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 ...

Showtime112. The F-4 Phantom Kill by Afterburner: The Strangest Aerial Victory Ever. Posted: April 17, 2025 | Last updated: April 21, 2025. Most air-to-air kills happen with missiles or guns, but ...

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 ...

In Vietnam, the U.S. Navy used the F-4 for ground attack. First, they tried an F-104. “Not enough wing or thrust,” recalls Jack Petry, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel. When NASA engineers ...

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 ...