Some interesting footage of Luftwaffe DACT training at Decimomannu Air Base on the Italian island of Sardinia in 1976.
Some things of note in my mind. What was the designation/name of the dart shaped towed target on the wing of one of the jets on the flightline? Damn, those J79s are some pretty bad smokers 🙂 Looks like the beginning of the end of the camo’d Rhinos in the Luftwaffe. There are a few of the TPS schemed Rhinos in parts 1 and 2.
The narration is in German so I have no idea what they’re saying. I think it get the gist though.
Part1:
Part 2:
Hopefully the Phantom people out there will like this 🙂
The Lexicans 
Back in the 90’s I was at the USSF Tanker base at USAF Kirtland, ABQ NM. had a contingent of Luftwaffe F-4s going in and out once a few of the crews
came over and looked over our DC-7 with remarks like hey, “Uncle Fritz
flew these for Lufhansa! ” and the what was funny was there wasn’t 10 year between the DC7 and the F-4’s they were driving…
Our plane was built for United in late ’58….
Told them I loved the ‘Ol Rino too last one I saw in flight was also in the
late ’90’s when I and Wife were out in our Garden and I heard that distinctive sound of Boundary Layer Control. looked up, and a Navy F-4 slowly circled Port Orford , Oregon lit the Burners and went South and up and away. I have no idea who or why….
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