F-4 Phantoms Phabulous 40th - 1978 Commemorative Book
The Thunderbirds
The U. S. Air Force also selected the Phantom for its Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron.
The Thunderbirds made their debut in F-4Es at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado on 4 June 1969, and for five years their exciting close formation maneuvers represented American air power and friendship all over the free world.
