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Britalian
Sep 6, 2009, 10:05 PM
Was watching a program about air war in vietnam; a lot of footage of F4 Phantoms and the amount of smoke they generated. I know that the Phantom was known for this characteristic. What I'd like to know is whether this problem was ever solved. Thank you!

FlyYakker
Oct 9, 2009, 04:52 PM
Most of the older jet engines smoked; the J-79s in the Phantom was no exception. I'd do a search, or research, on the J79.

goat cheese
Aug 9, 2012, 05:47 PM
Some of the later updated f-4 phantoms, such as later us air force f-4's did solve this problem.Israeli super phantoms also got past this.The turkish air force fly's super phantoms that where updated for them by Israel. They to do not smoke. A plane the us should still be using