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The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II [N 1] is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber that was developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy. [4]
Tactical fighter, ground-attack, and reconnaissance aircraft developed from F-4K for the Royal Air Force, UK designation Phantom FGR.2, ordered after cancellation of the Hawker Siddeley P.1154 supersonic V/STOL aircraft. RR Spey turbofan engines; 116 built.
On Sunday, June 6, 1971, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 serving as Flight 706 departed Los Angeles just after 6 p.m. en route to Seattle as a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps was approaching Marine Corps Air Station El Toro near Irvine at the end of a flight from Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada.
The United Kingdom (UK) operated the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II as one of its principal combat aircraft from 1968 to 1992. The UK was the first export customer for the US-built F-4 Phantom, which was ordered in the context of political and economic difficulties around British designs for similar aircraft.
Twenty-one aircraft, including three RF-4E are on display at the Israeli Air Force Museum at Hatzerim Airbase in the Negev desert. [15] [16] F-4E Phantom II, IDF serial #327, Construction Number 3203, United States Air Force s/n 67-0346. [citation needed] F-4E-32-MC Phantom II, IDF serial #334, Construction Number 2954, United States Air Force ...
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) operated 24 McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom II fighter-bomber aircraft in the ground attack role between 1970 and 1973. The Phantoms were leased from the United States Air Force (USAF) as an interim measure owing to delays in the delivery of the RAAF's 24 General Dynamics F-111C bombers.
Four South Korean F-4 fighter jets fly in formation on May 8, 2024, during a commemorative final flight of the aircraft. - South Korean Air Force Memories of the Phantom
The McDonnell FH Phantom is a twinjet, straight-wing, carrier-based fighter aircraft designed and first flown during late World War II for the United States Navy.As a first-generation jet fighter, the Phantom was the first purely jet-powered aircraft to land on an American aircraft carrier [2] [N 1] and the first jet deployed by the United States Marine Corps.