The United States delivered more than 100 Phantoms to Iran before the Islamic Revolution. P erhaps surprisingly, Iran’s Air ...

The Wild Weasel V -- an F-4 Phantom II variant known as the F-4G -- followed suit, being introduced in 1975. The jet was ultimately retired in 1996, which marked the end of an era. This was the ...

More commonly known as Wild Weasel missions ... SEAD missions started with a modified F-100 Super Sabre in Vietnam, the role quickly moved on to the F-4 Phantom and then the F-105 Thunderchief ...

F-4s also flew reconnaissance and "Wild Weasel" anti-aircraft missile suppression missions. Phantom II production ended in 1979. The modified F-4 became the QF-4. It is the successor to the QF-106 ...