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Mach 2.23 F-4 Phantom II Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

The McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II is one of the most iconic aircraft of the early Cold War period. -It was designed at a time when supersonic flight was still in its experimental period in the ...
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The Mach 2.2 F-4 Phantom II Fighter Has a Message for Every Air Force on Earth

The F-4 Phantom II, a Mach 2.2 Cold War icon, was initially designed as a U.S. Navy interceptor armed only with missiles, ...
The National Interest

The F-4 Phantom Was First Built in 1958. Why Does Iran Still Fly It?

The Iranian F-4 fleet is over 40 years old. Despite periodic upgrades, the Cold War-era jets have long since fallen into obsolescence relative to modern fighters. However, the fact that Iran has ...
The National Interest

The F-4 Phantom Fighter (Made in USA) Flies for Iran

Okay then, so why exactly does the IRIAF still have the battle-proven but now oh-so-antiquated Phantom in its fleet? (Ditto for the fourth-g eneration F-14 Tomcat?) Well, a big part of it is the fact ...