Warrior of the Vietnam War: The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was a highly versatile and successful third-generation fighter jet used extensively by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.

The United States delivered more than 100 Phantoms to Iran before the Islamic Revolution. P erhaps surprisingly, Iran’s Air ...

Colonel Tomb was supposedly a double ace of the VPAF who scored anywhere from twelve to fourteen air-to-air kills against American warplanes. As the saying goes, “The first casualty of war is truth.” ...

a note about the number-crunching methods for the Vietnam air war is in order: all of these American aces flew as members of two-man crews on F-4 Phantom IIs, reflecting the emergence of air-to ...

Lt. Col. Donald Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a night mission when his plane disappeared in a fireball. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency via AP) ...

A United States pilot who disappeared while conducting a spy mission during the Vietnam War has finally been ... not respond to radio calls to his F-4C Phantom II. And though search and rescue ...

Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 ... Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft ...

The Bell UH-1 helicopter, popularly known as the "Huey," was the workhorse aircraft for U.S. forces in Vietnam ... the U.S. relied heavily on the F-4 Phantom. Armed with a 20mm cannon and air ...