the actual decal sheet comes to a point. They eyes are not quite right on both the box art and decal sheet.
  4. This bird is older (67-0333), but shots of this unit are so rare and somehow this one is a MiG killer as well as having the later gun muzzle.
  5. One last shot of the red bird from an eBay photo of the decal sheet.
  6. I got my first F-4E model, a 1/72 Revell in 2nd grade after having watched a film on the Thunderbirds at school. Sometime between then and halfway through the 3rd grade, I got the 1/32 Revell F-4E pictured above. I loved it even more than my Monogram 1/48 B-17G. I tried to paint it as a Thunderbird with no decals and no photo references, so it was ugly. But I never forgot the box art. When you went to hobby shops or department stores, two large models were almost always prominently displayed: the 1/48 Monogram B-17G and the 1/32 Revell F-4E. The box art for both of those is forever etched in my brain. Of course, unlike the box art, "Hey Jude" flew South Vietnam ground attack sorties and never got near a MiG-21 much less kill one. This is the B-17G box I always saw. I bought the same exact model just before I left the Navy in 1996 and have it painted/decaled per the box as El Lobo II hanging above me as I type this.
  7. RAZBAM Mig-23MLA

    Researching the MiG-23MLA, there are two production numbers associated with this designation: the original 23-12a (the 23-12 being the MiG-23ML) and the 23-16. I cannot find with any certainty what the 23-16 was, but a forum suggested that was the designation for older MiG-23M and MiG23ML aircraft brought up to the MiG-23MLA standard. I cannot find any evidence that the MiG-23MLA aircraft exported to other countries was any different than those used by the USSR. Cuba received about around 12-14 MiG-23MLA.
  8. They best I can do on the red bird logo is the box art from the old model.
  9. I only found one later photo of 68-0307. As of 1975, the gun muzzle had been upgraded. 68-0307 | 3324 | McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II | USA Air Force | Eric Tammer | AIRFIGHTERS.COM
  10. She really got around. Looks like TISEO was removed. As of 1978, the gun muzzle had been upgraded to the Midas style. Aircraft Photo of 68-0317 / AF68-317 | McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #263205 68-0317 EG | F-4E. 33 TFW / 58 TFS. Eglin AFB, Florida. TAC.… | Flickr 68-0317 | 3343 | McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II | USA Air Force | David F. Brown | AIRFIGHTERS.COM 68-0317 MY | F-4E. 347 TFW / 68 TFS. Moody AFB, Georgia. TAC… | Flickr
  11. AMARC information on 68-0317 The AMARC Experience - AMARC Experience Database
  12. I did find the fate of the aircraft by serial number: 68-0307 3324 68-0307 THK 1981 (THK = Turkish Air Force) 68-0317 3343 wfu (withdrawn from use) 14may90 AMARC AA FP0501 (AMARC inventory number) rts (returned to service) QF-4E 68-307 might still be flying. 68-317 was probably shot down during training/testing.
  13. I can't find a better image than your first color photo and the decal sheet. It looks like some kind of bird with its wings up and one foot extended forward. Kiwis don't have wings. On the decal sheet, it looks more like a Dodo bird.
  14. This is another decal sheet for Hey Jude. Wolfpak Decals 72-112 - "Devil's Fork" (usaf-sig.org) There is an image of the decal sheet itself that kind of shows the small red logo that it mounted low on the left side. On the sheet it is next to the "Hey Jude" decal. You can see the logo on the intake ramp of the first color photo of 307. s-l1600.jpg (1139×1600) (ebayimg.com)
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