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Posted by berny13
on Thursday, June 8, 2006 3:53 PM
A lot will depend on the location of the aircraft. State side units had more time to take care of their aircraft and they went through a routine corrosion control program about every six months. Units stationed over seas did not have this luxury as the sortie rate was much higher. Most of the over seas units only got their aircraft painted when they went in for depot maintenance.
In SEA the aircraft flew a lot of missions up until late '68 when the bombing of North Vietnam came to a halt. After that, most missions were escorting recce aircraft or bombing of the Ho Chi Mihn trail. Aircraft that arrived during that time period had very little weathering, as the sortie rate was much lower.
I spent over twenty out of twenty-six years in the USAF on the F-4. I have seen all type of weathering on them. Let me know which unit, time period, and type of F-4 you will be building and I will be able to help you more.
Berny
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