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There won’t be another like it’: South Korean F-4 Phantom IIs drop final bombs before retirement

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DAVID CHOI

STARS AND STRIPES • April 22, 2024

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South Korean air force F-4 Phantom IIs drop 500-pound MK-82 free-fall bombs at an unspecific training site in South Korea, April 4, 2024. (South Korean air force)

SEOUL, South Korea — Some of the last F-4 Phantom IIs still flying released their final ordnance during live-fire drills this month, three weeks before South Korea retires the fighters after 55 years of service.

F-4s fired air-to-ground AGM-142 missiles and dropped 30 500-pound MK-82 free-fall bombs toward simulated targets in recent weeks, the South Korean air force said in a news release Thursday. It was the final day of live-fire drills by Phantoms in South Korea.