F-4 Phantom, 69-0571 (Destroyed)
This F-4G Advanced Wild Weasel of the 81st TFS, 52 TFW, Spangdahlem AB Germany, one of the
last F-4 units in operation, crash landed at KKMC (FOL 1) after running
out of fuel. Both crew members
ejected safely. SMSgt Beebe's CLSS ABDR team stripped it and
buried it.
Links About the F-4G
At the time of Desert Storm, the F-4G was the only Wild Weasel aircraft
available to the USAF and were added to support the other F-4 assets of the
35th TFW based at Sheik Isa AFB in Bahrain and the 7440th Composite Wing
based at Incirlik AFB in Turkey. In addition to F-4G 69-0571 here,
only one other F-4G was lost, which was F-4G 69-7571 hit by AAA on January
18, 1991 and crashed. It crashed during an attempted emergency
landing, but both crew members ejected safely.
F-4 Phantom II on Global Security
F-4
Phantoms Phabulous 40th: Wild Weasel (Boeing)
