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Air-to-air left side view of two F-4E Phantom II and an F-4G Phantom II Advanced Wild Weasel fighter aircraft (upper left) from the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. The aircraft, flying over the Mosel River in banked formation, are armed with an AGM-78 Standard anti-radiation missile (F-4G), AGM-45 Shrike air-to-surface missiles, AIM-7 Sparrow III and AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. The aircraft are equipped with electronic countermeasures pods

Air-to-air underside view of an F-4G Phantom II Advanced Wild Weasel fighter aircraft leading two F-4E Phantom II fighter aircraft from the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Banking right in "V" formation, the aircraft are armed with an AGM-78 Standard anti-radiation missile (F-4G), AGM-45 Shrike air-to-surface missiles, AIM-7 Sparrow III and AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles and are equipped with electronic countermeasures (ECM) pods

An air-to-air left side view of an F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel aircraft, foreground, and an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, both from the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), Spangdahlem Air Base. The F-4G is armed with AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation missile and the F-16C is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wing tips and an AGM-45A Shrike missile on the left wing pylon

An air-to-air left side view of an F-4G Phantom II Wild Weasel aircraft, foreground, and an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft, both from the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), Spangdahlem Air Base. The F-4G is armed with AGM-88A high-speed anti-radiation missile and the F-16C is armed with AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles on the wing tips and an AGM-45A Shrike missile on the left wing pylon

Air-to-air left side view of an F-4E Phantom II fighter aircraft assigned to the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. Mounted on the front underside portion of the wings are two AGM-45A Shrike air-to-surface missiles. Two AIM-7 Sparrow III air-to-air missiles are mounted towards the rear. The aircraft is equipped with an electronic countermeasures (ECM) pod

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A right side view of an F-4G Advanced Wild Weasel Phantom II and an F-4E Phantom II. The 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron aircraft are both equipped with two AGM-45 Shrike missiles and an AN/ALQ-119 ECM pod. The F-4G is also equipped with an AGM-45 Maverick missile on the inside right wing pylon and an AGM-78 Standard anti-radiation missile on the inside left wing pylon

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Air-to-air left side view of two F-4E Phantom II and an F-4G Phantom II Advanced Wild Weasel aircraft (center) from the 52nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. The aircraft are armed with an AGM-78 Standard anti-radiation missile (F-4G), AGM-45 Shrike air-to-surface missiles, AIM-7 Sparrow III and AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. The aircraft are equipped with electronic countermeasures (ECM) pods. The F-4E aircraft (top foreground) is armed with four MK 82 general purpose bombs

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Country: West Germany (FRG)

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01/01/1995
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Spangdahlem AB ,  49.97267, 6.69250
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label_outline Explore Sparrow Iii, Standard Anti Radiation Missile, Wild Weasel Aircraft

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An air-to-air right side view of an F-4E Phantom II aircraft of the 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron releasing Mark 82 500-pound bombs over the Bardenas Bombing Range. Note: Second view in a series of three

An air-to-air left side view of a 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-4E Phantom II aircraft in a vertical dive during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT'86. The aircraft is armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile

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AN air-to-air left side view of an F-45G Phantom II aircraft carrying an AGM-78 Standard Arm missile on its right wing and an ALQ-119 electronic countermeasures pod on its left wing

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