The F-4 Phantom was capable of hitting Mach 2.23. While it was a capable fighter, the final examples were retired in 1997 due ...

Cunningham and Driscoll, on the brink of becoming aces, confronted the feared Colonel Tomb in a high-stakes dogfight. This ...

Despite its bulk, the F-4 could fly at Mach 2.2 and reach 60,000 feet. Its first flight in May 1958 was soon followed by 16 world records, including a zoom climb to 98,557 feet in 1959 and a speed ...

The F-4 Phantom is a twin-engine multi-role fighter built with two General Electric J-79-GE-15 engines. Each power plant puts out 17,000 lbs of thrust, giving the Phantom a maximum speed of 1,473 ...

The F-4 Phantom’s tail design has puzzled aviation fans for decades - but there's solid engineering behind the odd shape.

-The F-4 also served effectively in ground-attack roles but faced challenges from Soviet-built anti-aircraft systems like the SA-2 Guideline. Despite these obstacles, the Phantom proved its ...

And the preferred chase airplane was the McDonnell F-4 Phantom. “Those two J79 engines made all the difference,” says Petry. After a Mach 1.2 dive synched to the launch countdown, ...

The F-4 was a beast: big, fast, strong. Despite having a maximum takeoff weight of over 60,000 pounds, the F-4 could still hit Mach 2.2 and climb at 41,000 feet per minute.

Some of Japan's oldest jets, the RF-4EJ Phantom IIs, flew for the last time yesterday, days before their official retirement.; Japan has operated the F-4 Phantom II fighter jet since the late ...

The F-4 Phantom was one of the first Navy aircraft to have a non-pilot RIO or also known as the GiB (Guy in Back). The Phantom was also the mount of Lt. Randy “Duke” Cunningham and William P. ...

In fact, birds have built nests in the engines and a renovation was in store for this F-4 Phantom II. This jet, built by the McDonnell Douglas Aircraft in 1964, was the workhorse of the Vietnam era.

China says its J-20 stealth fighter is superior to America's F-22, claiming that it was optimized to fight Soviet aircraft over Europe, not for the vast reaches of the Pacific. Here's what's right ...