A $70 pixel plane you should actually buy... | F-4S Phantom II

WARNING! Everything I say about the F-4S in this video holds true to this day, except for one thing... It is no longer the tier 7 premium that I would recommend for the US; buy the F-5C instead, since the F-5C was changed into a tier 7 premium.

Price is wack but plane does slap

Definitely the best premium, does extremely well in air if used right, and can even be very good in a CAS role in some situations (Ground battles).

I have it and my only issue with it is the Aim-9H. That missile is only useful against the most thoroughly lobotomized enemies. Great plane.

Aim9H is much more flare resistant than Aim9G, which is a welcome upgrade compared to the F-4J

4:31 the only real difference is a hidden value in the missile file. The seeker track rate of the Aim-9G is 12 degrees per second. The AIm-9H's is 20. Theoretically, this allows for sharper movement as higher aspects assuming you have some airspeed. Or it allows for a cleaner track on VIOLENTLY maneuvering targets. Save for that, nothing really for what can be modeled in game outside failure rates (please god no).

The difference between the Aim9H and the Aim9G is that the Aim9H is supposed to be a little bit more flare resistant. If it actually makes a difference I don't know.

It's amazing keeping in touch how war thunder is going on now even though I've completely moved on to BMS and DCS now (I left afew months / year before the F14 launched)

As far as the cannon pod goes for the F-4J/S, I feel it's a preference/scenario thing. Most times, I will carry a pod for that backup firepower. However, if I'm in a larger squad and we're working coms, I may opt to ditch it in favor of that extra performance boost for BVR. Then I just orbital strike people with the sidewinders. Not always a good idea to run without, but it has its times.

as i am already in the 10.0 - 11.0 area with my Ground Forces on the US Tech Tree, i got this one simply to have something to help me grind the aerial aspect of it, as well as to have a plane to give pretty effective backup to teammates as well as Squad Mates.

The only complaint i have about the f4s compared to the f4j is that it is a good bit slower due to the slats. For a missle bus id rather take the speed but with the big maps every game i think the f4s is the best premium until you get within 15km of targets then id differ to the mig23ml. It also basically gets preferred matchmaking by having to fight less f14s

cool tip, when using the phantoms sidewinders with hmd dont fire the missle if the target you are tracking is above your canopy. The missle kinda just doesnt track the target after launch as you see in this vid 13:46

I impulse bought this thing after going on a huge loss streak in the Mig-23M. Honestly one of my best spending decisions yet. The bundled in premium time let me geind all the way up to about the F-100 in the tech tree, going from pretty much 0. That much grind in 2-3 weeks is not bad. It's actually a great plane to learn radar combat on, as it doesn't have an overwhelming ammount of radar modes, just two, plus the ACM and HMD versions of both. It shows the differences of pulse and pulse doppler great, and I say it prepares a pilot for top tier combat leagues better than the F-5C can. If you grind out the F-16/F-14 in your F-5C, without touching anything else, you'll have no god damn clue how the mor advanced weapon systems work and you'll end up resorting to the ol' reliable F-5 tactic of "hold elevator untill enemy in crosshair", which will get you killed at top tier

F4S does get a radar lead for the 20mm, which is a good learning tool for people who haven't had to dogfight at top tier before and so don't know how much to lead (usually its about half of your screen)

I'm considering this one. Flying F-4E against 12.0's and even many of the 11.3 BR planes makes me want to cry

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Maybe I'll buy it when it's half off. I can wait since I've been struggling with the F14 and I've been having fun and good games with the F4J.

great video you’re going places fs

I'm curious why you don't use the rectangular radar? Maybe it's because I'm used to DCS, but the overall SA and picture of what's in front of you is so much better in the rectangular radar; and you can easily see the delineations of your high/low probability to kill when using BVR missiles.

The F4s is a surprisingly good bomber so long as you know how to hide from enemies. Unlike other jets such as the F-14B or the F5c that have a great top speed and so can get a base before the enemy is ready to fight, the F4s is sluggish and much slower especially if running a full bomb payload and so it helps to know how to fly low, notch radar, and just avoid being spotted in the first place. I can get usually 2 basses before needing to rearm.