On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 23:55:08 -0500, (Peter
Stickney) wrote:

In article ,
Charles Gray writes:
Ah. Thank you. So, what than are the major structural differences
between a navy F-4 and an airforce design?

Wider main wheels and tires, a bulge at teh wing root to allow same to
be retracted, and a boom refuelling socket rather than a refuelling
probe.

There's more. Depending on the model, you might have two section or
three section leading edge flaps. Withe E and G you get a smaller
radar antenna and the underslung gun. With J and S you get blistered
ECM pods on the top outer corners of the intakes. There are different
radars on all versions and no stick in the R/C/P of USN airplanes.
With RF and G-eazels you get different noses. Some have slotted slabs
and some (both USAF and USN) have LES. Then there's TISEO as well.

And, more and more.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8