F-4E Phantoms were the only weapons available which could prevent such an outcome. Shooting down helicopters wasn't easy. Sun was setting, missiles were useless and Phantom pilots weren't quite ...

The only confirmed supersonic air-to-air gun kill is credited to a hotshot U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom II pilot named Maj.

The F-4 Phantom II was one of the best, but by that time, the plane was a third-generation bird living in a fourth-generation warplane world. In fact, by the time the last U.S. Phantom was retired ...

I like to find interesting things to see and do close to Tehachapi, and Mojave has many! One of my favorite places to take a ...

The Air Force's Phantom II was designated F-4C, and first flew May 27, 1963. Production deliveries began in November 1963. The F-4 was the primary fighter-bomber aircraft in the U.S. Air Force ...