Iran’s tensions with Israel came to blows last week as both nations exchanged missiles across Middle Eastern airspace. While ...

Able to travel at twice the speed of sound – Mach 2.2 – the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II set sixteen records for speed, altitude and time-to-climb; establishing the world altitude record ...

The F-4 Phantom first flew in 1958, but full-scale production didn’t commence until the early 1960s. The production line closed in 1979 after more than 5,000 fighter jets had been built.

One thing that stands out for Iran’s air force is that it has more F-4 Phantom II fighter jets in service than any other nation on Earth. (This is every helicopter in the Iranian Air Force.

An F-4 Phantom Has Crashed in Western Iran. Story by Maya Carlin ... Armament-wise, the legendary aircraft could carry more than 18,000 pounds of weapons on nine external hardpoints, ...

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 last F-4s left U.S ...

The F-4 Phantom was neither pretty nor elegant. But it did its job when so many other aircraft in history couldn’t. That’s what counts. You can find Michael Peck on Twitter at @Mipeck1.

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 ...

Reading: [Photo] Iranian F-4 Phantom (as one of those taunted by a U.S. F-22 Raptor in a Top Gun-like encounter) Share. ... checked their armament, popped up on their left wing and then radioed: ...