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Vietnam

The First Air Force Ace of the Vietnam War Shot Down 2 MiGs in 2 Minutes

by Douglas G. Adler You need five aerial victories to become an ace. Richard “Steve” Ritchie knows how difficult that…
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History

Spewing blue-white flames, the F-4D Phantom thunders by and performs an ace’s victory roll.

By: Collings Foundation One of the most important military aircraft in the history of the United States. Due to the…
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History

Who would win a dogfight between a Flogger and a Phantom?

By Harold C Hutchison Sure, we all know about the F-16 Falcon, the F-15 Eagle, the Su-27 Flanker, the MiG-29…
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History

Was the F-4 Phantom II or the F-14 Tomcat the better fighter jet?

By: Michel Perkins Both aircraft were amazing fighters, superior in almost every respect to anything else in the air at…
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History

Why did the F4 Phantom have angled rear tail wings?

By: Graham Cox The F4 was designed in the 1950s, an era when much of the science of supersonic flight…
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Personal Perspective

What was I like to fly an F-4 Phantom?

By: Jim Howard I’m a former F-4C/E/G Electronic Warfare Officer, I can share my view from the backseat, aka ‘the…
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History

Why the F-4 Phantom is one of the US military’s most beloved airplanes

By Team Mighty The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom was the workhorse of the U.S. military during its operational lifetime. First…
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Vietnam

Against the MiGs in Vietnam

By John T Corell In the beginning, the North Vietnamese air force was a rag-tag operation with obsolete, cast-off equipment.…
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History

The last flight of 64-0887

By: Michel Lozares For 30 years, 58 Phantom II left their smoke trails in the Spanish sky. 40 F-4C, with…
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Fotos

F-4 Phantom Community introduces its membership magazine

The F-4 Phantom Community is celebrating this November with the launch of its new member magazine «Spooky Trails Magazine». A…
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