The F-4 Phantom II began as a U.S. Navy fleet defender and became the West’s do-everything jet: fighter, bomber, ...

Key Points and Summary on F-4 Phantom II - The F-4 Phantom II, a large, twin-engine fighter from the 1950s, was a workhorse of Western air forces for decades, most notably in Vietnam and the Middle ...

With a top speed of Mach 2.2, the F-4’s defining characteristic was world-record speed. Can you name the most widely produced U.S. supersonic military aircraft ever? Answer: the McDonnell Douglas F-4 ...

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II — the successor to the late-1940s vintage McDonnell FH-1 Phantom — made her maiden flight in 1958. The F-4 ended up becoming the mainstay fighter-bomber of the U.S ...

The U.S. Air Force will hold a "final flight" ceremony tomorrow, December 21, to commemorate the end of the F-4 Phantom II fighter's service. The fighter, which was first introduced in the late 1950s, ...

Supersonic flight is something all of the world’s military dreamed of during the war. Yet, it was not until after that humans managed to develop the necessary technology to take them past the speed of ...

Looking more like a killer than a speedster, the large twin-engine jet built to sweep skies clear of enemy MiGs and deliver large payloads of bombs would also record many “firsts.” Out of a ...

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The F-4 Phantom, introduced in the 1960s, is slowly disappearing from air forces worldwide. The old jet was as versatile as the F-35, capable of both air to air and air to ground missions. The F-35 is ...

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 ...

GROVE, Okla. — An F-4 Phantom fighter jet that was accumulating dust at an Air Force hangar in New Mexico now has a purpose at its new home in Northeast Oklahoma. Project coordinators Beverly and Dave ...

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