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The F-4 Phantom was capable of hitting Mach 2.23. While it was a capable fighter, the final examples were retired in 1997 due ...
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, an iconic American fighter from the Vietnam era, remains the most numerous jet in ...
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 ...
The F-4 Phantom Fighter Jet . Fast, heavily armed, and durable, the F-4 Phantom fighter jet revolutionized American air power. The aircraft could conduct both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions ...
The F-4 Phantom II began flying fleet defense for the U.S. Navy in 1958 but wasn't used by the Air Force until 1963 (as the F-4C). The two-seat, twin-engine tactical jet fighter bomber was built ...
The F-4 Phantom II first flew in 1958. The sequel to the otherwise obscure FH Phantom, the F-4 was originally designed as an attack fighter, a fighter jet capable of duking it out air-to-air with ...
In Vietnam, the U.S. Navy used the F-4 for ground attack. First, they tried an F-104. “Not enough wing or thrust,” recalls Jack Petry, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel. When NASA engineers ...
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 ...
For years, an F-4 Phantom II fighter stood on display at MacDill Air Force Base. But, because of exposure to the salty air off of Hillsborough Bay, the jet has deteriorated too much for a move.
The last of thousands of F-4 Phantom jets that have been used by the U.S. military for over fifty years are being retired to serve as ground targets for s. Sections. Listen.
Walker High School’s Marine Corps Junior ROTC cadets Gage Tullier, left, and James Catalanatto clean a wing on the F-4 Phantom fighter jet on display at the I-12 Satsuma exit Nov. 4, 2016.