Fighter jet quiz. How much do you know about them?

dickfoster · Jun 16, 2016

check 6 said:
10 out of 10. But I cheated spent 22 years as a fighter jock pushing the F4 around including multiple combat tours and then teaching air to air etc

Your call sign wasn't Wild Man was it?

BTW also 10 out of 10 but I was only in an F4 once.

JimWalch · Jun 16, 2016

check 6 said:
Well, we figured that out quickly and muountedva 20 mm pod under the "d" model. The "E" had an internal gun. I was one of five lucky guys to fly a one of a kind configured E that we mounted two 20 mm pods under the wins plus the internal gun and flew single ship into north Vietnam as an armed fast fac. There is actually a website dedicated to the five of us and the aircraft. I being the youngest of the five flew the most missions . We flew at approx 100 feet and above 500 k. It was also a great platform for wiporking search and rescue. Fly that one day and chase mugs in a clean bird the next or go bombing . Yes the F4 was a great warbird.

I had the opportunity to work on the F4C in weapons loading as #2 man (cockpit) on a crew of four from 1971-1979. The f4 c's were from vietnam and really in bad shape. Even the old "c" model could carry a centerline 20mm gun firing 6000 rounds a minute. Only problem was it only held 1200 rounds or 12 seconds of shooting time!

And yes I have scars on my back also. Darn gear doors. (head too)

turnkey4099 · Jun 16, 2016

2LaneCruzer said:
Actually the question didn't specify "Jet". The Spitfire is the sweetheart of the Battle of Britain, but in fact the Hurricane is credited with more kills than the Spitfirey.

Yes it did. "Which fighter jet played a prominent role in the Battle of Britain?"

2LaneCruzer · Jun 16, 2016

turnkey4099 said:
Yes it did. "Which fighter jet played a prominent role in the Battle of Britain?"

You are absolutely correct. My apologies. I guess my mind just ignored the word "jet" because it didn't apply.

IslandTractor · Jun 16, 2016

10/10 right! Not bad for a socialist!

Tom Clancy, a fascination with military history (both parents and two siblings USN, a brother in US Army and a brother in the USAF) helped.