The first time here, you see flak bursting around your aircraft and uh not like that you’re gonna think, this is for real.” ...

On May 27, 1958, the skies over St. Louis witnessed a historic moment as the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II made its maiden ...

The F-4 Phantom is one of the most iconic and versatile fighter jets in aviation history. Born in the Cold War era, this twin ...

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 ...

“The Phantom has become, arguably, the most important fighter aircraft of the second half of the twentieth century,” aviation historian Robert Dorr writes in his 1989 book, The McDonnell F-4 ...

McDonnell Aircraft Corporation's F-4 Phantom was quickly becoming the do-all fighter by the mid 1960s, able to lug thousands of pounds of bombs on one mission and then strictly air-to-air missiles ...

The F-4 Phantom II featured nine external hardpoints, which provided a capacity to carry up to 15,983lb (7,250kg) of payload, and the aircraft was equipped to carry air-to-air and air-to-ground ...

Honeoye Falls, N.Y. — The annual F-4 Cockpit Open House honors military veterans who flew, crewed, maintained, or were involved in the F-4 Phantom Fighter aircraft. The event allowed veterans to ...

A supersonic fighter aircraft can be viewed by the public for the first time in nearly four decades at Castle Air Museum’s ...

Like the F-35, the F-4 became the prime aircraft of the air force (which bought three times as many as the navy) and the marines. The Phantom had more than its share of flaws, and detractors to ...

You won’t believe it but U.S. Navy legendary planes (F-4, F-8 and F-14) could fly with folded wings, asymmetric configurations. To save space aboard the deck of U.S. flattops, aircraft built for ...

and shot down more enemy aircraft than any other fighter in the Vietnam War. In 1961, it flew 1,604 mph setting the world speed record. Although the Pentagon retired the F-4 Phantom in 1996 ...