Czechnology Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 Exactly as the title says. Anyone know any good documentaries, youtube videos, etc? NOT looking for training style videos, think we already have a thread dedicated to that, and I'd bet the same 5ish Periscope Films videos will get bounced around if I did ask. Pretty much looking for anything. Just craving some Phantom related content and don't want to read anymore damned technical orders. My poor eyes. 1
DSplayer Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 Discord: @dsplayer Setup: i7-8700k, GTX 1080 Ti, 32GB 3066Mhz, Saitek/Logitech X56 HOTAS, TrackIR + TrackClipPro Mods I've Made: F-14 Factory Clean Cockpit Mod | Modern F-14 Weapons Mod | Iranian F-14 Weapons Pack | F-14B Nozzle Percentage Mod + Label Fix | AIM-23 Hawk Mod for F-14
Kalasnkova74 Posted January 31, 2023 Posted January 31, 2023 This is an embarrassing admission coming from an American , but the best feature length film showcasing F-4E content comes from the repressive Islamic Iranian government. It’s a film titled “Attack on H3”, presenting a dramatized version of a real attack the IRIAF made against Saddam’s farthest air base. Fortunately much like the latest Top Gun movie they don’t focus on politics. Just the aircraft and mission details. If nothing else, whoever filmed and edited this was a true Persian Phantom Phanatic. 1 4
bucklehead Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 (edited) I haven’t seen it in close to 20 years, but the Great Santini has some great F-4 phootage. Sully has some F-4E scenes in it. Hamburger Hill featured some F-4Es from what I like to believe, Clark AB dropping Hollywood “Napalm” in a few scenes. Then there’s this classic. I remember seeing it as a school kid on one of my dads VHS mixtapes from his time in the AF. Edit - Oh! I forgot the ultimate cheese. Iron Eagle II has F-4Es featured as MiGs hahaha Edited February 1, 2023 by bucklehead Specs: i9 9900k, GTX 1080ti, 32gb ram, Oculus Rift S Modules Owned: A-10A, A-10C, F-5E, F-14B, F-15C, F-16C, F-86F, M2000, MiG-29, MiG-21 Modules Most Wanted: F-4B, F-4C, F-4D, F-4E, F-4J, F-4N, F-4S
WarbossPetross Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 18 часов назад, Kalasnkova74 сказал: This is an embarrassing admission coming from an American , but the best feature length film showcasing F-4E content comes from the repressive Islamic Iranian government. It’s a film titled “Attack on H3”, presenting a dramatized version of a real attack the IRIAF made against Saddam’s farthest air base. Fortunately much like the latest Top Gun movie they don’t focus on politics. Just the aircraft and mission details. If nothing else, whoever filmed and edited this was a true Persian Phantom Phanatic. It gets better, there's an entire documentary series about the Phantom. The only problem with it is the lack of subtitles, even auto-generated ones. Спойлер There are some more Iranian documentaries around, but sadly, still no subtitles. So until the thing comes out I guess at least we can eject on the visuals.
NotBonk Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 https://youtube.com/@DieselThunderAviation This guy does videos on an actual F-4, and has some DCS content too. 1
Kalasnkova74 Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 1 hour ago, NotBonk said: https://youtube.com/@DieselThunderAviation This guy does videos on an actual F-4, and has some DCS content too. For those not in the know, it’s the F-4D gifted to the Collings Foundation. Currently the only airworthy F-4D in the country, and thanks to the F-4s prohibitively expensive operating costs ($17,000 per hour in fuel at mil power!) it’s likely going to stay the only airworthy F-4D in civilian hands.
LanceCriminal86 Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 On 1/31/2023 at 2:04 AM, DSplayer said: The only acceptable response. I need to build up a financial warchest to hire someone like Meteor to remaster/re-record the cheesy music from those old Great Planes tapes. Heatblur Rivet Counting Squad™ VF-11 and VF-31 1988 [WIP] VF-201 & VF-202 [WIP]
RaceFuel85 Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Kalasnkova74 said: For those not in the know, it’s the F-4D gifted to the Collings Foundation. Currently the only airworthy F-4D in the country, and thanks to the F-4s prohibitively expensive operating costs ($17,000 per hour in fuel at mil power!) it’s likely going to stay the only airworthy F-4D in civilian hands. It also required an act of congres to be donated/acquired
NotBonk Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 2 hours ago, Kalasnkova74 said: For those not in the know, it’s the F-4D gifted to the Collings Foundation. Currently the only airworthy F-4D in the country, and thanks to the F-4s prohibitively expensive operating costs ($17,000 per hour in fuel at mil power!) it’s likely going to stay the only airworthy F-4D in civilian hands. The Collings foundation website quotes $15000 for one hour of flight, $10000 for fuel, and $5000 for maintenance/manpower. Currently the only flightworthy one in the western hemisphere.
Gunfreak Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 On 1/31/2023 at 6:25 PM, Kalasnkova74 said: This is an embarrassing admission coming from an American , but the best feature length film showcasing F-4E content comes from the repressive Islamic Iranian government. It’s a film titled “Attack on H3”, presenting a dramatized version of a real attack the IRIAF made against Saddam’s farthest air base. Fortunately much like the latest Top Gun movie they don’t focus on politics. Just the aircraft and mission details. If nothing else, whoever filmed and edited this was a true Persian Phantom Phanatic. Probably gonna end up om some sort of no fly zone buy watching that. To bad it doesn't have subtitles. i7 13700k @5.2ghz, GTX 3090, 64Gig ram 4800mhz DDR5, M2 drive.
WarbossPetross Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 2 минуты назад, Gunfreak сказал: Probably gonna end up om some sort of no fly zone buy watching that. To bad it doesn't have subtitles. It does have the YouTube subtitles, and they actually seem decent to me. 1
Gunfreak Posted February 1, 2023 Posted February 1, 2023 20 minutes ago, WarbossPetross said: It does have the YouTube subtitles, and they actually seem decent to me. Strange, i tried to get it going, but had no ability to get subtitles i7 13700k @5.2ghz, GTX 3090, 64Gig ram 4800mhz DDR5, M2 drive.
Heinlein Posted February 2, 2023 Posted February 2, 2023 Attack on H3 is a great film. And I also notice that they used a lot of technics that were used in the original top gun movie so the makers of that film were definitely fans. And I am also very impressed on how well the Iranians managed to utilized their phantoms and tomcats during that war
Gianky Posted February 2, 2023 Posted February 2, 2023 First of all: great thread, thanks for starting it, @Czechnology! Secondly, a quick (I hope) off topic. 17 hours ago, NotBonk said: The Collings foundation website quotes $15000 for one hour of flight, $10000 for fuel, and $5000 for maintenance/manpower. Currently the only flightworthy one in the western hemisphere. How about this one? https://www.platinumfighters.com/inventory/1959-mcdonnell-f4h-1f-phantom-ii/ It's dubbed "World's Only Privately Owned F-4 Phantom Capable of Flight"... is it just advertising?
NotBonk Posted February 2, 2023 Posted February 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Gianky said: First of all: great thread, thanks for starting it, @Czechnology! Secondly, a quick (I hope) off topic. How about this one? https://www.platinumfighters.com/inventory/1959-mcdonnell-f4h-1f-phantom-ii/ It's dubbed "World's Only Privately Owned F-4 Phantom Capable of Flight"... is it just advertising? That’s a non-airworthy one that a rich guy started getting operational. He got about 75% complete. So it’s actually not airworthy. Capable but not currently airworthy. Collings foundation owns the only airworthy one at this time (although according to @Diesel_Thunder it’s currently undergoing maintenance)
Nodak Posted February 2, 2023 Posted February 2, 2023 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc283785/m2/1/high_res_d/thesis.pdf Good read, his thesis is the Phantom led directly to an urgent need to copy the soviet style of ground controllers, Operation Teaball, which in the end birthed AWACS and rejuvenated the modern fighter aircraft's combat role.
Gianky Posted February 2, 2023 Posted February 2, 2023 2 hours ago, NotBonk said: That’s a non-airworthy one that a rich guy started getting operational. He got about 75% complete. So it’s actually not airworthy. Capable but not currently airworthy. Collings foundation owns the only airworthy one at this time (although according to @Diesel_Thunder it’s currently undergoing maintenance) Thank you, NotBonk!
Czechnology Posted February 2, 2023 Author Posted February 2, 2023 On 1/31/2023 at 11:25 AM, Kalasnkova74 said: This is an embarrassing admission coming from an American , but the best feature length film showcasing F-4E content comes from the repressive Islamic Iranian government. It’s a film titled “Attack on H3”, presenting a dramatized version of a real attack the IRIAF made against Saddam’s farthest air base. Fortunately much like the latest Top Gun movie they don’t focus on politics. Just the aircraft and mission details. If nothing else, whoever filmed and edited this was a true Persian Phantom Phanatic. Watched it. Was alright, and if this really the best we've got I cry. Don't think they gave a single shot of the back seaters station, I cry.
ThorBrasil Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 (edited) Edited February 3, 2023 by ThorBrasil 3 |Motherboard|: Asus TUF Gaming X570-PLUS, |WaterCooler|: Corsair H115i Pro, |CPU|: AMD Ryzen 7 3800X, |RAM|: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB 3200MHz DDR4, |SSD|: Kingston A2000 500GB M.2 NVMe, |SSD|: Kingston 2.5´ 480GB UV400 SATA III, |SSHD|: Seagate Híbrido 2TB 7200RPM SATA III, |GPU|: MSI Gaming 980Ti, |Monitor|: LG UltraWide 34UM68, |Joystick 1|: Thrustmaster Hotas Warthog, |Joystick 2|: T.Flight Rudder Pedals, |Head Motion|: TrackIr 5.
Biggus Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 You can't post 1-300 videos and not include the Topgun 2 trailer parody. 3
SgtPappy Posted March 2, 2023 Posted March 2, 2023 On 2/2/2023 at 7:20 PM, ThorBrasil said: Wow these videos are great.. I'd often set these to loop while I fell asleep. Another great video that came out today from the Operations Room channel on youtube about Israeli F-4 action during the Yom Kippur War: 2
Czechnology Posted March 2, 2023 Author Posted March 2, 2023 1 hour ago, SgtPappy said: Wow these videos are great.. I'd often set these to loop while I fell asleep. Another great video that came out today from the Operations Room channel on youtube about Israeli F-4 action during the Yom Kippur War: Don't forget the Intel Report half of it.
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