F-4D Phantom II (Kansas ANG)
Kansas Air National Guard

F-4D Phantom II
Operator: 127th TFS, Kansas ANG
Location: McConnell AFB, Kansas (USA)
Timeframe: 1989
Loadout: Air-to-air training
- Centerline SUU-23/A 20mm Gun pod
- Rear fuselage 2x AIM-7M Sparrow CATM
- Inboard wings: 2x AIM-9P Sidewinder CATM
- Outboard wings: 2x 370-gal Fuel tanks

INSPIRATION
This model represents an F-4D assigned to the Kansas ANG 127th TFS and stationed at McConnell AFB while I was there for ROTC training camp. The 127th TFS was responsible for training US and Allied pilots new to the F-4 platform. The model showcases the Euro I camo scheme used in the mid- and late 1980s. This F-4D (Serial 66-0271) was used by Lt Col Carl G. Bailey and Capt Jeffrey S. Feinstein to shoot down two MiG-21 aircraft over Vietnam in July 1972. It was transferred to the Kansas ANG in 1979 and decommissioned in 1989. The actions of Vietnam War pilots and the raw power and speed of the F-4 were very inspiring to me!