Indeed, the Phantom could soar to speeds beyond Mach 2, or more than 1,500 miles per hour. Not bad for an old-timer. The F-4 flew its first combat missions for the Navy over the unfriendly skies ...

The F-4 Phantom was a fighter jet that ... and it proved itself over and over again in combat zones. The Navy gradually replaced the Phantom with the F-14 Tomcat while the Air Force phased it ...

In fact, one of Tehran’s F-4 Phantom jets recently ... in cannon contributed to its murky combat records in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Subsequent Phantom variants and add-ons, however ...