The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) celebrated the retirement of the F-4EJ Kai Phantom II, after 48 years of service, on Nov. 20, 2020 at Hyakuri Air Base.

The first unit to operate the Phantom was the 151st Fighter Squadron, followed by 152nd, 153rd and the 159th all flying out of Daegu. In 1972 South Korea acquired another 18 F-4Ds from the US ...

Maya Carlin March 23, 2025 Security The F-4 Phantom Has the World’s Only Gun Kill at Supersonic Speed With a top speed of Mach 2.2, the F-4’s defining characteristic was world-record speed.

The F-4 Phantom had a top service speed of around Mach 2.23, thanks to its powerful J79 engines. That's about 1,473 miles per hour, cruising at an altitude of 40,000 feet.

Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on the painting of an iconic aircraft from the Vietnam War, the F-4 Phantom.

South Korean air force F-4 Phantom IIs prepare to drop 500-pound MK-82 free-fall bombs at an unspecific training site in South Korea, April 4, 2024. (South Korean air force) ...

Why the F-4 Phantom Is Such a Badass Plane The F-4 Phantom was neither pretty nor elegant. But it did its job when so many other aircraft in history couldn’t.

The F-4 was retired from U.S. Air Force service in 1996, but many Phantom IIs of numerous variants are displayed in museums worldwide. Incredibly, the venerable warbird still remains in service ...

The skies over RIAT 2024 were filled with history and power as rare and legendary aircraft took flight. From the iconic U-2 ...

The McDonnell Douglas corporation developed the F-4 Phantom II, a multi-role fighter jet, in the late 1950s. The large, twin-engine, two-seat aircraft was designed to handle both air-to-air and ...