F-4E Phantom II

Volume 3 in the Colors & Markings Series covered the post-Vietnam markings of U.S. Air Force F-4C Phantoms. This was followed by Volume 4 which took a similar look at the F-4D in post-war Air Force markings. This new volume now adds the F-4E to the Colors & Markings Series, again covering all units that have flown this Phan­tom variant since the end of the war in Vietnam.
Unlike most aviation "picture books," the Colors & Markings Series strives to be as complete a pictorial record of the subject as is possible. Each unit that has flown the aircraft during the stated time frame is included, and different schemes and variations of markings for each unit are illustrated starting with the oldest and con­tinuing to the newest scheme as of press time for the book. We believe that this approach is far more worth­while and valuable than a picture book that is merely a collection of pretty photographs having a hit-or-miss coverage of units, schemes, and markings. It would be a simple matter to select two-hundred outstanding photo­graphs of F-4Es and put them in a book.