F-4E AUP belly strap or not

[mark31]

Hello to you all

Do the HAF F-4E the belly strap or not

i have look tru a lot off pics but mostly it are side ore top views

 

Mark

[TBC]

Mark,

 

       According to Phantom Under The Skin Volume 2 by Eagle Aviation, reinforcement plates were on all F-4E's (not just HAF jets) up to s/n 71-0236. The Ex-Missouri ANG jets that went to the HAF were all in the 67-0000 and 68-0000 s/n range, so yes for them. Any tail numbers that I've seen of AUP F-4E's were like this:

 

01524 which would be s/n 72-01524

71750 which would be s/n 77-7150

 

Any 5 digit tail number that starts with a 0 put a 72- in front to get the s/n.

Any 5 digit tail number that starts with a 7 add a 7 and put a "-" after the second 7.

Edited June 15, 2017 by TBC

[mark31]

Thanks for the info

 

Mark

[EagleAviation]

All HAF F-4E AUPs do not have the reinforcement strap as they were delivered long after MDD made the reinforcement internally.  

[EagleAviation]

Mark,

 

       According to Phantom Under The Skin Volume 2 by Eagle Aviation, reinforcement plates were on all F-4E's (not just HAF jets) up to s/n 71-0236. The Ex-Missouri ANG jets that went to the HAF were all in the 67-0000 and 68-0000 s/n range, so yes for them. Any tail numbers that I've seen of AUP F-4E's were like this:

 

01524 which would be s/n 72-01524

71750 which would be s/n 77-7150

 

Any 5 digit tail number that starts with a 0 put a 72- in front to get the s/n.

Any 5 digit tail number that starts with a 7 add a 7 and put a "-" after the second 7.

 

Correct! 

[Chek]

It's also worth noting in the interests of total accuracy, that the internal reinforcement in place of the belly strap results in thicker skin panels on the underside, causing a noticeable step where the depth increases.

 

Although I've not seen a definitive underside photo with the right angle and lighting to determine just how noticeable that step is.