An RAF F-4 Phantom from No. 56 Squadron unleashing hell from its SUU-16 20mm gun pod. It is said that F-4's gun pods were notoriously inaccurate, and were used mostly as saturation weapons.
F-4 Phantom FGR.2 XV409 belonging to 56 Sqn seen here having just landed at RAF Luqa, Malta.
This jet last served in the Falklands wearing the Maltese cross on its fin as part of 1435 Flight. It was left behind in the Falklands and served as a gate guard until it was finally scrapped in 2011.
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