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 Aegean Ghosts, however, are not long for this realm. The F-4 fleet is slated to be replaced by a combination of the newly ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) has paid tribute to the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom with its retirement of the iconic type. At a ceremony on 7 June, the ROKAF retired its last two examples ...