THE LEGENDARY F-4 PHANTOMS FLYING LOW IN THE GREEK MACH LOOP - 4K

A trip to the Peloponese region of Greece bagged some stunning fighter jets flying low level including the iconic F-4 Phantom which The Hellenic Air force currently use. The occasion was two familiarisation flying days as part of Exercise Ramstein Flag 2024 which is being held out of Andravida Air Base on
Mainland Greece.

Other planes in the video include

F-16 Fighting Falcon. Hellenic Air Force
Dassault Rafale Armee D L'air
Saab JAS-39 Gripen. Swedish Air Force

Sit back and enjoy the Flying

[karenmetzger]

My dad was an F-4 pilot, serving in Viet Nam in 1968. I miss him dearly.

[georgiosdem]

Honor to the Greek pilots❤ who dedicated their lives to guarding Thermopylae!!! We are grateful to them!!!
God protect them!!!

[BrianLucy-gt]

My Dad was the head metalsmith foreman at North Island NAS (where the Top Gun Maverick movie was recently filmed) up until 1975 when he retired, and was responsible for the repair and maintenance of F-4 Phantoms for the Navy during the Vietnam war. His primary function was to estimate what it would cost to rebuild the jets that had crashed, if it was worth it to repair, and to direct their repairs. He knew every inch of those wonderful aircraft! Also maintained Blue Angels' jets when they used F-4s and would work directly with McDonnell Douglas engineers in St. Louis to effect repairs when defects were found with the internal structures like metal fatigue. As you can see, I am very proud of my father's contributions to the longevity of these birds!

[michaelwallace]

The pilots are showing off, knowing there are photogs on that ridge. Good on them for giving us great shots

[hariszark]

Served as ground personnel in the Greek airforce around 1994-1995 in an F-4 Squadron.
I have probably filled fuel to the F-4s we see in this video back at the time.
Nice to see them ripping through the air to this day.

[evanbenjamin]

Has probably set more records historically than any other Fight Jet... Long Live the F-4 Phantom.

[TheSalgr]

Vouraikos Canyon pass is soooo amazing!!! great skills to all that pilots!

[odysseasntalias]

I grew up in a town of north western Greece, close to Aktion airbase. Can't remember how many hundreds of times as a kid I stopped what I was doing and run to the windows to watch the phantoms pass after hearing their amazong engines sound.... We are grateful to phantoms and their pilots for what they offered for more than half a century ☺️💪🇬🇷💪🇬🇷☺️

[puirYorick]

I've heard of certain Mediterranean nationals that live to a great age but am still surprised such *heavy smokers* are among them. 😉Great mountain scenery.👍🏼

[SkipFreeman-BuildingAutomation]

In 1977, as a platoon leader, we were on a live fire exercise. Suddenly 2 F4s appeared out of nowhere. They came right at us, then turned up. The heat and thrust from the afterburners blew our steel pots off. WoW! Had it been real, we would have just been pink mist. They continued on downrange and dropped their ordinance. Stimulating and scary at the same time.

[Pete]

Jaw dropping scenery, the F-4s are icing on the cake. Thanks for sharing Dafydd, hope you got a bit of holiday time in Greece.

[mannythelimodriver]

The Phantoms may be old. But they’re still beautiful aircraft. Had them whilst serving in Ala 12 Spanish Air Force 1985

[pauladams]

The mighty F4, still looking bad ass!

[johnblue]

I remember in the earlier 1970s when they were painted with the green brown camo. What a sight that was!

[aviation_riofan]

That hi mom in 9:09 surely made her cry to see his son on his dream fighter plane

[philjameson]

Brings back memories of holidays in the 70s and 80s at Loch Ness with regular forays of RAF Phantoms down the loch
These Greek boys weren't hanging around

[desertrat]

❤ I worked on F4D, F4E between 1966 & 1970 in the USAF😊

[rinardman]

7:26 I think if you connected all those camera lenses end-to-end you could reach one of those F-4s as it went past! 😉

Hard to imagine my favorite fighter jet when I was a kid in the 60s is still around, serving in a country's air force. 😎

[TheManosthegreek]

Απίστευτοι!!! και εμείς ξεκινάμε στο φανάρι και μας σβήνει!😁

[rogerkay]

legendary aircraft snapped by legendary photographer. 4:50