Tagged: McDonnell Douglas

Aircraft carrier / Boeing / fighters / Marines / U.S. Navy

February 15, 2019

McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F/A-18C and D Hornets

This is Part 2 of a multi-part history of the F/A-18 Hornet by Peter Boschert McDonnell Douglas F / A-18C / D Hornet This variant contains extensive improvements, which for the most part includes the internal systems. All machines...

fighters / military / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

January 18, 2019

McDonnell Douglas/Boeing F/A-18A and B Hornet

This is Part 1 of a multi-part history of the F/A-18 Hornet by Peter Boschert Originally, this model was developed for the USAF, the roots of the F / A-18 lie in a study begun in 1966 by Northrop...

Air National Guard / bombers / fighters / Marines / military / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy / Viet Nam

November 25, 2016

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II Set to Retire From U.S. Military Service

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is one of those rare breeds of aircraft design that has served with the U.S. military for over half a century. The first flight of a prototype occurred on May 27, 1958. In...

Airliners / Boeing / Marines / military / Transports / U.S. Air Force / U.S. Marines / U.S. Navy

November 12, 2016

Just A “Few” C-9s Remain in Military Service

The U.S. Marine Corps recruiting slogan: “The Few. The Proud. The Marines.” has a secondary meaning these days… the Marines operate the last pair of some 57 McDonnell Douglas/Boeing DC-9/C-9 military jet transports. The C-9/DC-9 family has been used...

Airliners / Boeing / bombers / fighters / Helicopters / legends / Trainers / Transports

July 14, 2016

Legacies of Boeing’s First 100 Years

There’s an oft-used quote that you should “…never forget where you came from”. As The Boeing Company turns 100 years, the rich tapestry of people and corporate entities that became parts of the Boeing company are worthy of a...

fighters / Marines / military

September 12, 2015

VMFAT-101 Visiting Long Beach Airport

The sound of military jets could be heard all over the city of Long Beach, California during the Labor Day weekend. The source of that sound was Marine Flight Attack Training Squadron VMFAT-101 know as “The Sharpshooters” based at...

fighters / Marines / military

April 22, 2015

VMFAT-101 SHARPSHOOTERS – “Fighter Attack starts here”

Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101) was established at Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, California on January 3rd 1969. The squadron trained naval aviators and naval flight officers for the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. The Squadron...

air force / europe / fighters / military

August 1, 2013

Ich melde mich ab! (I sign out!)

And another iconic aircraft disappears out of the European skies. Like the Harrier, the Tornado ADF, Mirage F-1M and the A-10C before the McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II was withdrawn from use by the Luftwaffe after forty years of...

air force / europe / military / post

May 30, 2013

Going Low In The Mach Loop

Remember the time that spotting was a hobby which needed patience? You just went to any airfield in the hope to see something. You know, before the web………. hello, anybody? For those of you who miss that time or...

fighters / Marines / military / navy / post

May 30, 2012

Bringing back 1981

She once felt the wind rushing against her airframe as she was thrown with a controlled violence into the blues skies of the Pacific Ocean, off of the USS Midway CV-41. Number 1981 was a McDonald Douglas RF-4B Phantom...