Description
Spectators at Edwards Air Force Base watch a United States Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II taxi along the active flightline. Archival film from the 1970s documents the F-4E positioned beside the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team in Edwards, California.
During a 1970s airshow in the Mojave Desert, military personnel and civilian visitors gathered on the Edwards Air Force Base flightline in California, United States. Preserved footage shows a United States Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II taxiing past the crowd and parked alongside aerobatic Thunderbirds aircraft, including airframes bearing registration number 6. The film documents operations at Edwards during an era when the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and F-4E variant were active in frontline military service and open-house base demonstrations.
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