The only confirmed supersonic air-to-air gun kill is credited to a hotshot U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom II pilot named Maj.

Key Points: The F-4 Phantom II played a crucial role in Israel's defense, especially during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. -Entering Israeli service in 1969, the versatile fighter performed aerial ...

Throughout the United States' use of fighter jets, many have been developed ... It was eventually replaced by the F-101 Voodoo and F-4 Phantom II, while the F-102 was transferred to the Air ...

Cao Son Khau, after claiming an F-4, was struck by a missile ... A KC-135 tanker refuels F-4E Phantom II fighters and F-105G Thunderchief fighter-bombers, “Wild Weasels,” equipped with ...

The SRF-5A CR.9-062 (464-62), of the 464th Squadron, in a photo taken on August 11, 1978, at Gando Air Base, Gran Canaria, ...

I was with the 555th Fighter ... F-4 went careening off the end, shedding missiles and landing gear. Both men climbed out unharmed. "We were green beans," Dick Stultz said recently. Stultz was a ...

Fighter jets are some of the world's most advanced ... However, its dominance would be short-lived, and by the end of World War II, many would view the Me 26 as a failure, particularly in the ...

Examples of fifth generation fighter jets include America's F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor, China's Chengdu J-20 and Russia's Sukhoi SU-57. As with previous generations, the sixth will ...

the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter. Lockheed's selection for what later became the F-35 program in 2001 was a heavy blow to Boeing, which had worked with Lockheed on ...