Most air-to-air kills happen with missiles or guns, but in one of the most bizarre dogfights in aviation history, an F-4 ...

“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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Equipped for a Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) role, the F-4 was vital in protecting coalition aircraft against Saddam’s sophisticated air defense system. In 1996, the Phantom’s U.S ...

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, introduced in the 1960s ... air defense suppression aircraft, and reconnaissance aircraft. The F-4 was large enough to carry both air-to-air missiles and bombs on the same ...

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 ...

or were involved in the F-4 Phantom Fighter aircraft. The event allowed veterans to return to the aircraft to sit and reminisce about their time and involvement with the F-4 Phantom. Colonel John ...

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 ...