Greek McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II.
By now a unique appearance, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Greece still has a very limited number of these fighters in service. No later than 2027, the Greek Air Force will say goodbye to these last Phantoms.
Personally, I think the F-4 Phantom II is one of the most beautiful fighter aircraft ever built. The first aircraft (prototype) flew in the late 1950s and almost 5,200 of them were built!
I took this photo on March 31, 2022 at Andravida Air Base in Greece during exercise Iniochos 2022.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…