Sun was setting, missiles were useless and Phantom pilots weren't quite sure which gun attack setting to use. One of them, Shlomo Egozy eventually used a very unusual weapon for the kill which made ...

Most air-to-air kills happen with missiles or guns, but in one of the most bizarre dogfights in aviation history, an F-4 Phantom II pilot managed to destroy an enemy aircraft using nothing but jet ...

An F-4 makes a practice landing on the USS Midway on June 15, 1963. Phantom pilot John Chesire flew combat missions from Midway during the Vietnam War.

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 ...

After more than 50 years of service, the F-4 Phantom II is about to be retired by the U.S. Air Force. The final F-4 Phantom appearance at an airshow while in USAF service occurred during Nellis ...

The F-4 Phantom has had a long and distinguished career, setting many records and achieving many firsts serving the United States and her allies with distinction.

The F-4 Phantom II Had the Perfect Lifespan The F-4 Phantom II is one of America’s most iconic warplanes. After entering service in 1961 and retiring in 1996, this bird is the stuff of legends.

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 ...

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 ...

Air Force veteran Bill Welch treasures the sleek F-4 Phantom jet that commands attention outside Bastrop’s James H. Perkins American Legion Post No. 533. And he has good reason: He flew that ...

Most of his flying was routine, Tek said, but on one mission flying from Kaneohe Bay in late 1984, his F-4 Phantom was on full afterburner when an explosion rocked the jet.

SEOUL, South Korea — Some of the last F-4 Phantom IIs still flying released their final ordnance during live-fire drills this month, three weeks before South Korea retires the fighters after 55 ...