How low cam an F4 go was the title of a vid back in the day
Retiring pilot had it low enough to go in between a couple hangars
From the last half of the 70's into the early 80's I fished a lot at C.J. Strike reservoir here in southwestern Idaho. (approx. 50 mi SSE of Boise)
During the summer we would anchor the boat and fish for catfish at the backwaters of the Bruneau River arm. The river is only 1/4 mile or so wide there, and the surrounding terrain is mostly low, rolling, sandy hills and short sagebrush.
Every now and then we would be sitting there just enjoying the perfectly still, dead quiet, peacefully serene afternoon/early evening..........WHEN.........from out of nowhere, over the low dunes, a pair of Idaho Air Guard F4 Phantom II's from Gowen Field would come "SCREAMING and THUNDERING" right over our heads, turn out over the reservoir and vanish back out over the dunes.
They would practice flying down through those low dunes below radar and the answer to "How low can an F4 go?" is this........"Damn Low".
With my 7ft catfish rod, a fair-sized weight, and a good cast, I bet I could have hit the belly of one.
They were "LOW and LOUD"!!! And I bet those guys were LTAO every time they did that to someone.