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Mach 2 F-4 Phantom II Fighter Has a Message for Every Air Force on Earth

The F-4 Phantom II was a record-setting, hard-hitting icon—but not without headaches. -Its sheer size hurt dogfight agility ...
Wired

The Engine Propelling the Fastest Woman on Four Wheels

This hypnotic whirl of metal is the afterburner of a General Electric J79 axial-flow turbojet engine—the same engine used on F-4 Phantom jets, made by McDonnell Aircraft during the Vietnam War. But ...
The National Interest

F-4 Phantom: The Supersonic Brick Fighter Was A True Game Changer

The plane was officially known as the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. Moniker-wise it was the “sequel” (so to speak) to the original Phantom, that being the short-lived 1940s vintage FH Phantom, ...
CNN

‘My vision went dark’: CNN reporter experiences 6G-force before hitching a fighter jet ride

It took more than 40 years, but I finally lived my “Top Gun” dream. For an hour and 40 minutes, in the back seat of a South Korean Air Force F-4 Phantom, I was “Goose” from the classic 1980s movie – ...