Reduced Pricing in Store 

Happy New Year!

We have reduced prices on older issues of Smoke Trails plus we have packaged up more volumes at a discount.

Significant savings to be had. Enjoy shopping and filling out your F-4 library.
(01/09/2012)

Smoke Trails 18-4 is on the way 

Smoke Trails 18-4 has been printed and is in the mail.  The articles on
Phantoms of the Minnesota ANG, European RF-4Cs, and the PhanCon 2010 debrief provide a varied and interesting look at segments of the history of the F-4 Phantom.
So, keep an eye on your mailboxes for a mid October arrival. 

(received mine Oct 18th.. great issue as always.. thanks Jack! FS)

F-4 and Society Night Lights 

We've just added a nice selection of F-4, Society Logo, and Spook night lights to our online store. Go check them out here:

NAVAL AVIATION CENTENNIAL 

2011 marks 100 years of US Naval Aviation. There will be celebrations throughout the year. For a good list of activities head on over to:

PHANCON 2011 Dates Set

 Mark your calendars: October 10-13, 2011, for PhanCon 2011 in Tuscon, Arizona. Monday the 10th is arrival/check-in day and Friday the 14th is check-out day.  The banquet will be held Thursday evening 13 Oct.

More info over on the registration website.. HERE.

For those of you arriving early just down the road in Alamagordo, NM Holloman AFB will be having their Open House Oct 8th. USAF Thunderbirds will be there.

PhanCon 2010 ReCap

{ see the Photo Album now uploaded... 11-30}

Wow, what a great week it was at Tyndall AFB and Pensacola NAS.

Tuesday was full of F-4's in the air and on the ground. Got to see a max performance climb and some very nice optional touch and goes with a full stop in the area where we were checking out the QF-4 drones. There were Phantoms in the air for at least two hours right through our lunch on the flightline.

Wednesday had a great briefing on the F-22, and then a closeup look at one, including the cockpit!

Thursday, a great trip to Pensacola and visit to the training squadrons there in the AM and museum in the PM.

BGen Dan Cherry then kept us captivated that evening with an update on My ENEMY My FRIEND with his visit to VietNam to meet the gent he shot down, and the return visit by him here. Brought tears to many an eye.

PhanCon 2011 is being coordinated for Davis Monthan AFB in Tucson AZ the third week in October. Nothing firm as of yet. That normally does not happen until about Feb or March. But don't wait. Start making your plans to attend now.