8am on 22nd August 2018 - three Japanese Air Self Defence Force RF-4E/EJ Phantoms from 501st hikoutai thunder out of Hyakuri Air Base near Tokyo, Japan.
The JASDF retired the last F-4EJs in 2021, the RF-4s were retired in 2020. Hyakuri is now home to the 3rd Tactical Fighter Squadron operating the Mitsubishi F-2. For more information on Hyakuri head to https://www.mod.go.jp/asdf/hyakuri/
The jets are all from the 501st Tactical Fighter Squadron flying both RF-4Es and RF-4EJs
00:00 Taxi to last change
01:26 RF-4EJ launch
01:57 RF-4E launch
02:07 RF-4EJ launch
02:30 RF-4EJ recover
03:21 RF-4EJ recover
04:08 RF-4E recover
04:57 jets taxi back to the ramp
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