In the early 1960s, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom arrived on the scene. Revolutionary for its time, the Phantom was fast, ...

Entertaining crowds since 1953, the United States Air Force Thunderbirds are one of the world's best known aerial ...

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 ...

all of these American aces flew as members of two-man crews on F-4 Phantom IIs, reflecting the emergence of air-to-air missiles (AAMs) over guns (whether machine guns or cannons) as the primary ...