Airforces Monthly - February 2017
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THE PHINAL PHOUR<br />
Above: Eric ‘Rock’ Vold keeps it low on a<br />
high-speed pass during the final F-4 flight<br />
at Holloman AFB in 74-1043.<br />
Joe Copalman<br />
Jim ‘Boomer’<br />
Schreiner makes a<br />
final pass in 74-1645.<br />
Schreiner was the unit’s<br />
high-time F-4 pilot with more<br />
than 2,000 hours in the type, going<br />
back to his time flying F-4Gs on active duty.<br />
Joe Copalman<br />
With 53rd<br />
Wing Commander<br />
Col Adrian ‘Elmo’<br />
Spain in his back<br />
seat, Lt Col ‘Elvis’ King<br />
banks aggressively during<br />
his final flight in 74-1638.<br />
Joe Copalman<br />
One of Det 1’s ‘show birds,’ 74-0643, wears a ‘lizard’ camouflage pattern to<br />
commemorate USAFE F-4 operations in the 1970s and 1980s. Joe Copalman<br />
End of an era. A pair of QF-4Es with a<br />
pair of successor QF-16s. Jim Haseltine<br />
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#347 FEBRUARY <strong>2017</strong> 97
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