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Mach 2.23 F-4 Phantom II Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

The McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II is one of the most iconic aircraft of the early Cold War period. -It was designed at a time when supersonic flight was still in its experimental period in the ...
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The Mach 2.2 F-4 Phantom II Fighter Has a Message for Every Air Force on Earth

The F-4 Phantom II, a Mach 2.2 Cold War icon, was initially designed as a U.S. Navy interceptor armed only with missiles, ...
The National Interest

Why the F-4 Phantom II Fighter Jet Still Matters

Developed for the US Navy in the late 1950s, the Phantom platform would become one of the most prolific American-made aircraft ever produced. The Cold War-era F-4 “Phantom” platform may be rapidly ...
The National Interest

The F-4 Phantom II Has History’s Only Supersonic Air-to-Air Gun Kill

The only confirmed supersonic air-to-air gun kill is credited to a hotshot U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom II pilot named Maj. Phil “Hands” Handley. Some airpower pundits consider guns—more specifically ...