The F-4 Phantom was capable of hitting Mach 2.23. While it was a capable fighter, the final examples were retired in 1997 due ...

Iran’s Cold War-era F-4 fleet performed effectively during the war with Iraq, and Tehran has since invested heavily in ...

Even with all the hurdles, Iran’s air force is still able to maintain an offensive air capability thanks to its decades-old fleet of F-4 Phantom IIs. That’s a truly incredible feat and shows ...

T he F-4 Phantom was a fighter jet that entered service with the U.S. Navy in 1961 and eventually found its way to the Air Force two years later only for the Marine Corps to adopt it too. Four ...

Flying the F-4 for two air forces gave Danny Grossman a unique view of the Phantom. After serving six years as a U.S. Air Force F-4 weapons officer, he spent 20 years as an Israeli Air Force ...

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 ...

On Aug. 4, 2019, around 12:30 hrs local time, the F-4E Phantom II inventory of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) became a little smaller after a 61st TFS F-4E crashed near Tangestan ...

Close encounters between U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom fighter jets and Soviet Tu-95 Bear bombers were frequent in the skies near aircraft carriers around the world. A collection of shots taken by the U.S ...

A US Air Force F-22 Raptor, soon to be replaced by the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter. US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stefan Alvarez 2025-03-21T15:40:28Z ...

Last week, the Republic of Korean Air Force (ROKAF) retired their very last F-4 Phantoms. During a decommissioning ceremony held at their last homebase Suwon South Korea flew the very last F-4s.