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The USN and USMC received the first definitive Phantom, the F-4B which was equipped with the Westinghouse APQ-72 radar (pulse only), a Texas Instruments AAA-4 Infrared search and track pod under the nose, an AN/AJB-3 bombing system and powered by J79-GE-8,-8A and -8B engines of 10,900 lbf (48.5 kN) dry and 16,950 lbf (75.4 kN) afterburner ...
The second Iranian F-4 was damaged, and made an emergency landing at Kish Airport. The aircraft could not be repaired and was written off. This caused the Iranians to scramble 11 additional F-4s from Bushehr. In response, the Royal Saudi Air Force scrambled 11 additional F-15s. Seeing this, the Iranians backed down, and the Saudis returned to base.
These upgraded F-4 Phantoms are referred to as the F-4E-2020 Terminator. 54 were modernized and 30+ of them will be in service until at least 2030. [14] They first entered service on 27 January 2000 with deliveries to 111 and 171 Filo. [15] QF-4E Remote-controlled target drone. F-4EJ A Japanese Mitsubishi F-4EJ
The remote control system was insufficient for safe takeoff, so each drone was taken aloft by a volunteer crew of a pilot and a flight engineer to an altitude of 2,000 ft (600 m) before transfer of control to the CQ-4 operators. After successful turnover of control of the drone, the two-man crew would arm the payload and parachute out of the ...
The first action was a head-on maneuver, as the Phantom lined up for the kill, the UAV (drone) pulled a high-G turn and flew over the F-4's canopy. The Firebee was banking into 100-degree maneuvers, and making 180-degree reversal turns within 12 seconds. [9] The Phantoms were no longer attacking the UAV, they were now the targets. [9]
This high-altitude bombing system demonstrated only middling effectiveness when tested in combat over Syria—initially landing on average within 100 meters of target—and has limited ...
The Defense tech company Anduril unveiled a novel jet missile that's a combination of AI-powered drone, bomb and boomerang all in one. This new AI-powered drone is both a bomb and a boomerang Skip ...
Overall, South Korea was one of the main customers of the F-4, with 216 delivered, including 60 "D" models, 55 "E" models and 18 RF-4Cs in service in 2000. [61] [63] The F-4 was the ROKAF's primary fighter until the KF-16 began to be introduced in 1994. [64] The 20 F-4D units at Daegu base were retired as of June 16, 2010, as the company took ...