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A Luftwaffe F-4F with a Luftwaffe Panavia Tornado. A total of 12 F-4Fs were initially modified for dual controls and were later de-modified. In 1980–83, the F-4F fleet was fitted with air-refueling probes, utilizing USAF tankers to make longer flights to Canada and Spain. The AIM-9B and F were replaced with the "L" version Sidewinder.
A total of 24 German F-4F Phantom IIs were operated by the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing of the USAF at Holloman AFB to train Luftwaffe crews until December 2004. Phantoms were deployed to NATO states under the Baltic Air Policing starting in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012. The German Air Force retired its last F-4Fs on 29 June 2013.
Former Luftwaffe F-4F Phantom II. [7] 38+14 – on public display near Wittmundhafen Air Base, Wittmund. Former Luftwaffe F-4F Phantom II. [8]
The 20th Fighter Squadron was the last operational United States Air Force squadron to fly the F-4 Phantom II. [7] (although target drone QF-4s were flown until 2013). [12] The last of the Luftwaffe F-4F Phantom IIs in Germany were retired on 30 June 2013 by JG 71, although four aircraft remain in service for aerial demonstrations. [13]
F-4J(UK) Phantom F.3 Designation of 15 low airtime F-4J aircraft purchased by the Royal Air Force from the US Navy in 1984, upgraded to F-4S standard with some British equipment. Although designated Phantom F.3 by the RAF, [24] [25] the aircraft was often referred to as F-4J(UK).
May 1963 saw the introduction of the first F-104 Starfighters into German Air Force service. In 1974 the Wing obtained its first F-4F Phantom II's and on 19 September 1974 the unit's Starfighters were decommissioned. In 1988 the Wing's secondary role of Fighter Bomber Attack was given up so that JG 71 is now exclusively a Fighter Wing.
In March 2000 the 2nd Squadron (F-4F Phantom II) was decommissioned and after a short break it was then re-activated as a training squadron for the Eurofighter. JG 73 received its first six (twin-seat) Eurofighter Typhoons on 30 April 2004. [ 2 ]
For this purpose, the F-4F Central Training Facility was set up at the wing on 1 February 1981. Its task was the Europeanization of the Phantom crews trained in the United States, the training of flight instructors and, in individual cases, the retraining of pilots who switched from other weapon systems to the Phantom.