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National Security Journal on MSN6d
‘You Really Ought to Go Home’: F-22 Raptor Flew Under an Iranian F-4 Undetected
In 2013, Iranian F-4 Phantom jets learned firsthand that older fighters are no match for America’s stealthy F-22 Raptors.
The National Interest on MSN19d
The McDonnell FH Phantom Was America’s First Naval Jet
The finished Phantom served as proof of concept that a jet could indeed operate from an aircraft carrier. Yet the Phantom itself underperformed.
A-4 Skyhawk Top Speed: How Fast Is The Fighter Jet?
The A-4 Skywalk was a lightweight beast when it was introduced in the 1950s. Here's its top speed, which even set a world ...
Contando Estrelas7d
The Spanish F-4 Phantom II fighters, their tanker aircraft and the sad end of many of them
I'm a big fan of the Spanish Air Force's EF-18 Hornet fighters, but I like to remember the old glories that preceded them.
The National Interest28d
The F-4 Phantom Has the World’s Only Gun Kill at Supersonic Speed
Answer: the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Over 5,000 F-4s were produced, making the aircraft a staple of the Cold War that remains in limited service today. First flown in 1958, the F-4 would ...
Military.com6y
QF-4 Aerial Target
remotely piloted aerial target modified from the F-4 Phantom fighter jet. The QF-4 provides a realistic full-scale target for air-to-air weapons system evaluation, development and testing at ...
The National Interest20d
The McDonnell FH Phantom Was America’s First Naval Jet
The McDonnell FH Phantom was the first purely jet-powered aircraft to ever land ... third-generation F-4 Phantom II during its extensive service in Vietnam. However, the original Phantom remains ...