Harlikwin Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Question is in the title... I assume the early F4E is gonna be sorta close to the iranian F4E's? 1 New hotness: I7 9700k 4.8ghz, 32gb ddr4, 2080ti, :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, HP Reverb (formermly CV1) Old-N-busted: i7 4720HQ ~3.5GHZ, +32GB DDR3 + Nvidia GTX980m (4GB VRAM) :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, Rift CV1 (yes really). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quid Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I'd assume somewhat close (but we all know about assumptions). The reason being the US apparently sold Iran 32 F-4Ds in 1972, 36 F-4Es in 1974, and 12 RF-4Es in 1975.1 I don't know the peculiarities of the export models compared to the US models, but HB indicated that the "early" F-4E will be: "a “classic era” F-4E (blocks 36-45 with updates retrofitted in 1974 and before, including new slats, DSCG and AGM-65) ."2 This is right around the same time as when Iran received theirs through the FMS program. So, there might be some differences, but I'd assume they'd be more similar than different, akin to the F-14As sold to Iran compared to their USN counterparts of the same era. References: 1. Tom Gervasi, Arsenal of Democracy II (New York, Grove Press Inc., 1981), 111. 2. Rig: i9 10900KF @5.3GHz | 64GB G.Skill DDR4 3600MHz | ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 3090 24GB OC | ASUS Maximus XII Formula | 2x 2TB Intel SSD6 NVMe M.2 | VKB F-14CG on Gunfighter III Base | TM Warthog HOTAS | TM Rudder Pedals | HP Reverb G2 Hangar: FC3 | F-86F | F-4E [Pre-Ordered] | F-5E | F-14A/B | F-15E | F-16C | F/A-18C | Mirage 2000C | JF-17 | MiG-15bis | MiG-19P | MiG-21bis | AJS-37 | AV-8B | L39 | C-101 | A-10C/CII | Yak-52 | P-51D | P-47D | Fw 190 A-8/D-9 | Bf 109 | Spitfire | I-16 | UH-1 Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlikwin Posted May 12, 2022 Author Share Posted May 12, 2022 (edited) Yeah I'm curious really. There were reports of Iranian F4E's using mavericks, so I think that 74 version could be close, but if anyone actually knows more I'd like to hear it. I.e. were they slatted, and maybe other differences. Edited May 12, 2022 by Harlikwin New hotness: I7 9700k 4.8ghz, 32gb ddr4, 2080ti, :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, HP Reverb (formermly CV1) Old-N-busted: i7 4720HQ ~3.5GHZ, +32GB DDR3 + Nvidia GTX980m (4GB VRAM) :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, Rift CV1 (yes really). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLTeo Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Mavericks were definitely common for the IRIAF: Some aircraft also appear to have TISEO And this one has slats So at a glance, I guess HB's variant should be relatively close to an Iranian aircraft? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlikwin Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Cool, thanks Teo. 1 New hotness: I7 9700k 4.8ghz, 32gb ddr4, 2080ti, :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, HP Reverb (formermly CV1) Old-N-busted: i7 4720HQ ~3.5GHZ, +32GB DDR3 + Nvidia GTX980m (4GB VRAM) :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, Rift CV1 (yes really). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SgtPappy Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 The attached image is probably just a high-level summary but it appears to show that the slatted F-4E's were delivered to Iran at the latest in 1972. The square that shows F-4E's delivered to Iran from 1969 to March 1971 would probably be the only of the three shown deliveries that would not have slats. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harlikwin Posted May 14, 2022 Author Share Posted May 14, 2022 2 hours ago, SgtPappy said: The attached image is probably just a high-level summary but it appears to show that the slatted F-4E's were delivered to Iran at the latest in 1972. The square that shows F-4E's delivered to Iran from 1969 to March 1971 would probably be the only of the three shown deliveries that would not have slats. I wonder if the iranains could have also modified their non-slatted ones to slatted ones at some point. New hotness: I7 9700k 4.8ghz, 32gb ddr4, 2080ti, :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, HP Reverb (formermly CV1) Old-N-busted: i7 4720HQ ~3.5GHZ, +32GB DDR3 + Nvidia GTX980m (4GB VRAM) :joystick: TM Warthog. TrackIR, Rift CV1 (yes really). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upyr1 Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Phantoms and Tomcat vs Mirages and MiGs in the gulf will be awesome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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