12th TRS RF-4C No. 1

A shot of a rare LORAN equipped jet, RF-4C-40-MC 68-0594 seen assigned to the 12th TRS, 67th TRW, based at Bergstrom AFB and seen on the ramp at Luke AFB in October 1982.

LORAN equipment was installed in a group of F-4D acft [link] for long range prescision strike missions in Vietnam (these were 497 TFS/ 8 TFW jets at the time) as well as some RF-4C jets. They were easily spotted by the large "Towel Rack" antenna on the spine.