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The Mach 2.23 F-4 Phantom II has a message for the Air Force

The McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II is one of the most iconic aircraft of the early Cold War period. -It was designed at a ...
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How Iran’s F-4 Phantom Fleet Survives Sanctions and Outlasts Modern Rivals Through Engineering Ingenuity

“The Phantom still can carry a punch as a bomber,” noted Business Insider in 2014, referencing an aircraft that took to the skies for the first time in 1958. But in 2025, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 ...