National Security Journal on MSN

The F-4 Phantom II Has a Message for Any Air Force on Earth

The F-4 Phantom II began as a U.S. Navy fleet defender and became the West’s do-everything jet: fighter, bomber, ...

Sixty-Five Years of Air Dominance: A Chronological History of U.S. Fighter Jets

Over the past 80 years, the air forces of the world have ripped through the skies in five generations of jet fighters. The common denominator of all five generations is the jet engine, an invention so ...
The National Interest

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 U.S. supersonic military aircraft ever? Answer: the McDonnell Douglas F-4 ...
The Lighter Side Of RC on MSN

First Flight in the U.S.: Giant F-4 Phantom RC Jet by CARF Models

The Primary focus of THE LIGHTER SIDE OF RC revolves around my love of FLYING & BUILDING all types of model aircraft! It's ...