In 1971, a top-secret system called Combat Tree gave the F-4 Phantom II a lethal edge. This game-changing technology unlocked ...

Why the F-4 Phantom Is Such a Badass Plane The F-4 Phantom was neither pretty nor elegant. But it did its job when so many other aircraft in history couldn’t.

Two local veterans with a special connection to the F-4 Phantom fighter jet located at the American Legion property on South ...

The F-4 Phantom II has a maximum range of 1,450 miles (2,334 km) and an operational ceiling of 56,100 feet (17,099 meters). It is powered by two General Electric J79-GE-17 afterburning turbojet ...

Maya Carlin March 23, 2025 Security The F-4 Phantom Has the World’s Only Gun Kill at Supersonic Speed With a top speed of Mach 2.2, the F-4’s defining characteristic was world-record speed.

The F-4 Phantom II began flying fleet defense for the U.S. Navy in 1958 but wasn't used by the Air Force until 1963 (as the F-4C). The two-seat, twin-engine tactical jet fighter bomber was built ...

The F-4 Phantom was gradually phased out of the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, replaced with the F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet, F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon.

The F-4 Phantom had a top service speed of around Mach 2.23, thanks to its powerful J79 engines. That's about 1,473 miles per hour, cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet.

But comparing the F-22 Raptor to the F-4 Phantom is like comparing a Ferrari to a minivan. The F-4 was originally designed as a Navy interceptor in the late 1950s, to destroy Soviet bombers.

The first unit to operate the Phantom was the 151st Fighter Squadron, followed by 152nd, 153rd and the 159th all flying out of Daegu. In 1972 South Korea acquired another 18 F-4Ds from the US ...

South Korean air force F-4 Phantom IIs prepare to drop 500-pound MK-82 free-fall bombs at an unspecific training site in South Korea, April 4, 2024. (South Korean air force) ...