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Why the F-4G was the best Wild Weasel USAF has ever had

“In all ways, the F-16 Weasels were technically very inferior to the F-4G, although the F-16 as a fighter outperforms Double Ugly by orders...

When an armed Iranian F-4E Phantom II defected to Iraq

The F-4E was subsequently parked inside one of Tallil's hangars and left there: US troops destroyed it in 1991. The wreckage was ‘re-discovered’ again...

Israeli F-4E crew shot an Egyptian Mi-8, then used afterburner to push it down

Israeli F-4E crews shooting down very low-flying Egyptian Mi-8 helicopters The American-built F-4 Phantom II served multiple roles for the Israeli Defence Force/Air Force, known...

A Gun-Podded, Stormy Fast FAC F-4E Phantom II from the Vietnam War

During the North Vietnamese Army's invasions across the DMZ in the spring of 1972, conditions in northern South Vietnam were becoming quite hot. As...

When Israeli F-4Es shot down 14 Egyptian Mi-8 helicopters (one by using their afterburner)

On Oct. 6, 1973, the first day of the Yom Kippur War, the Kurnass community was faced with an unorthodox challenge. The American-manufactured F-4 Phantom...

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Why an A-7E pilot had to keep his hands off the stick during cat launch

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Why, if Phantom II was built by Grumman instead of McDonnell Douglas, it would have been a better aircraft

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Designed initially as a high-altitude interceptor, the...

Navy A-4 pilot recalls a WWI biplane simulated an attack on his Skyhawk

“Aeroplanes” When World War I broke out in July 1914,...

The ‘left afterburner technique’ and SR-71 air refueling challenges

The SR-71 needed to be refueled approximately every hour....

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