In the early 1960s, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom arrived on the scene. Revolutionary for its time, the Phantom was fast, ...

Warrior of the Vietnam War: The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was a highly versatile and successful third-generation fighter jet used extensively by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War.

Colonel Tomb was supposedly a double ace of the VPAF who scored anywhere from twelve to fourteen air-to-air kills against American warplanes. As the saying goes, “The first casualty of war is truth.” ...

Its primary opponent was the F-4 Phantom II, a third-generation warplane ... uniforms to mask the USSR’s direct involvement in the Vietnam War.) Yet American pilots reported a relatively high ...

Downing of Columbus. Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during an armed night reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam in September 1967 when his plane ...