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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. Can you name the most widely produced ...
5 Fighter Jets Used In The Vietnam War
American aircraft played a huge role in the Vietnam War, and high on the list were the nation's fighter jets. Here are five ...
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F-4 Phantom: The Indispensable Fighter of the Vietnam War
Summary and Key Points: The F-4 Phantom, a pivotal aircraft in the Vietnam War, remains in service with several air forces globally due to continuous upgrades. Known for its robust J79 twin ...
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An F-4 Phantom Has Crashed in Western Iran
In fact, one of Tehran’s F-4 Phantom jets recently crashed in Kabudrahang, Hamedan. Images of the downed aircraft circulated ... in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Subsequent Phantom variants ...
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The F-86 Sabre Was America’s Most-Produced Fighter Jet Ever
If asked to name the most numerously produced Western-built fighter aircraft ever, could you? One might be tempted to name the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Or perhaps the F-4 Phantom. Both answers would ...
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Weapons of War
The Bell UH-1 helicopter, popularly known as the "Huey," was the workhorse aircraft for U.S. forces in Vietnam ... the U.S. relied heavily on the F-4 Phantom. Armed with a 20mm cannon and air ...
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QF-4 Aerial Target
remotely piloted aerial target modified from the F-4 Phantom fighter jet. The QF-4 provides a realistic full-scale target for air-to-air weapons system evaluation, development and testing at ...