The United States delivered more than 100 Phantoms to Iran before the Islamic Revolution. P erhaps surprisingly, Iran’s Air ...

Warrior of the Vietnam War: The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was a highly versatile and successful third-generation fighter jet used extensively by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.

Colonel Tomb was supposedly a double ace of the VPAF who scored anywhere from twelve to fourteen air-to-air kills against American warplanes. As the saying goes, “The first casualty of war is truth.” ...

a note about the number-crunching methods for the Vietnam air war is in order: all of these American aces flew as members of two-man crews on F-4 Phantom IIs, reflecting the emergence of air-to ...

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency via AP Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during an armed night reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam in September ...

Downing of Columbus. Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during an armed night reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam in September 1967 when his plane ...