Size and engine power enabled the Phantom to carry a remarkable payload for its time. The F-4 could heft 18,000 pounds of missiles, bombs, external fuel tanks, and jamming gear on nine hardpoints ...

Phantom’s heart was its double General Electric J79 turbojet engines, which developed 17,000 pounds of thrust per engine. This mighty powerplant enabled the F-4 to fly in excess of Mach 2.2 at ...

LOUIS • On the first flight, a hydraulic line broke. ... A look back • F-4 Phantom II became one of the great success stories of military aviation. BY TIM O'NEIL • > 314-340-8132 ...

The F-4EJ and its greatest variant, the EJ Kai, aren't hard to draw parallels between themselves and our favorite anime heroes. From on perspective, the earliest American variants with their ...

The final F-4 Phantom appearance at an airshow while in USAF service occurred during Nellis Air Force Base's Aviation Nation air show, on Nov. 12 and 13. QF-4E 74-1638, piloted by Home ...

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a legendary aircraft — an icon of the Vietnam War and the archetype of the third-generation jet fighter designs that entered service in the 1960s.

For years, an F-4 Phantom II fighter stood on display at MacDill Air Force Base. But, because of exposure to the salty air off of Hillsborough Bay, the jet has deteriorated too much for a move.

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a legendary aircraft — an icon of the Vietnam War and the archetype of the third-generation jet fighter designs that entered service in the 1960s.

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 ...

A U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom II meant for the Gen. Daniel "Chappie" James ... Broughton said it's fitting a monument to James will be in such a prominent place with a public piece of art for a ...

The F-4 Phantom II was originally conceived as a heavy, all-weather fleet air defense fighter. Yet with its two powerful General Electric J79 engines and a two-man crew, the large, fast aircraft ...