"35OG bossbird" - seen during a temporary detachment for an exercise at Komatsu together with other JASDF F-15 and F-4 units - and the dark rain clouds in the background provide a nice contrast to the afterburner
Recently returned from OPERATION DESERT STORM. Note the sanitized squadron and TAC badges. Converted to QF-4G A-172 and expended on 16 Dec 98. The nose went to Australia. This Phantom was loaned to Australia as F-4E A69-7207.