The F-4 Phantom was gradually phased out of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, replaced with the F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet, F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon.The last F-4s left U.S ...

The F-4 Phantom II, a large, twin-engine fighter from the 1950s, was a workhorse of Western air forces for decades, most ...

In 2021, it’s remarkable and surprising to many to be reminded that the F-4 Phantom is not a ghost. A Turkish Air Force F-4 pauses at the end of the runway after catching the barrier on a BAK-12 ...

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 ...

The maximum speed of the F-4 Phantom II was 1,485 miles per hour at 48,000 feet. This bird was not to be toyed with. She carried with her into battle a 20 mm M61 Vulcan Gatling cannon with 640 rounds.

Before, some Phantom units made do with external gun pods that vibrated excessively. In 1972, an F-4 piloted by Maj. Phil Handley shot down a MiG-19 with his plane’s gun — the only recorded ...

It allegedly shows a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet shadowed by an IRIAF (Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force) F-4E Phantom during a close encounter occurred somewhere over the Middle East.

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 McDonnell Aircraft F-4 Phantom II became one of the great success stories of military aviation. It flew in three U.S. military branches — Air Force, Navy and Marines — and in the air ...

South Korean air force F-4 Phantom IIs prepare to drop 500-pound MK-82 free-fall bombs at an unspecific training site in South Korea, April 4, 2024. (South Korean air force) ...