ADSIDs on an F-4
The picture included the following notation: F-4 ADSID Delivery Capability—Sensors mounted on Multiple
Ejector Rack. (Photo of 25TFS Acft Taken December 1969.)
U.S. Navy Squadron VO-67 deployed with 12 OP-2Es to Nakhon Phanom Royal
Thai Air Force Base in the fall of 1967.
Their assignment was to fly along the Ho Chi Minh Trail at 300-500 feet
to deliver sensors for McNamara’s Wall (the Igloo White program).
That wasn’t a survivable mission, and VO-67 lost three aircraft and
20 crewmen in January and February 1968.
Some tactics were changed and eventually the delivery mission was given
to USAF F-4 squadrons, which could fly faster and were more maneuverable
between targets.
Though the simulated tree branches of the detectors looked out of place on
the Multiple Ejector Racks, the F-4 proved to be an accurate and survivable
delivery vehicle.
