Japan retires its last Photo Phantoms. On Mar. 9, 2020, the Japan Air Self Defense Force retired its RF-4E/J reconnaissance aircraft at Hyakuri Air Base, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Assigned to the ...

Turkey’s Air Force Chief announced that they have suspended the operations of RF-4E warplanes after the recent crashes. Turkey’s Air Force Chief Abidin Ünal announced that they have suspended the ...

We never get tired of videos of the last F-4s coming from Japan! We have published several videos lately and we will continue to post new ones until the Samurai Phantoms continue to operate in Japan.

SYDNEY—Japan is planning to disband its tactical reconnaissance unit and retire the 13 RF-4E Phantoms that equip it, hangovers from an analogue age that has long since faded into history in other ...