On 27 April 1972, two USN F-4B Phantoms from USS Coral Sea were tasked with attacking targets over North Vietnam. Heavy cloud ...
Over roughly 35 years of service, the IAF operated approximately 200 to 220 airframes, primarily F-4E and RF-4E variants. The ...
The famous episode when a USAF F-4 pushed another Phantom outside North Vietnam airspace. Developed as interceptor in response to the need of the U.S. Navy to protect its aircraft carriers, in 1963 ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Though the F-4 was eventually replaced by more capable F-15s and F-16s, these frames drew on lessons learned from the F-4s service history. Phantoms held their own up ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — A historic F-4 Phantom fighter jet used in the Vietnam War arrived in Orlando Tuesday. The fighter jet will be restored and used as a centerpiece in Joe Kittinger Park. U.S. Air Force ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — During Vietnam, the F-4 Phantom II served as the Air Force’s primary fighter aircraft, a plane veteran Phil Kuchinskas knows well. “The F-4 Phantom Aircraft … that’s my airplane ...
It's December 1966, and a U.S. pilot is leading a squadron of six F-4 Phantoms on a dangerous bombing mission over North Vietnam. Every mile of their 100 mile route is dotted with North Vietnam's ...