WEST GERMANY: US DEMONSTRATES NEW F-4C PHANTOM II FIGHTER-BOMBER TO LUFTWAFFE

Record ID: 358354

  • Title: WEST GERMANY: US DEMONSTRATES NEW F-4C PHANTOM II FIGHTER-BOMBER TO LUFTWAFFE
  • Date: 6th April 1966
  • Summary: PHANTOM AT WEST GERMAN BASE AT NOERVENICH NEAR COLOGNE, SHOWN TO VISITORS; PHANTOM IN FLIGHT. Initials JRG/V/RM/SGM Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st April 1966 13:00
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  • Location: NO ERVENICH NEAR COLOGNE WEST GERMANY
  • Country: Germany
  • Reuters ID: LVA7J4BBRBHUKPETO1M0OM4TMUOV
  • Story Text: THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE DEMONSTRATED THE NEW F-4C PHANTOM II FIGHTER-BOMBER TO WEST GERMANY TODAY (WEDNESDAY). NEWSMEN WERE INVITED TO SEE THE AIRCRAFT WHICH CARRIES AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES AS ITS FIRST ARMAMENT.

    THE DEMONSTRATION WAS MADE AT THE WEST GERMAN BASE OF NOERVENICH NEAR COLOGNE, WHERE THE LUFTWAFFE OPERATES THE AMERICA F104 STARFIGHTERS. THE LUFTWAFFE HAS 700 OF THEM AND HAS LOST 51 IN CRASHES SINCE 1961, WITH THE LOSS OF 27 PILOT'S LIVES.

    STARFIGHTERS ARE SAID TO BE THE MOST WIDELY USED TACTICAL AIRCRAFT IN THE WORLD. THE PHANTOM IS IN SERVICE IN VIETNAM AND THE ROYAL AIR FORCE HAS 200 ON ORDER.
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