The movies will also include some shots of Eldridge, the 13 TFS mascot, a full-grown black panther. He will read from the book and show combat movies he took from the Phantom backseat during the Vietnam War. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber. Unexpectedly, Norvell flew the last official mission. Congress had legislated that combat operations from Thailand cease at noon on August 15. This closing chapter in the Vietnam war aimed to reduce pressure on the struggling South Vietnamese government from the Khmer Rouge. Between May 28 and August 15 of that year, he flew 42 combat missions over Cambodia. He flew missions in the back seat of the F–4 Phantom II as the Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) – the GIB (guy in back). Direct from undergraduate navigator training (UNT), survival schools, and transition training, the then-Captain Norvell joined the 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Udorn Air Base, Thailand in early 1973. Norvell is a 1966 graduate of Hobart College, Geneva. Because of increased weight and more demanding sink rates, the F-4J was fitted with.

Of this version, 522 aircraft were constructed between 19. It constituted an improved version of the F-4B and flew operationally for the first time in 1966. This is a special Veterans’ Day event hosted by Wood Library. The F-4J was the final version of the Phantom II produced for the US Navy and US Marine Corps. Norvell (USAF Ret.) and his colleague David Garbe will talk about their book: Fighter ‘Gator – Fighter Builder. On November 10, 2022, at 7:30 p.m., at the Wood Library, 134 North Main Street, Canandaigua, Lt Col John E.

How about building your own F-4 Phantom II jet? Did you ever wonder what it was like to fly in a jet aircraft at Mach 2 – twice the speed of sound?

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