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</ul> </li> <li id="toc-United_States_Air_Force" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#United_States_Air_Force"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.3 United States Air Force </div> </a> <ul id="toc-United_States_Air_Force-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Target_drone" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Target_drone"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.3.1 Target drone </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Target_drone-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aerial_combat_in_the_Vietnam_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aerial_combat_in_the_Vietnam_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.4 Aerial combat in the Vietnam War </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aerial_combat_in_the_Vietnam_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Non-U.S._users" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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data-file-height="1123" /></a></td></tr><tr class="ib-aircraft-caption-left"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">A <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a> QF-4E flies with the <a href="/wiki/82nd_Aerial_Targets_Squadron" title="82nd Aerial Targets Squadron">82nd Aerial Targets Squadron</a> over <a href="/wiki/White_Sands_Missile_Range" title="White Sands Missile Range">White Sands Missile Range</a> in 2008</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">Interceptor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fighter-bomber" title="Fighter-bomber">fighter-bomber</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">Manufacturer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Aircraft_Corporation" title="McDonnell Aircraft Corporation">McDonnell Aircraft Corporation</a> <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">In limited service</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary users</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (historical)<div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> (historical)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> (historical)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force</a></li></ul> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number built</th><td class="infobox-data">5,195</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufactured</th><td class="infobox-data">1958–1981</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduction date</th><td class="infobox-data">30 December 1960; 64 years ago (1960-12-30)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data">27 May 1958; 66 years ago (1958-05-27)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>1996 (U.S. combat use)</li><li>2004 (Israel)</li><li>2013 (Germany)</li><li>2016 (U.S. target drone)<a href="#cite_note-QF-4-1">[1]</a></li><li>2021 (Japan)<a href="#cite_note-Japanretired-2">[2]</a></li><li>2024 (South Korea)<a href="#cite_note-Kim_7_June-3">[3]</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Variants</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_in_UK_service" title="McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service">McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1/FGR.2</a></td></tr></tbody></table> The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II<a href="#cite_note-5">[N 1]</a> is an American <a href="/wiki/Tandem#Aviation" title="Tandem">tandem</a> two-seat, <a href="/wiki/Twinjet" title="Twinjet">twin-engine</a>, all-weather, long-range <a href="/wiki/Supersonic_aircraft" title="Supersonic aircraft">supersonic</a> jet <a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">interceptor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fighter-bomber" title="Fighter-bomber">fighter-bomber</a> that was developed by <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Aircraft">McDonnell Aircraft</a> for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-swan_navyp301-4">[4]</a> It entered service with the Navy in 1961,<a href="#cite_note-6">[5]</a> then was adopted by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>, and within a few years became a major part of their air arms.<a href="#cite_note-Phab40th-7">[6]</a> A total of 5,195 Phantoms were built from 1958 to 1981, making it the <a href="/wiki/List_of_most_produced_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most produced aircraft">most-produced American supersonic military aircraft in history</a> and a signature combat aircraft of the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Phab40th-7">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-boeing_firstlast-8">[7]</a> The Phantom is a large fighter with a top speed of over <a href="/wiki/Mach_number" title="Mach number">Mach</a> 2.2. It can carry more than 18,000 pounds (8,400 kg) of weapons on nine external <a href="/wiki/Hardpoint" title="Hardpoint">hardpoints</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Air-to-air_missile" title="Air-to-air missile">air-to-air missiles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air-to-surface_missile" title="Air-to-surface missile">air-to-ground missiles</a>, and various bombs.<a href="#cite_note-9">[8]</a> Like other interceptors of its time, the F-4 was initially designed without an internal cannon, but some later models incorporated an internal <a href="/wiki/M61_Vulcan" title="M61 Vulcan">M61 Vulcan</a> rotary cannon. Beginning in 1959, it set 15 world records for in-flight performance,<a href="#cite_note-boeing_phirsts-10">[9]</a> including an absolute speed record and an absolute altitude record.<a href="#cite_note-boeing_record-11">[10]</a> The F-4 was used extensively during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, first as the principal <a href="/wiki/Air_superiority_fighter" title="Air superiority fighter">air superiority fighter</a> for the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, and later as a <a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">ground-attack</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aerial_reconnaissance" title="Aerial reconnaissance">aerial reconnaissance</a> aircraft. During the Vietnam War, all <a href="/wiki/List_of_Vietnam_War_flying_aces" title="List of Vietnam War flying aces">five American servicemen</a> who became <a href="/wiki/Flying_ace" title="Flying ace">aces</a> – one U.S. Air Force pilot and two weapon systems officers (WSOs),<a href="#cite_note-dorrp200-201-12">[11]</a> one U.S. Navy pilot and one <a href="/wiki/Radar_intercept_officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Radar intercept officer">radar intercept officer</a> (RIO) – did so in F-4s.<a href="#cite_note-Dorrp188-189-13">[12]</a> The Phantom remained a major part of U.S. military air power into the 1980s, when it was gradually replaced by more modern aircraft such as the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">F-15 Eagle</a> and <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16 Fighting Falcon</a> in the U.S. Air Force, the <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">F-14 Tomcat</a> in the U.S. Navy, and the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet">F/A-18 Hornet</a> in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. The Phantom was used for reconnaissance and <a href="/wiki/Wild_Weasel" title="Wild Weasel">Wild Weasel</a> (<a href="/wiki/Suppression_of_Enemy_Air_Defenses" title="Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses">Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses</a>) missions in the 1991 <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>, and finally left combat service in 1996.<a href="#cite_note-persian_gulfp26-14">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-persian_gulfvictoryp22-15">[14]</a> It was the only aircraft used by both U.S. flight demonstration teams: the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Thunderbirds" title="United States Air Force Thunderbirds">United States Air Force Thunderbirds</a> (F-4E) and the United States Navy <a href="/wiki/Blue_Angels" title="Blue Angels">Blue Angels</a> (F-4J).<a href="#cite_note-Phab40th-7">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-Lake_1992,_p._190-16">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[16]</a> The F-4 was also operated by the armed forces of 11 other nations. Israeli Phantoms saw extensive combat in several <a href="/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict" title="Arab–Israeli conflict">Arab–Israeli conflicts</a>, while Iran used its large fleet of Phantoms, acquired before the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">fall of the Shah</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a>. The F-4 remains in active service with the air forces of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Iran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force#Equipment" title="Hellenic Air Force">Greece</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkey</a>. The aircraft has most recently been in service against the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State</a> group in the Middle East. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Development">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins">edit</a>]</div> In 1952, McDonnell's Chief of Aerodynamics, <a href="/wiki/David_S._Lewis_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="David S. Lewis Jr.">Dave Lewis</a>, was appointed by CEO <a href="/wiki/James_S._McDonnell" class="mw-redirect" title="James S. McDonnell">Jim McDonnell</a> to be the company's preliminary design manager.<a href="#cite_note-18">[17]</a> With no new aircraft competitions on the horizon, internal studies concluded the Navy had the greatest need for a new and different aircraft type: an attack fighter.<a href="#cite_note-19">[18]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McDonnell_F3H-G_mockup_in_1954.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/McDonnell_F3H-G_mockup_in_1954.jpg/220px-McDonnell_F3H-G_mockup_in_1954.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/McDonnell_F3H-G_mockup_in_1954.jpg/330px-McDonnell_F3H-G_mockup_in_1954.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/McDonnell_F3H-G_mockup_in_1954.jpg/440px-McDonnell_F3H-G_mockup_in_1954.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1899" data-file-height="1424" /></a><figcaption>The McDonnell F3H-G/H mockup, 1954</figcaption></figure> In 1953, McDonnell Aircraft began work on revising its <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F3H_Demon" title="McDonnell F3H Demon">F3H Demon</a> naval fighter, seeking expanded capabilities and better performance. The company developed several projects, including a variant powered by a Wright J67 engine,<a href="#cite_note-Demonp61-20">[19]</a> and variants powered by two <a href="/wiki/Wright_J65" title="Wright J65">Wright J65</a> engines, or two <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_J79" title="General Electric J79">General Electric J79</a> engines.<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_development-21">[20]</a> The J79-powered version promised a top speed of <a href="/wiki/Mach_number" title="Mach number">Mach</a> 1.97. On 19 September 1953, McDonnell approached the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> with a proposal for the "Super Demon". Uniquely, the aircraft was to be modular, as it could be fitted with one- or two-seat noses for different missions, with different nose cones to accommodate radar, photo cameras, four 20 mm (.79 in) cannon, or 56 <a href="/wiki/Folding-Fin_Aerial_Rocket" title="Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket">FFAR</a> unguided rockets in addition to the nine <a href="/wiki/Hardpoint" title="Hardpoint">hardpoints</a> under the wings and the fuselage. The Navy was sufficiently interested to order a full-scale mock-up of the F3H-G/H, but felt that the upcoming <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">Grumman XF9F-9</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">Vought XF8U-1</a> already satisfied the need for a supersonic fighter.<a href="#cite_note-22">[21]</a> The McDonnell design was therefore reworked into an all-weather fighter-bomber with 11 external hardpoints for weapons and on 18 October 1954, the company received a letter of intent for two YAH-1 prototypes. Then on 26 May 1955, four Navy officers arrived at the McDonnell offices and, within an hour, presented the company with an entirely new set of requirements. Because the Navy already had the <a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk" title="Douglas A-4 Skyhawk">Douglas A-4 Skyhawk</a> for ground attack and <a href="/wiki/F-8_Crusader" class="mw-redirect" title="F-8 Crusader">F-8 Crusader</a> for dogfighting, the project now had to fulfill the need for an all-weather fleet defense interceptor. A second crewman was added to operate the powerful radar;<a href="#cite_note-swan_navyp301-4">[4]</a> designers believed that air combat in the next war would overload solo pilots with information.<a href="#cite_note-joiner201503-23">[22]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="XF4H-1_prototype">XF4H-1 prototype</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: XF4H-1 prototype">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F4h-1_leadership.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/F4h-1_leadership.jpg/220px-F4h-1_leadership.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/F4h-1_leadership.jpg/330px-F4h-1_leadership.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/F4h-1_leadership.jpg/440px-F4h-1_leadership.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>Key figures in the F-4 development: <a href="/wiki/David_S._Lewis" title="David S. Lewis">David Lewis</a>, Robert Little, and <a href="/wiki/Herman_Barkey" title="Herman Barkey">Herman Barkey</a></figcaption></figure> The XF4H-1 was designed to carry four semi-recessed <a href="/wiki/AIM-7_Sparrow" title="AIM-7 Sparrow">AAM-N-6 Sparrow III</a> radar-guided missiles, and to be powered by two J79-GE-8 engines. As in the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">McDonnell F-101 Voodoo</a>, the engines sat low in the fuselage to maximize internal fuel capacity and ingested air through <a href="/wiki/Intake_ramp" title="Intake ramp">fixed geometry intakes</a>. The thin-section wing had a <a href="/wiki/Leading_edge" title="Leading edge">leading edge</a> sweep of 45° and was equipped with <a href="/wiki/Blown_flap" title="Blown flap">blown flaps</a> for better low-speed handling.<a href="#cite_note-quest_for_performance-24">[23]</a> <a href="/wiki/Wind_tunnel" title="Wind tunnel">Wind tunnel</a> testing had revealed lateral instability, requiring the addition of 5° <a href="/wiki/Dihedral_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dihedral (aircraft)">dihedral</a> to the wings.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_2002-25">[24]</a> To avoid redesigning the titanium central section of the aircraft, McDonnell engineers angled up only the outer portions of the wings by 12°, which averaged to the required 5° over the entire wingspan. The wings also received the distinctive "<a href="/wiki/Dogtooth_extension" class="mw-redirect" title="Dogtooth extension">dogtooth</a>" for improved control at high <a href="/wiki/Angle_of_attack" title="Angle of attack">angles of attack</a>. The all-moving tailplane was given 23° of <a href="/wiki/Dihedral_(aircraft)#Anhedral" class="mw-redirect" title="Dihedral (aircraft)">anhedral</a> to improve control at high angles of attack, while still keeping the tailplane clear of the engine exhaust.<a href="#cite_note-quest_for_performance-24">[23]</a> In addition, air intakes were equipped with one fixed ramp and one variable geometry ramp with angle scheduled to give maximum pressure recovery between Mach 1.4 and Mach 2.2. Airflow matching between the inlet and engine was achieved by bypassing the engine as secondary air into the exhaust nozzle. All-weather intercept capability was achieved with the <a href="/wiki/AN/APQ-50" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/APQ-50">AN/APQ-50</a> radar. To meet requirements for carrier operations, the landing gear was designed to withstand landings with a maximum sink rate of 23 ft/s (7 m/s), while the nose strut could extend by 20 in (51 cm) to increase angle of attack on the catapult portion of a takeoff.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_2002-25">[24]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McDonnell_F4H-1F_Phantom_II_aboard_USS_Independence_(CVA-62),_in_1960.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/McDonnell_F4H-1F_Phantom_II_aboard_USS_Independence_%28CVA-62%29%2C_in_1960.jpg/220px-McDonnell_F4H-1F_Phantom_II_aboard_USS_Independence_%28CVA-62%29%2C_in_1960.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/McDonnell_F4H-1F_Phantom_II_aboard_USS_Independence_%28CVA-62%29%2C_in_1960.jpg/330px-McDonnell_F4H-1F_Phantom_II_aboard_USS_Independence_%28CVA-62%29%2C_in_1960.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/McDonnell_F4H-1F_Phantom_II_aboard_USS_Independence_%28CVA-62%29%2C_in_1960.jpg/440px-McDonnell_F4H-1F_Phantom_II_aboard_USS_Independence_%28CVA-62%29%2C_in_1960.jpg 2x" data-file-width="956" data-file-height="393" /></a><figcaption>An F4H-1F aboard <a href="/wiki/USS_Independence_(CV-62)" title="USS Independence (CV-62)">Independence</a>, April 1960</figcaption></figure> On 25 July 1955, the Navy ordered two XF4H-1 test aircraft and five YF4H-1 pre-production examples. The Phantom made its maiden flight on 27 May 1958 with Robert C. Little at the controls. A hydraulic problem precluded the retraction of the landing gear, but subsequent flights went more smoothly. Early testing resulted in redesign of the air intakes, including the distinctive addition of 12,500 holes to "bleed off" the slow-moving <a href="/wiki/Boundary_layer" title="Boundary layer">boundary layer</a> air from the surface of each intake ramp. Series production aircraft also featured <a href="/wiki/Splitter_plate_(aeronautics)" title="Splitter plate (aeronautics)">splitter plates</a> to divert the boundary layer away from the engine intakes. The aircraft was soon in competition with the <a href="/wiki/XF8U-3_Crusader_III" class="mw-redirect" title="XF8U-3 Crusader III">XF8U-3 Crusader III</a>. Due to cockpit workload, the Navy wanted a two-seat aircraft and on 17 December 1958 the F4H was declared the winner. Delays with the J79-GE-8 engines meant that the first production aircraft were fitted with J79-GE-2 and −2A engines, each having 16,100 lbf (71.8 kN) of <a href="/wiki/Afterburner" title="Afterburner">afterburning</a> thrust. In 1959, the Phantom began carrier suitability trials with the first complete <a href="/wiki/Launch_and_recovery_cycle" title="Launch and recovery cycle">launch-recovery cycle</a> performed on 15 February 1960 from <a href="/wiki/USS_Independence_(CV-62)" title="USS Independence (CV-62)">Independence</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_2002-25">[24]</a> There were proposals to name the F4H "<a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">Satan</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Mithras" class="mw-redirect" title="Mithras">Mithras</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Donald_2002-25">[24]</a> In the end, the aircraft was given the less controversial name "Phantom II", the first "Phantom" being another McDonnell jet fighter, the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_FH_Phantom" title="McDonnell FH Phantom">FH-1 Phantom</a>. The Phantom II was briefly given the designation F-110A and named "Spectre" by the USAF<a href="#cite_note-26">[25]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Tri-Service aircraft designation system">Tri-Service aircraft designation system</a>, F-4, was adopted in September 1962. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Production">Production</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Production">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4B_VF-74_taking_off_1961.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/F-4B_VF-74_taking_off_1961.jpg/220px-F-4B_VF-74_taking_off_1961.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/F-4B_VF-74_taking_off_1961.jpg/330px-F-4B_VF-74_taking_off_1961.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/F-4B_VF-74_taking_off_1961.jpg/440px-F-4B_VF-74_taking_off_1961.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1883" data-file-height="1322" /></a><figcaption>In 1961, VF-74 became the first operational U.S. Navy Phantom squadron</figcaption></figure> Early in production, the radar was upgraded to the Westinghouse <a href="/wiki/AN/APQ-120#AN/APQ-72" title="AN/APQ-120">AN/APQ-72</a>, an <a href="/wiki/AN/APQ-120#AN/APQ-50" title="AN/APQ-120">AN/APQ-50</a> with a larger radar antenna, necessitating the bulbous nose, and the canopy was reworked to improve visibility and make the rear cockpit less <a href="/wiki/Claustrophobia" title="Claustrophobia">claustrophobic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-27">[26]</a> During its career the Phantom underwent many changes in the form of numerous variants developed. The USN operated the F4H-1 (re-designated F-4A in 1962) with J79-GE-2 and -2A engines of 16,100 lbf (71.62 kN) thrust and later builds receiving -8 engines. A total of 45 F-4As were built; none saw combat, and most ended up as test or training aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-Edenp278-28">[27]</a> The USN and USMC received the first definitive Phantom, the F-4B which was equipped with the Westinghouse APQ-72 radar (pulse only), a <a href="/wiki/Texas_Instruments" title="Texas Instruments">Texas Instruments</a> AAA-4 <a href="/wiki/Infrared_search_and_track" title="Infrared search and track">Infrared search and track</a> pod under the nose, an AN/AJB-3 bombing system and powered by J79-GE-8,-8A and -8B engines of 10,900 lbf (48.5 kN) dry and 16,950 lbf (75.4 kN) afterburner (reheat) with the first flight on 25 March 1961. 649 F-4Bs were built with deliveries beginning in 1961 and <a href="/wiki/VF-121" title="VF-121">VF-121</a> Pacemakers receiving the first examples at <a href="/wiki/NAS_Miramar" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Miramar">NAS Miramar</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Edenp278-28">[27]</a> The USAF received Phantoms as the result of Defense Secretary <a href="/wiki/Robert_McNamara" title="Robert McNamara">Robert McNamara</a>'s push to create a unified fighter for all branches of the US military. After an F-4B won the "Operation Highspeed" fly-off against the <a href="/wiki/Convair_F-106_Delta_Dart" title="Convair F-106 Delta Dart">Convair F-106 Delta Dart</a>, the USAF borrowed two Naval F-4Bs, temporarily designating them F-110A in January 1962, and developed requirements for their own version. Unlike the US Navy's focus on air-to-air interception in the Fleet Air Defense (FAD) mission, the USAF emphasized both an air-to-air and an air-to-ground fighter-bomber role. With McNamara's <a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system" title="1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system">unification of designations</a> on 18 September 1962, the Phantom became the F-4 with the naval version designated F-4B and USAF F-4C. The first Air Force Phantom flew on 27 May 1963, exceeding Mach 2 on its maiden flight.<a href="#cite_note-knaackp266-29">[28]</a> The F-4J improved both air-to-air and ground-attack capability; deliveries begun in 1966 and ended in 1972 with 522 built.<a href="#cite_note-Gunstonp246-30">[29]</a> It was equipped with J79-GE-10 engines with 17,844 lbf (79.374 kN) thrust, the Westinghouse <a href="/wiki/AN/AWG-10" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/AWG-10">AN/AWG-10</a> Fire Control System (making the F-4J the first fighter in the world with operational <a href="/wiki/Look-down/shoot-down" title="Look-down/shoot-down">look-down/shoot-down</a> capability),<a href="#cite_note-31">[30]</a> a new integrated missile control system and the AN/AJB-7 bombing system for expanded ground attack capability.<a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a> The F-4N (updated F-4Bs) with smokeless engines and F-4J aerodynamic improvements started in 1972 under a U.S. Navy-initiated refurbishment program called "Project Bee Line"<a href="#cite_note-33">[32]</a> with 228 converted by 1978. The F-4S model resulted from the refurbishment of 265 F-4Js with J79-GE-17 smokeless engines of 17,900 lbf (79.379 kN), AWG-10B radar with digitized circuitry for improved performance and reliability, Honeywell AN/AVG-8 Visual Target Acquisition Set or VTAS (world's first operational Helmet Sighting System), classified avionics improvements, airframe reinforcement and leading edge slats for enhanced maneuvering.<a href="#cite_note-Gunstonp233-34">[33]</a> The USMC also operated the RF-4B with reconnaissance cameras with 46 built;<a href="#cite_note-Dorrp39-35">[34]</a> the RF-4B flew alone and unarmed, with a requirement to fly straight and level at 5,000 feet while taking photographs. They relied on the shortcomings of the anti-aircraft defenses to survive as they were unable to make evasive maneuvers.<a href="#cite_note-joiner201503-23">[22]</a> Phantom II production ended in the United States in 1979 after 5,195 had been built (5,057 by McDonnell Douglas and 138 in Japan by Mitsubishi). Of these, 2,874 went to the USAF, 1,264 to the Navy and Marine Corps, and the rest to foreign customers.<a href="#cite_note-Phab40th-7">[6]</a> The last U.S.-built F-4 went to South Korea, while the last F-4 built was an F-4EJ built by <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries" title="Mitsubishi Heavy Industries">Mitsubishi Heavy Industries</a> in Japan and delivered on 20 May 1981.<a href="#cite_note-36">[35]</a> As of 2008, 631 Phantoms were in service worldwide,<a href="#cite_note-Flight_2008-37">[36]</a> while the Phantoms were in use as a target drone (specifically QF-4Cs) operated by the U.S. military until 21 December 2016, when the Air Force officially ended use of the type.<a href="#cite_note-38">[37]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_records">World records</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: World records">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A3D-2_refueling_F4H-1F_during_Project_LANA_1961.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/A3D-2_refueling_F4H-1F_during_Project_LANA_1961.jpeg/220px-A3D-2_refueling_F4H-1F_during_Project_LANA_1961.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/A3D-2_refueling_F4H-1F_during_Project_LANA_1961.jpeg/330px-A3D-2_refueling_F4H-1F_during_Project_LANA_1961.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/A3D-2_refueling_F4H-1F_during_Project_LANA_1961.jpeg/440px-A3D-2_refueling_F4H-1F_during_Project_LANA_1961.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2107" data-file-height="1540" /></a><figcaption>Transcontinental "Operation LANA" in 1961</figcaption></figure> To show off their new fighter, the Navy led a series of record-breaking flights early in Phantom development:<a href="#cite_note-Phab40th-7">[6]</a> All in all, the Phantom set 16 world records. Five of the speed records remained unbeaten until the F-15 Eagle appeared in 1975.<a href="#cite_note-boeing_phirsts-10">[9]</a> <ul><li>Operation Top Flight: On 6 December 1959, the second XF4H-1 performed a <a href="/wiki/Zoom_climb" title="Zoom climb">zoom climb</a> to a world record 98,557 ft (30,040 m).<a href="#cite_note-boeing_record-11">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-this_day_in_aviation-39">[38]</a> Commander Lawrence E. Flint Jr., USN accelerated his aircraft to Mach 2.5 (2,660 km/h; 1,650 mph) at 47,000 ft (14,330 m) and climbed to 90,000 ft (27,430 m) at a 45° angle. He then shut down the engines and glided to the peak altitude. As the aircraft fell through 70,000 ft (21,300 m), Flint restarted the engines and resumed normal flight.<a href="#cite_note-40">[39]</a></li> <li>On 5 September 1960, an F4H-1 averaged 1,216.78 mph (1,958.16 km/h) over a 500 km (311 mi) closed-circuit course.<a href="#cite_note-boeing_record-11">[10]</a></li> <li>On 25 September 1960, an F4H-1F averaged 1,390.24 mph (2,237.37 km/h) over a 100 km (62.1 mi) closed-circuit course.<a href="#cite_note-boeing_record-11">[10]</a> FAIRecord File Number 8898.</li> <li>Operation LANA: To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Naval aviation (L is the <a href="/wiki/Roman_numeral" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman numeral">Roman numeral</a> for 50 and ANA stood for Anniversary of Naval Aviation) on 24 May 1961, Phantoms flew across the continental United States in under three hours and included several tanker refuelings. The fastest of the aircraft averaged 869.74 mph (1,400.28 km/h) and completed the trip in 2 hours 47 minutes, earning the pilot (and future NASA Astronaut), Lieutenant<a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a> <a href="/wiki/Richard_F._Gordon_Jr." title="Richard F. Gordon Jr.">Richard Gordon</a>, USN and RIO, Lieutenant Bobbie Young, USN, the 1961 <a href="/wiki/Bendix_trophy" class="mw-redirect" title="Bendix trophy">Bendix trophy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-boeing_record-11">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-44">[43]</a></li> <li>Operation Sageburner: On 28 August 1961, a F4H-1F Phantom II averaged 1,452.777 kilometers per hour (902.714 miles per hour) over a 3 mi (4.82 km) course flying below 125 feet (38.1 m) at all times.<a href="#cite_note-boeing_record-11">[10]</a> Commander J.L. Felsman, USN was killed during the first attempt at this record on 18 May 1961 when his aircraft disintegrated in the air after pitch damper failure.<a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a></li> <li>Operation Skyburner: On 22 November 1961, a modified Phantom with <a href="/wiki/Water_injection_(engines)" class="mw-redirect" title="Water injection (engines)">water injection</a>, piloted by Lt. Col. Robert B. Robinson, set an absolute world record average speed over a 20-mile (32.2 km) long 2-way straight course of 1,606.342 mph (2,585.086 km/h).<a href="#cite_note-boeing_record-11">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[47]</a></li> <li>On 5 December 1961, another Phantom set a sustained altitude record of 66,443.8 feet (20,252 m).<a href="#cite_note-boeing_record-11">[10]</a></li> <li>Project High Jump: A series of time-to-altitude records was set in early 1962: 34.523 seconds to 3,000 m (9,840 ft), 48.787 seconds to 6,000 m (19,700 ft), 61.629 seconds to 9,000 m (29,500 ft), 77.156 seconds to 12,000 m (39,400 ft), 114.548 seconds to 15,000 m (49,200 ft), 178.5 s to 20,000 m (65,600 ft), 230.44 s to 25,000 m (82,000 ft), and 371.43 s to 30,000 m (98,400 ft).<a href="#cite_note-49">[48]</a> All High Jump records were set by F4H-1 production number 108 (Bureau Number 148423).<a href="#cite_note-50">[49]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-52">[51]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[52]</a> Two of the records were set by future distinguished NASA astronaut LCdr <a href="/wiki/John_W._Young_(astronaut)" class="mw-redirect" title="John W. Young (astronaut)">John Young</a>.<a href="#cite_note-54">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[54]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Design">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview">Overview</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Overview">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cabinacaza.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Cabinacaza.JPG/170px-Cabinacaza.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Cabinacaza.JPG/255px-Cabinacaza.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Cabinacaza.JPG/340px-Cabinacaza.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1712" data-file-height="2288" /></a><figcaption>Cockpit of F-4 Phantom II</figcaption></figure> The F-4 Phantom is a <a href="/wiki/Tandem-seat" class="mw-redirect" title="Tandem-seat">tandem-seat</a> fighter-bomber designed as a carrier-based <a href="/wiki/Interceptor_aircraft" title="Interceptor aircraft">interceptor</a> to fill the U.S. Navy's fleet defense fighter role. Innovations in the F-4 included use of <a href="/wiki/Pulse-doppler_radar" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulse-doppler radar">pulse-doppler radar</a> (only on late variants such as the F-4F) and extensive use of <a href="/wiki/Titanium" title="Titanium">titanium</a> in its airframe.<a href="#cite_note-56">[55]</a> Despite imposing dimensions and a <a href="/wiki/Maximum_takeoff_weight" title="Maximum takeoff weight">maximum takeoff weight</a> of over 60,000 lb (27,000 kg),<a href="#cite_note-donald_worldp268-57">[56]</a> the F-4 has a top speed of Mach 2.23 and an initial climb rate of over 41,000 ft/min (210 m/s).<a href="#cite_note-USAF_Fighters_p198-58">[57]</a> The F-4's nine external hardpoints have a capability of up to 18,650 pounds (8,480 kg) of weapons, including air-to-air and <a href="/wiki/Air-to-surface_missile" title="Air-to-surface missile">air-to-surface missiles</a>, and unguided, guided, and <a href="/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon" title="Thermonuclear weapon">thermonuclear weapons</a>.<a href="#cite_note-F4D_factsheet-59">[58]</a> Like other interceptors of its day, the F-4 was designed without an internal cannon.<a href="#cite_note-60">[59]</a> The baseline performance of a Mach 2-class fighter with long range and a bomber-sized payload would be the template for the next generation of large and light/middle-weight fighters optimized for daylight air combat.<a href="#cite_note-61">[60]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flight_characteristics">Flight characteristics</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Flight characteristics">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="https://panoviewer.toolforge.org/#Eesti_Lennundusmuuseum._H%C3%A4vitaja_F-4C_Phantom_II_kabiin.jpg"><img resource="/wiki/File:Eesti_Lennundusmuuseum._H%C3%A4vitaja_F-4C_Phantom_II_kabiin.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Eesti_Lennundusmuuseum._H%C3%A4vitaja_F-4C_Phantom_II_kabiin.jpg/310px-Eesti_Lennundusmuuseum._H%C3%A4vitaja_F-4C_Phantom_II_kabiin.jpg" decoding="async" width="310" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Eesti_Lennundusmuuseum._H%C3%A4vitaja_F-4C_Phantom_II_kabiin.jpg/465px-Eesti_Lennundusmuuseum._H%C3%A4vitaja_F-4C_Phantom_II_kabiin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Eesti_Lennundusmuuseum._H%C3%A4vitaja_F-4C_Phantom_II_kabiin.jpg/620px-Eesti_Lennundusmuuseum._H%C3%A4vitaja_F-4C_Phantom_II_kabiin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="16996" data-file-height="8498" /></a><figcaption>Cockpit of an F-4 Phantom II at the <a href="/wiki/Estonian_Aviation_Museum" title="Estonian Aviation Museum">Estonian Aviation Museum</a> (<a class="external text" href="https://panoviewer.toolforge.org/#Eesti_Lennundusmuuseum._H%C3%A4vitaja_F-4C_Phantom_II_kabiin.jpg">view as a 360° interactive panorama</a>)</figcaption></figure> "Speed is life" was F-4 pilots' slogan, as the Phantom's greatest advantage in air combat was acceleration<a href="#cite_note-joiner201503-23">[22]</a> and thrust, which permitted a skilled pilot to engage and disengage from the fight at will. MiGs usually could outturn the F-4 because of the high <a href="/wiki/Drag_(physics)" title="Drag (physics)">drag</a> on the Phantom's airframe;<a href="#cite_note-vectorsite_2.3-62">[61]</a> as a massive fighter aircraft designed to fire radar-guided missiles from <a href="/wiki/Beyond-visual-range_missile" title="Beyond-visual-range missile">beyond visual range</a>, the F-4 lacked the agility of its Soviet opponents and was subject to <a href="/wiki/Adverse_yaw" title="Adverse yaw">adverse yaw</a> during hard maneuvering. Although the F-4 was subject to irrecoverable spins during aileron rolls, pilots reported the aircraft to be very responsive and easy to fly on the edge of its <a href="/wiki/Performance_envelope" class="mw-redirect" title="Performance envelope">performance envelope</a>. In 1972, the F-4E model was upgraded with <a href="/wiki/Leading_edge_slats" class="mw-redirect" title="Leading edge slats">leading edge slats</a> on the wing, greatly improving high angle of attack maneuverability at the expense of top speed.<a href="#cite_note-Higham_1978-63">[62]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Phantom_F-4_3716.ogv/220px--Phantom_F-4_3716.ogv.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="176" data-durationhint="103" data-mwtitle="Phantom_F-4_3716.ogv" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Phantom_F-4_3716.ogv"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/Phantom_F-4_3716.ogv" type="video/ogg; codecs="theora, vorbis"" data-width="360" data-height="288" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/Phantom_F-4_3716.ogv/Phantom_F-4_3716.ogv.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="360" data-height="288" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/Phantom_F-4_3716.ogv/Phantom_F-4_3716.ogv.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="180" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cf/Phantom_F-4_3716.ogv/Phantom_F-4_3716.ogv.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="300" data-height="240" /></video><figcaption>F-4 Phantom II flight demonstration video</figcaption></figure> The J79 had a reduced time lag between the pilot advancing the throttle, from idle to maximum thrust, and the engine producing maximum thrust compared to earlier engines. While landing on <a href="/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)" title="USS Midway (CV-41)">USS Midway (CV-41)</a> John Chesire's <a href="/wiki/Tailhook" title="Tailhook">tailhook</a> missed the <a href="/wiki/Arresting_gear" title="Arresting gear">arresting gear</a> as he (mistakenly) reduced thrust to idle. He then slammed the throttle to full afterburner, the engine's response time being enough to return to full thrust quickly, and he was able get the Phantom airborne again successfully (<a href="/wiki/Bolter_(aeronautics)" title="Bolter (aeronautics)">bolter</a>).<a href="#cite_note-joiner201503-23">[22]</a> The J79 produced noticeable amounts of black smoke (at mid-throttle/cruise settings), a severe disadvantage in that it made it easier for the enemy to spot the aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-64">[63]</a> Two decades after the aircraft entered service<a href="#cite_note-joiner201503-23">[22]</a> this was solved on the F-4S, which was fitted with the −10A engine variant with a smokeless <a href="/wiki/Combustor" title="Combustor">combustor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[64]</a> The lack of an internal gun "was the biggest mistake on the F-4", Chesire said; "Bullets are cheap and tend to go where you aim them. I needed a gun, and I really wished I had one." Marine Corps General <a href="/wiki/John_R._Dailey" title="John R. Dailey">John R. Dailey</a> recalled that "everyone in RF-4s wished they had a gun on the aircraft."<a href="#cite_note-joiner201503-23">[22]</a> For a brief period, doctrine held that turning combat would be impossible at supersonic speeds and little effort was made to teach pilots <a href="/wiki/Air_combat_maneuvering" class="mw-redirect" title="Air combat maneuvering">air combat maneuvering</a>. In reality, engagements quickly became subsonic, as pilots would slow down in an effort to get behind their adversaries. Furthermore, the relatively new heat-seeking and radar-guided missiles at the time were frequently reported as unreliable and pilots had to fire multiple missiles just to hit one enemy fighter. To compound the problem, <a href="/wiki/Rules_of_engagement" title="Rules of engagement">rules of engagement</a> in Vietnam precluded long-range missile attacks in most instances, as visual identification was normally required. Many pilots found themselves on the tail of an enemy aircraft, but too close to fire short-range Falcons or Sidewinders. Although by 1965 USAF F-4Cs began carrying <a href="/wiki/SUU-16" class="mw-redirect" title="SUU-16">SUU-16</a> external gunpods containing a 20 mm (.79 in) <a href="/wiki/M61_Vulcan" title="M61 Vulcan">M61A1 Vulcan</a> Gatling cannon, USAF cockpits were not equipped with lead-computing gunsights until the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/SUU-23" class="mw-redirect" title="SUU-23">SUU-23</a>, virtually assuring a miss in a maneuvering fight. Some Marine Corps aircraft carried two pods for strafing. In addition to the loss of performance due to drag, combat showed the externally mounted cannon to be inaccurate unless frequently <a href="/wiki/Boresight_(firearm)" title="Boresight (firearm)">boresighted</a>, yet far more cost-effective than missiles. The lack of a cannon was finally addressed by adding an internally mounted 20 mm (.79 in) M61A1 Vulcan on the F-4E.<a href="#cite_note-Higham_1978-63">[62]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Costs">Costs</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Costs">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr> <th></th> <th>F-4C</th> <th>RF-4C</th> <th>F-4D</th> <th>F-4E </th></tr> <tr> <td>Unit <a href="/wiki/Research_and_development" title="Research and development">R&D</a> cost</td> <td>–</td> <td>61,200 (1965) by 1973 610,643 (current) by 1973</td> <td>–</td> <td>22,700 (1965) by 1973 226,497 (current) by 1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Airframe</td> <td>1,388,725 (1965) 13,856,455 (current)</td> <td>1,679,000 (1965) 16,752,768 (current)</td> <td>1,018,682 (1965) 10,164,230 (current)</td> <td>1,662,000 (1965) 16,583,145 (current) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Engines</td> <td>317,647 (1965) 3,169,426 (current)</td> <td>276,000 (1965) 2,753,880 (current)</td> <td>260,563 (1965) 2,599,852 (current)</td> <td>393,000 (1965) 3,921,285 (current) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Electronics</td> <td>52,287 (1965) 521,711 (current)</td> <td>293,000 (1965) 2,923,503 (current)</td> <td>262,101 (1965) 2,615,198 (current)</td> <td>299,000 (1965) 2,983,370 (current) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Armament</td> <td>139,706 (1965) 1,393,962 (current)</td> <td>73,000 (1965) 728,381 (current)</td> <td>133,430 (1965) 1,331,341 (current)</td> <td>111,000 (1965) 1,107,539 (current) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Ordnance</td> <td>–</td> <td>–</td> <td>6,817 (1965) 68,019 (current)</td> <td>8,000 (1965) 79,823 (current) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Flyaway cost</td> <td>1.9 million (1965) 19 million (current)</td> <td>2.3 million (1965) 22.9 million (current)</td> <td>1.7 million (1965) 17 million (current)</td> <td>2.4 million (1965) 23.9 million (current) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Modification costs</td> <td>116,289 (1965) by 1973 1,160,311 (current) by 1973</td> <td>55,217 (1965) by 1973 550,946 (2008) by 1973</td> <td>233,458 (1965) by 1973 2,329,403 (current) by 1973</td> <td>7,995 (1965) by 1973 79,773 (current) by 1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Cost per flying hour</td> <td>924 (1965) 9,220 (2008)</td> <td>867 (1965) 8,651 (current)</td> <td>896 (1965) 8,940 (current)</td> <td>867 (1965) 8,651 (current) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maintenance cost per flying hour</td> <td colspan="4" style="text-align:center;">545 (1965) 5,438 (current) </td></tr></tbody></table> Note: Original amounts were in 1965 U.S. dollars.<a href="#cite_note-knaack-66">[65]</a> The figures in these tables have been adjusted for inflation to the current year. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Operational history">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II_U.S._operators" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II U.S. operators">McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II U.S. operators</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Navy">United States Navy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: United States Navy">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4B_VF-111_dropping_bombs_on_Vietnam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/F-4B_VF-111_dropping_bombs_on_Vietnam.jpg/220px-F-4B_VF-111_dropping_bombs_on_Vietnam.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/F-4B_VF-111_dropping_bombs_on_Vietnam.jpg/330px-F-4B_VF-111_dropping_bombs_on_Vietnam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/F-4B_VF-111_dropping_bombs_on_Vietnam.jpg/440px-F-4B_VF-111_dropping_bombs_on_Vietnam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1924" data-file-height="1424" /></a><figcaption>A U.S. Navy F-4B from <a href="/wiki/VF-111_(1956-1995)" class="mw-redirect" title="VF-111 (1956-1995)">VF-111</a> dropping bombs over Vietnam, 25 November 1971</figcaption></figure> On 30 December 1960, VF-121 Pacemakers at NAS Miramar became the first Phantom operator with its F4H-1Fs (F-4As). The <a href="/wiki/VF-74" title="VF-74">VF-74</a> Be-devilers at <a href="/wiki/NAS_Oceana" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Oceana">NAS Oceana</a> became the first deployable Phantom squadron when it received its F4H-1s (F-4Bs) on 8 July 1961.<a href="#cite_note-Thorn260-67">[66]</a> The squadron completed carrier qualifications in October 1961 and Phantom's first full carrier deployment between August 1962 and March 1963 aboard <a href="/wiki/USS_Forrestal" title="USS Forrestal">Forrestal</a>.<a href="#cite_note-68">[67]</a> The second deployable <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fleet_Forces_Command" title="United States Fleet Forces Command">U.S. Atlantic Fleet</a> squadron to receive F-4Bs was the <a href="/wiki/VF-102" class="mw-redirect" title="VF-102">VF-102</a> Diamondbacks, who promptly took their new aircraft on the <a href="/wiki/Shakedown_(testing)" title="Shakedown (testing)">shakedown cruise</a> of <a href="/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)" title="USS Enterprise (CVN-65)">Enterprise</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[68]</a> The first deployable <a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">U.S. Pacific Fleet</a> squadron to receive the F-4B was the <a href="/wiki/VF-114" title="VF-114">VF-114</a> Aardvarks, which participated in the September 1962 cruise aboard <a href="/wiki/USS_Kitty_Hawk_(CV-63)" title="USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)">USS Kitty Hawk</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Thorn260-67">[66]</a> By the time of the <a href="/wiki/Tonkin_Gulf_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Tonkin Gulf incident">Tonkin Gulf incident</a>, 13 of 31 deployable navy squadrons were armed with the type. F-4Bs from <a href="/wiki/USS_Constellation_(CV-64)" title="USS Constellation (CV-64)">Constellation</a> made the first Phantom combat sortie of the Vietnam War on 5 August 1964, flying bomber escort in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Pierce_Arrow" title="Operation Pierce Arrow">Operation Pierce Arrow</a>.<a href="#cite_note-DorrNavyp126-70">[69]</a> Navy fighter pilots were unused to flying with a non-pilot RIO, but learned from air combat in Vietnam the benefits of the GiB "guy in back" or "voice in the luggage compartment" helping with the workload.<a href="#cite_note-joiner201503-23">[22]</a> The first Phantom air-to-air victory of the war took place on 9 April 1965 when an F-4B from <a href="/wiki/VF-96" title="VF-96">VF-96</a> Fighting Falcons piloted by Lieutenant (junior grade) Terence M. Murphy and his RIO, Ensign Ronald Fegan, shot down a Chinese MiG-17. The Phantom was then shot down, probably by an AIM-7 Sparrow from one of its wingmen.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_2002-25">[24]</a> There continues to be controversy over whether the Phantom was shot down by MiG guns or, as enemy reports later indicated, an AIM-7 Sparrow III from one of Murphy's and Fegan's wingmen.<a href="#cite_note-naval_guide-71">[70]</a> On 17 June 1965, an F-4B from <a href="/wiki/VF-21" title="VF-21">VF-21</a> Freelancers piloted by Commander Louis Page and Lieutenant John C. Smith shot down the first North Vietnamese MiG of the war.<a href="#cite_note-Dorrp44-72">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-PP-73">[72]</a> On 10 May 1972, Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Duke_Cunningham" title="Duke Cunningham">Randy "Duke" Cunningham</a> and Lieutenant (junior grade) <a href="/wiki/William_P._Driscoll" title="William P. Driscoll">William P. Driscoll</a> flying an F-4J, <a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">call sign</a> Showtime 100, shot down three MiG-17s to become the first American <a href="/wiki/Flying_ace" title="Flying ace">flying aces</a> of the war. Their fifth victory was believed at the time to be over a mysterious North Vietnamese ace, Colonel <a href="/wiki/Nguyen_Toon" class="mw-redirect" title="Nguyen Toon">Nguyen Toon</a>, now considered mythical. On the return flight, the Phantom was damaged by an enemy surface-to-air missile. To avoid being captured, Cunningham and Driscoll flew their burning aircraft using only the rudder and afterburner (the damage to the aircraft rendered conventional control nearly impossible), until they could eject over water.<a href="#cite_note-Dorrp188-189-13">[12]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blue_Angels_F-4J_Phantoms_formation_from_below_1969.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Blue_Angels_F-4J_Phantoms_formation_from_below_1969.jpg/220px-Blue_Angels_F-4J_Phantoms_formation_from_below_1969.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Blue_Angels_F-4J_Phantoms_formation_from_below_1969.jpg/330px-Blue_Angels_F-4J_Phantoms_formation_from_below_1969.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Blue_Angels_F-4J_Phantoms_formation_from_below_1969.jpg/440px-Blue_Angels_F-4J_Phantoms_formation_from_below_1969.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1066" data-file-height="685" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Blue_Angels" title="Blue Angels">Blue Angels</a> flew the F-4J, 1969–1974</figcaption></figure> During the war, U.S. Navy F-4 Phantom squadrons participated in 84 combat tours with F-4Bs, F-4Js, and F-4Ns. The Navy claimed 40 air-to-air victories at a cost of 73 Phantoms lost in combat (seven to enemy aircraft, 13 to SAMs and 53 to <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">AAA</a>). An additional 54 Phantoms were lost in mishaps.<a href="#cite_note-Grossnick-74">[73]</a> In 1984, all Navy F-4Ns were retired from Fleet service in deployable USN squadrons and by 1987 the last F-4Ss were retired from deployable USN squadrons. On 25 March 1986, an F-4S belonging to the <a href="/wiki/VF-151" class="mw-redirect" title="VF-151">VF-151</a> Vigilantes, became the last active duty U.S. Navy Phantom to launch from an aircraft carrier, in this case, Midway. On 18 October 1986, an F-4S from the <a href="/wiki/VF-202" title="VF-202">VF-202</a> Superheats, a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">Naval Reserve</a> fighter squadron, made the last-ever Phantom carrier landing while operating aboard <a href="/wiki/USS_America_(CV-66)" title="USS America (CV-66)">America</a>. In 1987, the last of the Naval Reserve-operated F-4S aircraft were replaced by F-14As. The last Phantoms in service with the Navy were QF-4N and QF-4S target drones operated by the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Missile_Test_Center" title="Pacific Missile Test Center">Naval Air Warfare Center</a> at <a href="/wiki/NAS_Point_Mugu" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Point Mugu">NAS Point Mugu</a>, California.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_2002-25">[24]</a> These were subsequently retired in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-75">[74]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Marine_Corps">United States Marine Corps</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: United States Marine Corps">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4B_VMFA-314_1968.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/F-4B_VMFA-314_1968.jpg/220px-F-4B_VMFA-314_1968.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/F-4B_VMFA-314_1968.jpg/330px-F-4B_VMFA-314_1968.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/F-4B_VMFA-314_1968.jpg/440px-F-4B_VMFA-314_1968.jpg 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="234" /></a><figcaption>A U.S. Marine F-4B with <a href="/wiki/VMFA-314" title="VMFA-314">VMFA-314</a>, flies over <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> in September 1968</figcaption></figure> The Marine Corps received its first F-4Bs in June 1962, with the Black Knights of <a href="/wiki/VMFA-314" title="VMFA-314">VMFA-314</a> at <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_El_Toro" title="Marine Corps Air Station El Toro">Marine Corps Air Station El Toro</a>, California becoming the first operational squadron. Marine Phantoms of <a href="/wiki/VMFA-323" title="VMFA-323">VMFA-323</a>, flying from <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>, provided air cover during <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Civil_War" title="Dominican Civil War">Operation Power Pack</a> for the evacuation of US citizens from the <a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a><a href="#cite_note-76">[75]</a> and assisted the <a href="/wiki/508th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="508th Infantry Regiment (United States)">508th Infantry Regiment</a> in taking and securing a position east of the Duarte bridge. Marine Phantoms from <a href="/wiki/VMFA-531" title="VMFA-531">VMFA-531</a> Grey Ghosts were assigned to <a href="/wiki/Da_Nang_Air_Base" title="Da Nang Air Base">Da Nang Air Base</a> on <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a>'s northeast coast on 10 May 1965 and were initially assigned to provide air defense for the USMC. They soon began close air support missions (CAS) and VMFA-314, <a href="/wiki/VMFA-232" title="VMFA-232">VMFA-232</a> Red Devils, <a href="/wiki/VMFA-323" title="VMFA-323">VMFA-323</a> Death Rattlers and <a href="/wiki/VMFA-542" title="VMFA-542">VMFA-542</a> Tigers soon arrived at the primitive airfield.<a href="#cite_note-Edenp276-77">[76]</a> Marine F-4 pilots claimed three enemy MiGs (two while on exchange duty with the USAF) at the cost of 75 aircraft lost in combat, mostly to ground fire, and four in accidents.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Marine Phantoms from <a href="/wiki/VMFA-323" title="VMFA-323">VMFA-323</a> and <a href="/wiki/VMFA-531" title="VMFA-531">VMFA-531</a> operating from the <a href="/wiki/USS_Coral_Sea_(CV-43)" title="USS Coral Sea (CV-43)">USS Coral Sea</a> participated in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Eagle_Claw" title="Operation Eagle Claw">Operation Eagle Claw</a>, the attempted rescue of <a href="/wiki/Iran_hostage_crisis" title="Iran hostage crisis">American hostages</a> from Iran, with orders to shoot down any Iranian aircraft. The Phantoms were painted with an orange stripe enclosed by two black stripes in order to distinguish the American F-4s from the Iranian F-4s.<a href="#cite_note-britannica-78">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a> The operation was called off in the early stages of execution. The <a href="/wiki/VMCJ-1" title="VMCJ-1">VMCJ-1</a> Golden Hawks (later <a href="/wiki/VMAQ-1" class="mw-redirect" title="VMAQ-1">VMAQ-1</a> and <a href="/wiki/VMAQ-4" title="VMAQ-4">VMAQ-4</a> which had the old RM tailcode) flew the first photo recon mission with an RF-4B variant on 3 November 1966 from Da Nang and remained there until 1970 with no RF-4B losses and only one aircraft damaged by anti-aircraft artillery (AAA) fire.<a href="#cite_note-Edenp277-80">[79]</a> <a href="/wiki/VMCJ-2" class="mw-redirect" title="VMCJ-2">VMCJ-2</a> and VMCJ-3 (now <a href="/wiki/VMAQ-3" title="VMAQ-3">VMAQ-3</a>) provided aircraft for VMCJ-1 in Da Nang and <a href="/wiki/VMFP-3" title="VMFP-3">VMFP-3</a> was formed in 1975 at <a href="/wiki/MCAS_El_Toro" class="mw-redirect" title="MCAS El Toro">MCAS El Toro</a>, CA consolidating all USMC RF-4Bs in one unit that became known as "The Eyes of the Corps." VMFP-3 disestablished in August 1990 after the <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Tactical_Airborne_Reconnaissance_System" title="Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System">Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System</a> was introduced for the <a href="/wiki/F/A-18_Hornet" class="mw-redirect" title="F/A-18 Hornet">F/A-18D Hornet</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Edenp278-28">[27]</a> The F-4 continued to equip fighter-attack squadrons in both active and reserve Marine Corps units throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and into the early 1990s. In the early 1980s, these squadrons began to transition to the F/A-18 Hornet, starting with the same squadron that introduced the F-4 to the Marine Corps, VMFA-314 at MCAS El Toro, California. On 18 January 1992, the last Marine Corps Phantom, an F-4S in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Reserve" title="United States Marine Corps Reserve">Marine Corps Reserve</a>, was retired by the Cowboys of <a href="/wiki/VMFA-112" title="VMFA-112">VMFA-112</a> at <a href="/wiki/NAS_Dallas" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Dallas">NAS Dallas</a>, Texas, after which the squadron was re-equipped with F/A-18 Hornets.<a href="#cite_note-81">[80]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="United_States_Air_Force">United States Air Force</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: United States Air Force">edit</a>]</div> <table class="wikitable floatright"> <caption>USAF F-4 Summary for Vietnam War action </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Aircraft </th> <th>Weapons/Tactics </th> <th>MiG-17 </th> <th>MiG-19 </th> <th>MiG-21 </th> <th>Total </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">F-4C </td> <td>AIM-7 Sparrow</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>AIM-9 Sidewinder</td> <td>12</td> <td>0</td> <td>10</td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 mm gunpod</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Maneuver_kill&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Maneuver kill (page does not exist)">Maneuvering tactics</a></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">F-4D</td> <td>AIM-4 Falcon</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>AIM-7 Sparrow</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>20</td> <td>26 </td></tr> <tr> <td>AIM-9 Sidewinder</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 mm gunpod</td> <td>4.5</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>6.5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maneuvering tactics</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">F-4E</td> <td>AIM-7 Sparrow</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>8</td> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <td>AIM-9 Sidewinder</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>AIM-9 and 20 mm gunpod</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 mm gunpod</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Maneuvering tactics</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Total</td> <td>33.5</td> <td>8</td> <td>66</td> <td>107.5 </td></tr></tbody></table> In USAF service, the F-4 was initially designated the F-110A<a href="#cite_note-F-110-82">[81]</a> prior to the introduction of the 1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system. The USAF quickly embraced the design and became the largest Phantom user. The first Phantoms that the USAF operated were F-4Bs loaned from the Navy, with 27 jets delivered to the 4453rd Combat Crew Training Wing at <a href="/wiki/MacDill_Air_Force_Base" title="MacDill Air Force Base">MacDill Air Force Base</a>, Florida, in November 1963. The first operational unit was the <a href="/wiki/12th_Flying_Training_Wing" title="12th Flying Training Wing">12th Tactical Fighter Wing</a>, who received the USAF's first F-4Cs in January 1964, achieving initial operational capability (IOC) in October 1964.<a href="#cite_note-JBF-4C-83">[82]</a> The first USAF Phantoms to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> were F-4Cs from the <a href="/wiki/45th_Fighter_Squadron" title="45th Fighter Squadron">45th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a>, who deployed to <a href="/wiki/Ubon_Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Base" title="Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base">Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base</a>, Thailand, in April 1965.<a href="#cite_note-JBF-4C-83">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a> Unlike the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, which flew the Phantom with a <a href="/wiki/Naval_Aviator" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Aviator">Naval Aviator</a> (pilot) in the front seat and a <a href="/wiki/Naval_flight_officer" title="Naval flight officer">naval flight officer</a> as a radar intercept officer (RIO) in the back seat, the USAF initially flew its Phantoms with a rated <a href="/wiki/USAF_aeronautical_rating" class="mw-redirect" title="USAF aeronautical rating">Air Force Pilot</a> in front and back seats. Pilots usually did not like flying in the back seat;<a href="#cite_note-joiner201503-23">[22]</a> while the GIB, or "guy in back", could fly and ostensibly land the aircraft, he had fewer flight instruments and a very restricted forward view. The Air Force later assigned a rated <a href="/wiki/Combat_Systems_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Combat Systems Officer">Air Force Navigator</a> qualified as a weapon/targeting systems officer (later designated as <a href="/wiki/Weapon_systems_officer" title="Weapon systems officer">weapon systems officer</a> or WSO) in the rear seat instead of another pilot.<a href="#cite_note-wetterhahn200901-86">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-joiner201503-23">[22]</a> On 10 July 1965, F-4Cs of the 45th TFS, 15th TFW,<a href="#cite_note-dorr_p38-87">[86]</a> scored the USAF's first victories against <a href="/wiki/North_Vietnam" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnamese</a> <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-17" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17">MiG-17s</a> using <a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">AIM-9 Sidewinder</a> air-to-air missiles.<a href="#cite_note-dorr_p48-49-88">[87]</a> On 26 April 1966, an F-4C from the <a href="/wiki/480th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="480th Tactical Fighter Squadron">480th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> scored the first aerial victory by a U.S. aircrew over a North Vietnamese <a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21">MiG-21 "Fishbed"</a>.<a href="#cite_note-dorr_p232-89">[88]</a> On 24 July 1965, another Phantom from the 45th Tactical Fighter Squadron became the first American aircraft to be downed by an enemy <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">SAM</a>, and on 5 October 1966 an <a href="/wiki/8th_Tactical_Fighter_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Tactical Fighter Wing">8th Tactical Fighter Wing</a> F-4C became the first U.S. jet lost to an air-to-air missile, fired by a MiG-21. On 2 January 1967, F-4Cs of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing, under the command of <a href="/wiki/Robin_Olds" title="Robin Olds">Robin Olds</a>, executed <a href="/wiki/Operation_Bolo" title="Operation Bolo">Operation Bolo</a>, a response to heavy losses sustained during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Rolling_Thunder" title="Operation Rolling Thunder">Operation Rolling Thunder</a>. Olds' and his flight flew out of Ubon in Thailand and simulated an F-105 strike force. In response, the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_People%27s_Air_Force" title="Vietnam People's Air Force">VPAF</a> sent up MiG-21s to shoot down the Phantoms. The ensuing battle resulted in the VPAF losing half of their MiG-21 fleet with no losses from the American side. Early aircraft suffered from leaks in wing fuel tanks that required re-sealing after each flight and 85 aircraft were found to have cracks in outer wing ribs and stringers.<a href="#cite_note-knaack-66">[65]</a> There were also problems with <a href="/wiki/Aileron" title="Aileron">aileron</a> control cylinders, electrical connectors, and engine compartment fires. Reconnaissance RF-4Cs made their debut in Vietnam on 30 October 1965, flying the hazardous post-strike reconnaissance missions. The USAF <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_Thunderbirds" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds">Thunderbirds</a> used the F-4E from the 1969 season until 1974.<a href="#cite_note-Lake_1992,_p._190-16">[15]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4Ds_435th_TFS_over_Vietnam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/F-4Ds_435th_TFS_over_Vietnam.jpg/220px-F-4Ds_435th_TFS_over_Vietnam.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/F-4Ds_435th_TFS_over_Vietnam.jpg/330px-F-4Ds_435th_TFS_over_Vietnam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/F-4Ds_435th_TFS_over_Vietnam.jpg/440px-F-4Ds_435th_TFS_over_Vietnam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1798" data-file-height="1357" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/435th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="435th Tactical Fighter Squadron">435th TFS</a> F-4Ds over Vietnam</figcaption></figure> Although the F-4C was essentially identical to the Navy/Marine Corps F-4B in-flight performance and carried the AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, USAF-tailored F-4Ds initially arrived in June 1967 equipped with <a href="/wiki/AIM-4_Falcon" title="AIM-4 Falcon">AIM-4 Falcons</a>. However, the Falcon, like its predecessors, was designed to shoot down heavy bombers flying straight and level. Its reliability proved no better than others and its complex firing sequence and limited seeker-head cooling time made it virtually useless in combat against agile fighters. The F-4Ds reverted to using Sidewinders under the "Rivet Haste" program in early 1968, and by 1972 the AIM-7E-2 "Dogfight Sparrow" had become the preferred missile for USAF pilots. Like other Vietnam War Phantoms, the F-4Ds were urgently fitted with <a href="/wiki/Radar_warning_receiver" title="Radar warning receiver">radar warning receivers</a> to detect the Soviet-built <a href="/wiki/S-75_Dvina" title="S-75 Dvina">S-75 Dvina</a> SAMs.<a href="#cite_note-Knaackp274-90">[89]</a> From the initial deployment of the F-4C to Southeast Asia, USAF Phantoms performed both air superiority and ground attack roles, supporting not only ground troops in South Vietnam, but also conducting bombing sorties in Laos and North Vietnam. As the <a href="/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief" title="Republic F-105 Thunderchief">F-105</a> force underwent severe attrition between 1965 and 1968, the bombing role of the F-4 proportionately increased until after November 1970 (when the last F-105D was withdrawn from combat) it became the primary USAF tactical ordnance delivery system. In October 1972 the first squadron of EF-4C <a href="/wiki/Wild_Weasel" title="Wild Weasel">Wild Weasel</a> aircraft deployed to Thailand on temporary duty.<a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a> The "E" prefix was later dropped and the aircraft was simply known as the F-4C Wild Weasel. <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Destroyed_US_RF-4C_Phantom_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Destroyed_US_RF-4C_Phantom_II.jpg/220px-Destroyed_US_RF-4C_Phantom_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Destroyed_US_RF-4C_Phantom_II.jpg/330px-Destroyed_US_RF-4C_Phantom_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Destroyed_US_RF-4C_Phantom_II.jpg/440px-Destroyed_US_RF-4C_Phantom_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1408" /></a><figcaption>USAF F-4 Phantom II destroyed on 18 February 1968, during the Viet Cong attack against <a href="/wiki/Tan_Son_Nhut_Air_Base" title="Tan Son Nhut Air Base">Tan Son Nhut</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Tet_Offensive" title="Tet Offensive">Tet Offensive</a></figcaption></figure> Sixteen squadrons of Phantoms were permanently deployed to Indochina between 1965 and 1973, and 17 others deployed on temporary combat assignments.<a href="#cite_note-Baugher036-92">[91]</a> Peak numbers of combat F-4s occurred in 1972, when 353 were based in Thailand.<a href="#cite_note-seaf4loss-93">[92]</a> A total of 445 Air Force Phantom fighter-bombers were lost, 370 in combat and 193 of those over North Vietnam (33 to MiGs, 30 to SAMs and 307 to AAA).<a href="#cite_note-seaf4loss-93">[92]</a> The RF-4C was operated by four squadrons,<a href="#cite_note-94">[93]</a> and of the 83 losses, 72 were in combat including 38 over North Vietnam (seven to SAMs and 65 to AAA).<a href="#cite_note-seaf4loss-93">[92]</a> By war's end, the U.S. Air Force had lost a total of 528 F-4 and RF-4C Phantoms. When combined with U.S. Navy and Marine Corps losses of 233 Phantoms, 761 F-4/RF-4 Phantoms were lost in the Vietnam War.<a href="#cite_note-95">[94]</a> On 28 August 1972, Captain <a href="/wiki/R._Stephen_Ritchie" class="mw-redirect" title="R. Stephen Ritchie">Steve Ritchie</a> became the first USAF ace of the war.<a href="#cite_note-dorrp200-201-12">[11]</a> On 9 September 1972, WSO Capt <a href="/wiki/Charles_B._DeBellevue" title="Charles B. DeBellevue">Charles B. DeBellevue</a> became the highest-scoring American ace of the war with six victories.<a href="#cite_note-dorrp200-201-12">[11]</a> and WSO Capt <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Feinstein" title="Jeffrey Feinstein">Jeffrey Feinstein</a> became the last USAF ace of the war on 13 October 1972.<a href="#cite_note-dorrp198-199-96">[95]</a> Upon return to the United States, DeBellevue and Feinstein were assigned to undergraduate pilot training (Feinstein was given a vision waiver) and requalified as USAF pilots in the F-4. USAF F-4C/D/E crews claimed 107.5 MiG kills in Southeast Asia (50 by Sparrow, 31 by Sidewinder, five by Falcon, 15.5 by gun, and six by other means).<a href="#cite_note-seaf4loss-93">[92]</a> On 31 January 1972, the <a href="/wiki/170th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="170th Tactical Fighter Squadron">170th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a>, 183d Tactical Fighter Group of the <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Air_National_Guard" title="Illinois Air National Guard">Illinois Air National Guard</a> became the first <a href="/wiki/Air_National_Guard" title="Air National Guard">Air National Guard</a> (ANG) unit to transition to Phantoms from <a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak" title="Republic F-84F Thunderstreak">Republic F-84F Thunderstreaks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-97">[96]</a> Phantoms would eventually equip numerous tactical fighter and tactical reconnaissance units in the USAF active, ANG, and <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Air Force Reserve</a> (AFRES).<a href="#cite_note-98">[97]</a> On 2 June 1972, a Phantom flying at supersonic speed shot down a <a href="/wiki/MiG-19" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG-19">MiG-19</a> over <a href="/wiki/Thud_Ridge" title="Thud Ridge">Thud Ridge</a> in Vietnam with its cannon. At a recorded speed of Mach 1.2, Major Phil Handley's shoot down was the first and only recorded gun kill while flying at supersonic speeds.<a href="#cite_note-REFONE-99">[98]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a> In early December 1989, USAF F-4s, from <a href="/wiki/Clark_Air_Base" title="Clark Air Base">Clark Air Base</a>, participated in Operation Classic Resolve,<a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a> President <a href="/wiki/George_H.W._Bush" class="mw-redirect" title="George H.W. Bush">Bush's</a> response to the <a href="/wiki/1989_Philippine_coup_attempt" title="1989 Philippine coup attempt">1989 Philippine coup attempt</a>. The F-4s were ordered to buzz the rebel planes at their base, fire at them if any tried to take off, and shoot them down if they did. The buzzing by the US F-4s soon caused the coup to collapse. On December 2, President Bush reported that on 1 December, US fighter aircraft from Clark Air Base assisted <a href="/wiki/Corazon_Aquino" title="Corazon Aquino">Aquino</a> repel a coup attempt.<a href="#cite_note-102">[101]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4Gs_over_Bahrain_during_Desert_Shield.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/F-4Gs_over_Bahrain_during_Desert_Shield.JPEG/220px-F-4Gs_over_Bahrain_during_Desert_Shield.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/F-4Gs_over_Bahrain_during_Desert_Shield.JPEG/330px-F-4Gs_over_Bahrain_during_Desert_Shield.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/F-4Gs_over_Bahrain_during_Desert_Shield.JPEG/440px-F-4Gs_over_Bahrain_during_Desert_Shield.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2840" data-file-height="1870" /></a><figcaption>F-4Gs over Bahrain during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Shield" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Shield">Operation Desert Shield</a></figcaption></figure> On 15 August 1990, 24 F-4G Wild Weasel Vs and six RF-4Cs were deployed to <a href="/wiki/Isa_Air_Base" title="Isa Air Base">Isa Air Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Operation Desert Storm</a>. The F-4G was the only aircraft in the USAF inventory equipped for the <a href="/wiki/Suppression_of_Enemy_Air_Defenses" title="Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses">Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses</a> (SEAD) role, and was needed to protect coalition aircraft from Iraq's extensive air defense system. The RF-4C was the only aircraft equipped with the ultra-long-range KS-127 LOROP (long-range oblique photography) camera and was used for a variety of reconnaissance missions. In spite of flying almost daily missions, only one RF-4C was lost in a fatal accident before the start of hostilities. One F-4G was lost when enemy fire damaged the fuel tanks and the aircraft ran out of fuel near a friendly airbase. The last USAF Phantoms, F-4G Wild Weasel Vs from <a href="/wiki/561st_Fighter_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="561st Fighter Squadron">561st Fighter Squadron</a>, were retired on 26 March 1996. The last operational flight of the F-4G Wild Weasel was from the <a href="/wiki/190th_Fighter_Squadron" title="190th Fighter Squadron">190th Fighter Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Idaho_Air_National_Guard" title="Idaho Air National Guard">Idaho Air National Guard</a>, in April 1996.<a href="#cite_note-boeing_retire-103">[102]</a> The last operational USAF/ANG F-4 to land was flown by Maj Mike Webb and Maj Gary Leeder of the Idaho ANG.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Target_drone">Target drone</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Target drone">edit</a>]</div> Like the Navy, the Air Force also operated QF-4 target drones, serving with the <a href="/wiki/82d_Aerial_Targets_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="82d Aerial Targets Squadron">82d Aerial Targets Squadron</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tyndall_Air_Force_Base" title="Tyndall Air Force Base">Tyndall Air Force Base</a>, Florida, and <a href="/wiki/Holloman_Air_Force_Base" title="Holloman Air Force Base">Holloman Air Force Base</a>, New Mexico.<a href="#cite_note-104">[103]</a> Replacing the QF-106, the QF-4 program achieved IOC in 1997,<a href="#cite_note-105">[104]</a> with the last QF-106 being shot down on 20 February 1997.<a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a> It was expected that the F-4 would remain in the target role with the 82d ATRS until at least 2015, when they would be replaced by early versions of the <a href="/wiki/F-16_Fighting_Falcon" class="mw-redirect" title="F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16 Fighting Falcon</a> converted to a QF-16 configuration.<a href="#cite_note-Carrarap48-107">[106]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:QF-4E_GulfofMexico_1998.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/QF-4E_GulfofMexico_1998.jpeg/220px-QF-4E_GulfofMexico_1998.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/QF-4E_GulfofMexico_1998.jpeg/330px-QF-4E_GulfofMexico_1998.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/QF-4E_GulfofMexico_1998.jpeg/440px-QF-4E_GulfofMexico_1998.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>QF-4E flying over the Gulf of Mexico, 1998</figcaption></figure> On 19 November 2013, BAE Systems delivered its 314th, and last, QF-4 aerial target to the Air Force.<a href="#cite_note-lastqf-4-108">[107]</a> The example, RF-4C 68-0599, had been in storage for over 20 years before being converted.<a href="#cite_note-109">[108]</a> Over 16 years, BAE had converted 314 F-4 and RF-4 Phantom IIs into QF-4s and QRF-4s, with each aircraft taking six months to adapt.<a href="#cite_note-lastqf-4-108">[107]</a> By December 2013, QF-4 and QRF-4 aircraft had flown over 16,000 manned and 600 unmanned training sorties, with 250 unmanned aircraft being shot down in firing exercises.<a href="#cite_note-lastqf-4-108">[107]</a> The remaining QF-4s and QRF-4s held their training role until the first of 126 QF-16s were delivered by Boeing.<a href="#cite_note-lastqf-4-108">[107]</a> The first QF-16 was delivered to Tyndall AFB in September 2014, achieving IOC on 23 September 2015.<a href="#cite_note-endofalegend-110">[109]</a> The final flight of an Air Force QF-4 from Tyndall AFB took place on 27 May 2015 to Holloman AFB.<a href="#cite_note-111">[110]</a> After Tyndall AFB ceased operations, the <a href="/wiki/53d_Weapons_Evaluation_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="53d Weapons Evaluation Group">53d Weapons Evaluation Group</a> at Holloman became the fleet of 22 QF-4s' last remaining operator. The base continued using them to fly manned test and unmanned live fire test support and <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Military_Sales" title="Foreign Military Sales">Foreign Military Sales</a> testing.<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a> The final unmanned flight took place on 17 August 2016, with QF-4E 72-0166 being fired upon by a <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II</a> before returning safely back to Holloman AFB.<a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> The type was officially retired from US military service with a four–ship flight at Holloman during an event on 21 December 2016.<a href="#cite_note-114">[113]</a> The last 13 QF-4s were stripped of their systems after 1 January 2017 and transferred to the <a href="/wiki/White_Sands_Missile_Range" title="White Sands Missile Range">White Sands Missile Range</a> to be used as static targets.<a href="#cite_note-endofalegend-110">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> During its career as a target drone, several QF-4s retained the capability to be flown as a manned aircraft and were maintained in historical color schemes, being displayed as part of Air Combat Command's Heritage Flight at air shows, base open houses, and other events while serving as non-expendable target aircraft during the week.<a href="#cite_note-Phanwest_p38-9-116">[115]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aerial_combat_in_the_Vietnam_War">Aerial combat in the Vietnam War</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Aerial combat in the Vietnam War">edit</a>]</div> The USAF and the US Navy had high expectations of the F-4 Phantom, assuming that the massive firepower, the best available on-board radar, the highest speed and acceleration properties, coupled with new tactics, would provide Phantoms with an advantage over the MiGs. However, in confrontations with the lighter MiG-21, F-4s did not always succeed and began to suffer losses.<a href="#cite_note-117">[116]</a> Over the course of the air war in Vietnam, between 3 April 1965 and 8 January 1973, each side would ultimately claim favorable kill ratios.<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> During the war, U.S. Navy F-4 Phantoms claimed 40 air-to-air victories at a loss of seven Phantoms to enemy aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-Grossnick-74">[73]</a> USMC F-4 pilots claimed three enemy MiGs at the cost of one aircraft in air-combat. USAF F-4 Phantom crews scored <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>107+1⁄2 MiG kills (including <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">33+1⁄2 MiG-17s, eight MiG-19s and 66 MiG-21s) at a cost of 33 Phantoms in air-combat.<a href="#cite_note-seaf4loss-93">[92]</a> F-4 pilots were credited with a total of <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">150+1⁄2 MiG kills at a cost of 42 Phantoms in air-combat. According to the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_People%27s_Air_Force" title="Vietnam People's Air Force">Vietnam People's Air Force</a> (VPAF), 103 F-4 Phantoms were shot down by MiG-21s at a cost of 54 MiG-21s downed by F-4s.<a href="#cite_note-119">[118]</a> During the war, the VPAF lost 131 MiGs in air combat (63 MiG-17s, eight MiG-19s and 60 MiG-21s) of which one half were by F-4s.<a href="#cite_note-120">[119]</a> From 1966 to November 1968, in 46 air battles conducted over North Vietnam between F-4s and MiG-21s, VPAF claimed 27 F-4s were shot down by MiG-21s at a cost of 20 MiG-21s<a href="#cite_note-survin-121">[120]</a> In 1970, one F-4 Phantom was shot down by a MiG-21.<a href="#cite_note-auto-122">[121]</a> The struggle culminated on 10 May 1972, with VPAF aircraft completing 64 sorties, resulting in 15 air battles. The VPAF claimed seven F-4s were shot down, while U.S. confirmed five F-4s were lost.<a href="#cite_note-auto-122">[121]</a> The Phantoms, in turn, managed to destroy two MiG-21s, three MiG-17s, and one MiG-19.<a href="#cite_note-survin-121">[120]</a> On 11 May, two MiG-21s, which played the role of "bait", brought the four F-4s to two MiG-21s circling at low altitude. The MiGs quickly engaged and shot down two F-4s. On 18 May, Vietnamese aircraft made 26 sorties in eight air engagements, which cost 4 F-4 Phantoms; Vietnamese fighters on that day did not suffer losses.<a href="#cite_note-survin-121">[120]</a> On 5 August 1967, the USS Forrestal was stationed off the Indochina coast to carry out strikes against North Vietnam. An electrical fault caused a <a href="/wiki/Zuni_(rocket)" title="Zuni (rocket)">Zuni rocket</a> to be fired from an F-4. The rocket struck the fuel tank of an <a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk" title="Douglas A-4 Skyhawk">A-4 Skyhawk</a> attack aircraft, starting a fire which quickly spread to other airplanes, setting off several bombs. The fire and explosions killed 134 men and seriously wounded 161 more in what became known as the <a href="/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire" title="1967 USS Forrestal fire">1967 USS Forrestal fire</a>.<a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-124">[123]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-U.S._users">Non-U.S. users</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Non-U.S. users">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II_non-U.S._operators" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II non-U.S. operators">McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II non-U.S. operators</a></div> The Phantom has served with the air forces of many countries, including <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force" title="Egyptian Air Force">Egypt</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_Air_Force" title="German Air Force">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawker-Siddeley/McDonnell-Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawker-Siddeley/McDonnell-Douglas F-4 Phantom II">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force" title="Hellenic Air Force">Greece</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Iran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Air Self-Defense Force">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Air_and_Space_Force" title="Spanish Air and Space Force">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Air_Force" title="Republic of Korea Air Force">South Korea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkey</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Australia">Australia</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Australia">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II_in_Australian_service" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in Australian service">McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in Australian service</a></div> The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) leased 24 USAF F-4Es from 1970 to 1973 while waiting for their order for the <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111C" title="General Dynamics F-111C">General Dynamics F-111C</a> to be delivered. They were so well-liked that the RAAF considered retaining the aircraft after the F-111Cs were delivered.<a href="#cite_note-Lake_p.209-125">[124]</a> They were operated from <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Amberley" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Amberley">RAAF Amberley</a> by <a href="/wiki/No._1_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Squadron RAAF">No. 1 Squadron</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 6 Squadron RAAF">No. 6 Squadron</a>.<a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Egypt">Egypt</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Egypt">edit</a>]</div> In 1979, the Egyptian Air Force purchased 35 former USAF F-4Es along with a number of Sparrow, Sidewinder and Maverick missiles from the U.S. for $594 million as part of the "Peace Pharaoh" program.<a href="#cite_note-Frickerp59-127">[126]</a> An additional seven surplus USAF aircraft were purchased in 1988.<a href="#cite_note-Frickerp60-128">[127]</a> Three attrition replacements had been received by the end of the 1990s.<a href="#cite_note-Lake_p.209-125">[124]</a> Egyptian F-4Es were retired in 2020, with their former base at <a href="/wiki/Cairo_West_Air_Base" title="Cairo West Air Base">Cairo West Air Base</a> being reconfigured for the operation of F-16C/D Fighting Falcons.<a href="#cite_note-EgyptPhantom-129">[128]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Germany">Germany</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Germany">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4Fs_JG74_1998.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/F-4Fs_JG74_1998.JPEG/220px-F-4Fs_JG74_1998.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/F-4Fs_JG74_1998.JPEG/330px-F-4Fs_JG74_1998.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/F-4Fs_JG74_1998.JPEG/440px-F-4Fs_JG74_1998.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2860" data-file-height="1870" /></a><figcaption>F-4Fs of the <a href="/wiki/German_Air_Force" title="German Air Force">German Air Force</a>, 21 January 1998</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/German_Air_Force" title="German Air Force">West German air force</a> (Luftwaffe) initially ordered the reconnaissance RF-4E in 1969, receiving a total of 88 aircraft from January 1971.<a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> In 1973, under the "Peace Rhine" program, the Luftwaffe purchased 175 units of the F-4F. The “F” variant was a more agile version of the “E”, due to its lower weight and slatted wings. However this was achieved at the expense of reduced fuel capacity, and the elimination of AIM-7 Sparrow capability. These purchases made Germany the largest export customer for the Phantom.<a href="#cite_note-Lake210-131">[130]</a> In 1975, West Germany also received 10 F-4Es for training in the U.S. In the late 1990s, these were withdrawn from service after being replaced by F-4Fs.<a href="#cite_note-Frickerp81-132">[131]</a> In 1982, the initially unarmed RF-4Es were given a secondary ground attack capability; these aircraft were retired in 1994.<a href="#cite_note-Frickerp80-133">[132]</a> The F-4F was upgraded in the mid-1980s.<a href="#cite_note-Green_2001-134">[133]</a> West Germany also initiated the Improved Combat Efficiency (ICE) program in 1983. The 110 ICE-upgraded F-4Fs entered service in 1992,<a href="#cite_note-Green_2001-134">[133]</a> and were expected to remain in service until 2012.<a href="#cite_note-Listp51-135">[134]</a> All the remaining Luftwaffe Phantoms were based at Wittmund with <a href="/wiki/Taktisches_Luftwaffengeschwader_71_%22Richthofen%22" title="Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71 "Richthofen"">Jagdgeschwader 71</a> (fighter wing 71) in Northern Germany<a href="#cite_note-afmonthly-136">[135]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bundeswehr_Technical_and_Airworthiness_Center_for_Aircraft" title="Bundeswehr Technical and Airworthiness Center for Aircraft">WTD61</a> at <a href="/wiki/Manching" title="Manching">Manching</a>. A total of 24 German F-4F Phantom IIs were operated by the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing of the USAF at <a href="/wiki/Holloman_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Holloman AFB">Holloman AFB</a> to train Luftwaffe crews until December 2004. Phantoms were deployed to NATO states under the <a href="/wiki/Baltic_Air_Policing" title="Baltic Air Policing">Baltic Air Policing</a> starting in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012. The German Air Force retired its last F-4Fs on 29 June 2013. German F-4Fs flew 279,000 hours from entering service on 31 August 1973 until retirement.<a href="#cite_note-137">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-138">[137]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Greece">Greece</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Greece">edit</a>]</div> In 1971, the <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force" title="Hellenic Air Force">Hellenic Air Force</a> ordered brand new F-4E Phantoms, with deliveries starting in 1974. In the early 1990s, the Hellenic AF acquired surplus RF-4Es and F-4Es from the Luftwaffe and U.S. ANG.<a href="#cite_note-139">[138]</a><a href="#cite_note-140">[139]</a> Following the success of the German ICE program, on 11 August 1997, a contract was signed between <a href="/wiki/DaimlerChrysler_Aerospace" class="mw-redirect" title="DaimlerChrysler Aerospace">DASA</a> of Germany and <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Aerospace_Industry" title="Hellenic Aerospace Industry">Hellenic Aerospace Industry</a> for the upgrade of 39 aircraft to the very similar "Peace Icarus 2000" standard.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_2002-25">[24]</a> On 5 May 2017, the Hellenic Air Force officially retired the RF-4E Phantom II during a public ceremony.<a href="#cite_note-GreeceRecce-141">[140]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Iran">Iran</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Iran">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Irani_F-4_Phantom_II_refueling_through_a_boom.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Irani_F-4_Phantom_II_refueling_through_a_boom.jpg/220px-Irani_F-4_Phantom_II_refueling_through_a_boom.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Irani_F-4_Phantom_II_refueling_through_a_boom.jpg/330px-Irani_F-4_Phantom_II_refueling_through_a_boom.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Irani_F-4_Phantom_II_refueling_through_a_boom.jpg/440px-Irani_F-4_Phantom_II_refueling_through_a_boom.jpg 2x" data-file-width="803" data-file-height="609" /></a><figcaption>Iranian F-4E Phantom refueling through a boom during Iran-Iraq war, 1982</figcaption></figure> In the 1960s and 1970s when the U.S. and Iran were on friendly terms, the U.S. delivered 225 F-4D, F-4E, and RF-4E Phantoms to Iran, making it the second largest export customer.<a href="#cite_note-Lake213-142">[141]</a> The Imperial Iranian Air Force saw at least one engagement, resulting in a loss, after an RF-4C was rammed<a href="#cite_note-ussrMedal-143">[142]</a> by a Soviet MiG-21 during <a href="/wiki/Project_Dark_Gene" title="Project Dark Gene">Project Dark Gene</a>, an ELINT operation during the Cold War. The <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force</a> Phantoms saw heavy action in the <a href="/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Iraq_War" title="Iran–Iraq War">Iran–Iraq War</a> in the 1980s and were kept operational by overhaul and servicing from Iran's aerospace industry.<a href="#cite_note-frickerp64-144">[143]</a> Notable operations of Iranian F-4s during the war included <a href="/wiki/Operation_Scorch_Sword" title="Operation Scorch Sword">Operation Scorch Sword</a>, an attack by two F-4s against the Iraqi Osirak nuclear reactor site near Baghdad on 30 September 1980,<a href="#cite_note-target_p5-6-145">[144]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_H3" class="mw-redirect" title="Attack on H3">attack on H3</a>, a 4 April 1981 strike by eight Iranian F-4s against the <a href="/wiki/H-3_Air_Base" title="H-3 Air Base">H-3 complex of air bases</a> in the far west of Iraq, which resulted in many Iraqi aircraft being destroyed or damaged for no Iranian losses.<a href="#cite_note-target_p7-8-146">[145]</a> <a href="/wiki/Action_of_June_5,_1984" title="Action of June 5, 1984">On 5 June 1984</a>, two Saudi Arabian fighter pilots shot down two Iranian F-4 fighters. The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Saudi_Air_Force" title="Royal Saudi Air Force">Royal Saudi Air Force</a> pilots were flying American-built F-15s and fired air-to-air missiles to bring down the Iranian planes. The Saudi fighter pilots had <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker</a> planes and <a href="/wiki/Boeing_E-3_Sentry" title="Boeing E-3 Sentry">Boeing E-3 Sentry</a> AWACS surveillance planes assist in the encounter. The aerial fight occurred in Saudi airspace over the Persian Gulf near the Saudi island Al Arabiyah, about 60 miles northeast of Jubail.<a href="#cite_note-iranian_fighters_reported_downed_by_saudi_air_force-147">[146]</a> Iranian F-4s were in use as of late 2014;<a href="#cite_note-Iran_is_bombing_Islamic_State-148">[147]</a> the aircraft reportedly conducted air strikes on <a href="/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">ISIS</a> targets in the eastern Iraqi province of Diyala.<a href="#cite_note-Iran_jets_bomb_Islamic_State_targets_in_Iraq_-_Pentagon-149">[148]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Israel">Israel</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Israel">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Israeli_Air_Force_during_the_Yom_Kippur_War,_October_1973_I.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Israeli_Air_Force_during_the_Yom_Kippur_War%2C_October_1973_I.jpg/220px-Israeli_Air_Force_during_the_Yom_Kippur_War%2C_October_1973_I.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Israeli_Air_Force_during_the_Yom_Kippur_War%2C_October_1973_I.jpg/330px-Israeli_Air_Force_during_the_Yom_Kippur_War%2C_October_1973_I.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Israeli_Air_Force_during_the_Yom_Kippur_War%2C_October_1973_I.jpg/440px-Israeli_Air_Force_during_the_Yom_Kippur_War%2C_October_1973_I.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1069" /></a><figcaption>Israeli Air Force F-4Es taking off during the <a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War" title="Yom Kippur War">Yom Kippur War</a> in October 1973</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a> acquired between 212 and 222<a href="#cite_note-Lake215-150">[149]</a> newly built and ex-USAF aircraft, and modified several as one-off special reconnaissance variants. The first F-4Es, nicknamed "Kurnass" (Sledgehammer), and RF-4Es, nicknamed "Orev" (Raven), were delivered in 1969 under the "Peace Echo I" program. Additional Phantoms arrived during the 1970s under "Peace Echo II" through "Peace Echo V" and "<a href="/wiki/Operation_Nickel_Grass" title="Operation Nickel Grass">Nickel Grass</a>" programs. Israeli Phantoms saw extensive combat during <a href="/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Israeli_conflict" title="Arab–Israeli conflict">Arab–Israeli conflicts</a>, first seeing action during the <a href="/wiki/War_of_Attrition" title="War of Attrition">War of Attrition</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Nordeenp99-151">[150]</a> In the 1980s, Israel began the "Kurnass 2000" modernization program which significantly updated avionics.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_2002-25">[24]</a> The last Israeli F-4s were retired in 2004.<a href="#cite_note-152">[151]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Japan">Japan</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Japan">edit</a>]</div> From 1968, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) purchased a total of 140 F-4EJ Phantoms without aerial refueling, <a href="/wiki/AGM-12_Bullpup" title="AGM-12 Bullpup">AGM-12 Bullpup</a> missile system, nuclear control system or ground attack capabilities.<a href="#cite_note-fricker_p85-153">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-154">[153]</a> Mitsubishi built 138 under license in Japan and 14 unarmed reconnaissance RF-4Es were imported. One of the aircraft (17-8440) was the last of the 5,195 F-4 Phantoms to be produced. It was manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on 21 May 1981. "The Final Phantom" served with <a href="/wiki/306th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_(JASDF)" title="306th Tactical Fighter Squadron (JASDF)">306th Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> and later transferred to the <a href="/wiki/301st_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_(JASDF)" title="301st Tactical Fighter Squadron (JASDF)">301st Tactical Fighter Squadron</a>.<a href="#cite_note-155">[154]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JASDF_F-4_Phantoms.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/JASDF_F-4_Phantoms.jpg/220px-JASDF_F-4_Phantoms.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/JASDF_F-4_Phantoms.jpg/330px-JASDF_F-4_Phantoms.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/JASDF_F-4_Phantoms.jpg/440px-JASDF_F-4_Phantoms.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1312" /></a><figcaption>JASDF F-4EJ Kais (57-8354 and 87-8407) of 8 Hikōtai in gray air superiority paint scheme, 2002</figcaption></figure> Of these, 96 F-4EJs were modified to the F-4EJ Kai (改, modified) standard.<a href="#cite_note-156">[155]</a> 15 F-4EJ and F-4EJ Kai were converted to reconnaissance aircraft designated RF-4EJ. Japan had a fleet of 90 F-4s in service in 2007. After studying several replacement fighters<a href="#cite_note-japanposbuy-157">[156]</a><a href="#cite_note-158">[157]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35A Lightning II</a> was chosen in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-159">[158]</a> The <a href="/wiki/302nd_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron_(JASDF)" class="mw-redirect" title="302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron (JASDF)">302nd Tactical Fighter Squadron</a> became the first JASDF F-35 Squadron at <a href="/wiki/Misawa_Air_Base" title="Misawa Air Base">Misawa Air Base</a> when it converted from the F-4EJ Kai on 29 March 2019.<a href="#cite_note-160">[159]</a> The JASDF's sole aerial reconnaissance unit, the <a href="/wiki/501st_Tactical_Reconnaissance_Squadron_(JASDF)" title="501st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (JASDF)">501st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron</a>, retired their RF-4Es and RF-4EJs on 9 March 2020, and the unit itself dissolved on 26 March.<a href="#cite_note-161">[160]</a> The 301st Tactical Fighter Squadron then became the sole user of the F-4EJ in the Air Defense Command, with their retirement originally scheduled in 2021 along with the unit's transition to the F-35A.<a href="#cite_note-aviationist_RF-4s_retired-162">[161]</a> However, on 20 November 2020, the 301st Tactical Fighter Squadron announced the earlier retirement of their remaining F-4EJs, concluding the Phantom's long-running career in the JASDF Air Defense Command.<a href="#cite_note-163">[162]</a> Although retirement was announced, the 301st TFS continued operations up until 10 December 2020, with the squadron's Phantoms being decommissioned on 14 December.<a href="#cite_note-164">[163]</a> Two F-4EJs and a F-4EJ Kai continued to be operated by the <a href="/wiki/Air_Development_and_Test_Wing_(JASDF)" title="Air Development and Test Wing (JASDF)">Air Development and Test Wing</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gifu_Prefecture" title="Gifu Prefecture">Gifu Prefecture</a> until their retirement on 17 March 2021, marking an end of Phantom operations in Japan.<a href="#cite_note-Japanretired-2">[2]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="South_Korea">South Korea</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: South Korea">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Air_Force" title="Republic of Korea Air Force">Republic of Korea Air Force</a> received its first batch of used USAF F-4D Phantoms in 1969 under the "Peace Spectator" program. The F-4Ds continued to be delivered until 1988. The "Peace Pheasant II" program also provided new-built and former USAF F-4Es.<a href="#cite_note-165">[164]</a> In 1975, South Korea fundraised to buy five new F-4 Phantoms with the money donated from South Korean citizens in a national fundraising drive set up to buy the jets (a necessity at the time as South Korea was a poor country and in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, needed the extra jets to defend against North Korea which had a larger air force back then).<a href="#cite_note-166">[165]</a> In total, the ROKAF operated 92 F-4Ds, 27 RF-4Cs, and 103 F-4Es.<a href="#cite_note-167">[166]</a> The last ROKAF F-4Es were retired on 7 June 2024.<a href="#cite_note-Kim_7_June-3">[3]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Spain">Spain</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Spain">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Air Force">Spanish Air Force</a> acquired its first batch of ex-USAF F-4C Phantoms in 1971 under the "Peace Alfa" program. Designated C.12, the aircraft were retired in 1989. At the same time, the air arm received a number of ex-USAF RF-4Cs, designated CR.12. In 1995–1996, these aircraft received extensive avionics upgrades. Spain retired its RF-4s in 2002.<a href="#cite_note-168">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-169">[168]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Turkey">Turkey</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Turkey">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Turkish_Air_Force_F4E_Phantom_II_MOD_45157794.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Turkish_Air_Force_F4E_Phantom_II_MOD_45157794.jpg/220px-Turkish_Air_Force_F4E_Phantom_II_MOD_45157794.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Turkish_Air_Force_F4E_Phantom_II_MOD_45157794.jpg/330px-Turkish_Air_Force_F4E_Phantom_II_MOD_45157794.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Turkish_Air_Force_F4E_Phantom_II_MOD_45157794.jpg/440px-Turkish_Air_Force_F4E_Phantom_II_MOD_45157794.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1800" /></a><figcaption>A Turkish Air Force F-4E Phantom II aircraft armed with <a href="/wiki/Popeye_(missile)" title="Popeye (missile)">Popeye missiles</a> takes off from Third Air Force Base <a href="/wiki/Konya" title="Konya">Konya</a>, Turkey, during <a href="/wiki/Anatolian_Eagle" title="Anatolian Eagle">Exercise Anatolian Eagle</a>.</figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkish Air Force</a> (TAF) received 40 F-4Es in 1974, with a further 32 F-4Es and 8 RF-4Es in 1977–78 under the "Peace Diamond III" program, followed by 40 ex-USAF aircraft in "Peace Diamond IV" in 1987, and a further 40 ex-U.S. Air National Guard Aircraft in 1991.<a href="#cite_note-fricker_p88-170">[169]</a> A further 32 RF-4Es were transferred to Turkey after being retired by the Luftwaffe between 1992 and 1994.<a href="#cite_note-fricker_p88-170">[169]</a> In 1995, <a href="/wiki/Israel_Aerospace_Industries" title="Israel Aerospace Industries">Israel Aerospace Industries</a> (IAI) implemented an upgrade similar to Kurnass 2000 on 54 Turkish F-4Es which were dubbed the F-4E 2020 Terminator.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_2002-25">[24]</a> Turkish F-4s, and more modern F-16s have been used to strike Kurdish <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_Workers%27_Party" title="Kurdistan Workers' Party">PKK</a> bases in ongoing military operations in Northern Iraq.<a href="#cite_note-171">[170]</a> On 22 June 2012, a Turkish RF-4E was shot down by Syrian air defenses while flying a reconnaissance flight near the Turkish-Syrian border.<a href="#cite_note-172">[171]</a><a href="#cite_note-173">[172]</a> Turkey has stated the reconnaissance aircraft was in international <a href="/wiki/Airspace" title="Airspace">airspace</a> when it was <a href="/wiki/June_2012_interception_of_Turkish_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="June 2012 interception of Turkish aircraft">shot down</a>, while Syrian authorities stated it was inside Syrian airspace.<a href="#cite_note-174">[173]</a> Turkish F-4s remained in use as of 2020,<a href="#cite_note-Iran_is_bombing_Islamic_State-148">[147]</a><a href="#cite_note-175">[174]</a> and it plans to fly them at least until 2030.<a href="#cite_note-176">[175]</a> On 24 February 2015, two RF-4Es crashed in the Malatya region in the southeast of Turkey, under yet unknown circumstances, killing both crew of two each.<a href="#cite_note-177">[176]</a><a href="#cite_note-178">[177]</a><a href="#cite_note-179">[178]</a> On 5 March 2015, an F-4E-2020 crashed in <a href="/wiki/Central_Anatolia" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Anatolia">central Anatolia</a> killing both crew.<a href="#cite_note-180">[179]</a><a href="#cite_note-181">[180]</a> After the recent accidents, the TAF withdrew RF-4Es from active service. Turkey was reported to have used F-4 jets to attack PKK separatists and the ISIS capital on 19 September 2015.<a href="#cite_note-182">[181]</a> The Turkish Air Force has reportedly used the F-4E 2020s against the more recent <a href="/wiki/PKK_rebellion_(2015%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="PKK rebellion (2015–present)">Third Phase</a> of the PKK conflict on heavy bombardment missions into Iraq on 15 November 2015, 12 January 2016, and 12 March 2016.<a href="#cite_note-183">[182]</a><a href="#cite_note-184">[183]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</h4>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: United Kingdom">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_in_UK_service" title="McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service">McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4J_F-4K_CV-62_NAN6-75.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/F-4J_F-4K_CV-62_NAN6-75.jpg/220px-F-4J_F-4K_CV-62_NAN6-75.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/F-4J_F-4K_CV-62_NAN6-75.jpg/330px-F-4J_F-4K_CV-62_NAN6-75.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/F-4J_F-4K_CV-62_NAN6-75.jpg/440px-F-4J_F-4K_CV-62_NAN6-75.jpg 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="334" /></a><figcaption>An F-4J of the U.S. Navy (foreground), alongside an F-4K of the Fleet Air Arm (background) wait to be catapulted from <a href="/wiki/USS_Independence_(CV-62)" title="USS Independence (CV-62)">USS Independence</a>, March 1975; one of the major differences can be seen by the higher degree of the British aircraft's extendable nose wheel. Both variants were eventually used by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a></figcaption></figure> The United Kingdom bought versions based on the U.S. Navy's F-4J for use with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a>. The UK was the only country outside the United States to operate the Phantom at sea, with them operating from <a href="/wiki/HMS_Ark_Royal_(R09)" title="HMS Ark Royal (R09)">HMS Ark Royal</a>. The main differences were the use of the British <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Spey" title="Rolls-Royce Spey">Rolls-Royce Spey</a> engines and of British-made avionics. The RN and RAF versions were given the designation F-4K and F-4M respectively, and entered service with the <a href="/wiki/British_military_aircraft_designation_systems" title="British military aircraft designation systems">British military aircraft designations</a> Phantom FG.1 (fighter/ground attack) and Phantom FGR.2 (fighter/ground attack/reconnaissance).<a href="#cite_note-Donald_RAFp11-185">[184]</a><a href="#cite_note-Donald_RAFp5-186">[185]</a> Initially, the FGR.2 was used in the ground attack and reconnaissance role, primarily with <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force_Germany" title="Royal Air Force Germany">RAF Germany</a>, while <a href="/wiki/No._43_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 43 Squadron RAF">43 Squadron</a> was formed in the air defense role using the FG.1s that had been intended for the Fleet Air Arm for use aboard <a href="/wiki/HMS_Eagle_(R05)" title="HMS Eagle (R05)">HMS Eagle</a>. The superiority of the Phantom over the <a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning" title="English Electric Lightning">English Electric Lightning</a> in terms of both range and weapons system capability, combined with the successful introduction of the <a href="/wiki/SEPECAT_Jaguar" title="SEPECAT Jaguar">SEPECAT Jaguar</a>, meant that, during the mid-1970s, most of the ground attack Phantoms in Germany were redeployed to the UK to replace air defense Lightning squadrons.<a href="#cite_note-Thunder-187">[186]</a> A second RAF squadron, <a href="/wiki/No._111_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 111 Squadron RAF">111 Squadron</a>, was formed on the FG.1 in 1979 after the disbandment of <a href="/wiki/892_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="892 Naval Air Squadron">892 NAS</a>. In 1982, during the <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a>, three Phantom FGR2s of <a href="/wiki/No._29_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 29 Squadron RAF">No. 29 Squadron</a> were on active Quick Reaction Alert duty on <a href="/wiki/RAF_Ascension_Island" title="RAF Ascension Island">Ascension Island</a> to protect the base from air attack.<a href="#cite_note-barg-188">[187]</a> After the Falklands War, 15 upgraded ex-USN F-4Js, known as the F-4J(UK) entered RAF service to compensate for one interceptor squadron redeployed to the Falklands.<a href="#cite_note-Green_2001-134">[133]</a> Around 15 RAF squadrons received various marks of Phantom, many of them based in Germany. The first to be equipped was <a href="/wiki/No._228_Operational_Conversion_Unit" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit">No. 228 Operational Conversion Unit</a> at <a href="/wiki/RAF_Coningsby" title="RAF Coningsby">RAF Coningsby</a> in August 1968. One noteworthy operator was No. 43 Squadron where Phantom FG1s remained the squadron equipment for 20 years, arriving in September 1969 and departing in July 1989. During this period the squadron was based at Leuchars.<a href="#cite_note-Jefford-189">[188]</a> The interceptor Phantoms were replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Panavia_Tornado_ADV" title="Panavia Tornado ADV">Panavia Tornado F3</a> from the late 1980s onwards. Originally to be used until 2003,<a href="#cite_note-190">[189]</a> it was set back to 1992 <a href="/wiki/Options_for_Change" title="Options for Change">due to restructuring of the British Armed Forces</a><a href="#cite_note-191">[190]</a> and the last combat British Phantoms were retired in October 1992 when <a href="/wiki/No._74_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 74 Squadron RAF">No. 74(F) Squadron</a> was disbanded.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_2002-25">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-Jefford-189">[188]</a> Phantom FG.1 XT597 was the last British Phantom to be retired on 28 January 1994, it was used as a test jet by the <a href="/wiki/Aeroplane_and_Armament_Experimental_Establishment" title="Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment">Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment</a> for its whole service life.<a href="#cite_note-192">[191]</a><a href="#cite_note-193">[192]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civilian_use">Civilian use</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Civilian use">edit</a>]</div> In 1988, Sandia National Laboratories mounted an F-4 on a "rocket sled", then crashed it into reinforced concrete to learn about the collision of aircraft with structures such as a nuclear power plant.<a href="#cite_note-194">[193]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4_Phantom_II_Collings_Foundation.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/F-4_Phantom_II_Collings_Foundation.jpg/220px-F-4_Phantom_II_Collings_Foundation.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/F-4_Phantom_II_Collings_Foundation.jpg/330px-F-4_Phantom_II_Collings_Foundation.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/F-4_Phantom_II_Collings_Foundation.jpg/440px-F-4_Phantom_II_Collings_Foundation.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2017" data-file-height="874" /></a><figcaption>The Collings Foundation F-4D Phantom II, with Vietnam-era "Ritchie/DeBellevue" markings, taxis at <a href="/wiki/Selfridge_ANGB" class="mw-redirect" title="Selfridge ANGB">Selfridge ANGB</a>, May 2005</figcaption></figure> An F-4D (civilian registration NX749CF) is operated by the <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>-based non-profit organization <a href="/wiki/Collings_Foundation" title="Collings Foundation">Collings Foundation</a> as a "<a href="/wiki/Living_history" title="Living history">living history</a>" exhibit.<a href="#cite_note-Donald_2002-25">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-collings1-195">[194]</a> Funds to maintain and operate the aircraft, which is based in <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, Texas, are raised through donations and sponsorships from public and commercial parties.<a href="#cite_note-collings2-196">[195]</a><a href="#cite_note-collings3-197">[196]</a> In the 1960s, <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> used the F-4 to photograph and film <a href="/wiki/Titan_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan II">Titan II</a> missiles after their launch from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Canaveral" title="Cape Canaveral">Cape Canaveral</a> after finding the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed F-104 Starfighter">Lockheed F-104 Starfighter</a> inadequate. Jack Petry, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, said he put his F-4 into a Mach 1.2 dive synchronized to the launch countdown, then "walked the [rocket's] contrail". Petry's Phantom stayed with the Titan for 90 seconds, reaching 68,000 feet, then broke away as the missile continued into space.<a href="#cite_note-joiner201503-23">[22]</a> NASA's <a href="/wiki/Dryden_Flight_Research_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Dryden Flight Research Center">Dryden Flight Research Center</a> acquired an F-4A on 3 December 1965. It made 55 flights flying chase on <a href="/wiki/North_American_X-15" title="North American X-15">X-15</a> missions and lifting body flights. The F-4 also supported a biomedical monitoring program involving 1,000 flights by NASA Flight Research Center aerospace research pilots and students of the <a href="/wiki/USAF_Aerospace_Research_Pilot_School" class="mw-redirect" title="USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School">USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School</a> flying high-performance aircraft. The pilots were instrumented to record accurate and reliable data of electrocardiogram, respiration rate, and normal acceleration. In 1967, the Phantom supported a brief military-inspired program to determine whether an airplane's sonic boom could be directed and whether it could be used as a weapon of sorts, or at least an annoyance. NASA also flew an F-4C in a spanwise blowing study from 1983 to 1985, after which it was returned.<a href="#cite_note-NASA-198">[197]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Variants">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II_variants" title="List of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II variants">List of McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II variants</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:QF-4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/QF-4.jpg/220px-QF-4.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="100" class="mw-file-element" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4E_Phantom_II_3-view.svg/204px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-4E_Phantom_II_3-view.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4E_Phantom_II_3-view.svg/272px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-4E_Phantom_II_3-view.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1685" data-file-height="1190" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption">F-4E Phantom (US/Foreign export)</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:150px;max-width:150px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:96px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:McDonnell_Douglas_F-4K_Phantom_3-line_drawing.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="F-4K Phantom (RN FAA/RAF only)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4K_Phantom_3-line_drawing.png/148px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-4K_Phantom_3-line_drawing.png" decoding="async" width="148" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4K_Phantom_3-line_drawing.png/222px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-4K_Phantom_3-line_drawing.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4K_Phantom_3-line_drawing.png/296px-McDonnell_Douglas_F-4K_Phantom_3-line_drawing.png 2x" data-file-width="1199" data-file-height="778" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption">F-4K Phantom (RN FAA/RAF only)</div></div></div></div></div> <dl><dt>F-4A, B, J, N and S</dt> <dd>Variants for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. F-4B was upgraded to F-4N, and F-4J was upgraded to F-4S.</dd> <dt>F-110 (original USAF designation for F-4C), F-4C, D and E</dt> <dd>Variants for the U.S. Air Force. F-4E introduced an internal M61 Vulcan cannon. The F-4D and E were the most numerously produced, widely exported, and also extensively used under the <a href="/wiki/Semi_Automatic_Ground_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi Automatic Ground Environment">Semi Automatic Ground Environment</a> (SAGE) U.S. air defense system.</dd> <dt>F-4G <a href="/wiki/Wild_Weasel" title="Wild Weasel">Wild Weasel</a> V</dt> <dd>A dedicated <a href="/wiki/Suppression_of_Enemy_Air_Defenses" title="Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses">Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses</a> (SEAD) variant for the U.S. Air Force with updated radar and avionics, converted from F-4E. The designation F-4G was applied earlier to an entirely different U.S. Navy Phantom.</dd> <dt> <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II_in_UK_service" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II in UK service">F-4K and M</a></dt> <dd>Variants for the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>, respectively, built with <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Spey" title="Rolls-Royce Spey">Rolls-Royce Spey</a> <a href="/wiki/Turbofan" title="Turbofan">turbofan</a> engines.</dd> <dt>F-4EJ and RF-4EJ</dt> <dd>Simplified F-4E exported to and license-built in Japan. Some modified for reconnaissance role, carrying photographic or electronic reconnaissance pods and designated RF-4EJ.</dd> <dt>F-4F</dt> <dd>Simplified F-4E exported to Germany.</dd> <dt>QRF-4C, QF-4B, E, G, N and S</dt> <dd>Retired aircraft converted into remote-controlled target drones used for weapons and defensive systems research by <a href="/wiki/USAF" class="mw-redirect" title="USAF">USAF</a> and <a href="/wiki/USN" class="mw-redirect" title="USN">USN</a> / <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">USMC</a>.</dd> <dt>RF-4B, C, and E</dt> <dd>Tactical reconnaissance variants.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Operators">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4_Phantom_II_Operator_Map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/F-4_Phantom_II_Operator_Map.png/220px-F-4_Phantom_II_Operator_Map.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/F-4_Phantom_II_Operator_Map.png/330px-F-4_Phantom_II_Operator_Map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/F-4_Phantom_II_Operator_Map.png/440px-F-4_Phantom_II_Operator_Map.png 2x" data-file-width="6460" data-file-height="3403" /></a><figcaption>Operators <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend">  Current</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend">  Former</div></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greek_phantom_7487_lands_arp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Greek_phantom_7487_lands_arp.jpg/220px-Greek_phantom_7487_lands_arp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Greek_phantom_7487_lands_arp.jpg/330px-Greek_phantom_7487_lands_arp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Greek_phantom_7487_lands_arp.jpg/440px-Greek_phantom_7487_lands_arp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1749" data-file-height="1179" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force" title="Hellenic Air Force">Hellenic Air Force</a> RF-4E Phantom II in a special color scheme, lands at <a href="/wiki/RIAT" class="mw-redirect" title="RIAT">RIAT</a> 2008, UK</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4E_Phantom_out_of_RAAF_Amberly_at_Pearce_ADEX_March_1971.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/F-4E_Phantom_out_of_RAAF_Amberly_at_Pearce_ADEX_March_1971.jpg/220px-F-4E_Phantom_out_of_RAAF_Amberly_at_Pearce_ADEX_March_1971.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/F-4E_Phantom_out_of_RAAF_Amberly_at_Pearce_ADEX_March_1971.jpg/330px-F-4E_Phantom_out_of_RAAF_Amberly_at_Pearce_ADEX_March_1971.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/F-4E_Phantom_out_of_RAAF_Amberly_at_Pearce_ADEX_March_1971.jpg/440px-F-4E_Phantom_out_of_RAAF_Amberly_at_Pearce_ADEX_March_1971.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1029" data-file-height="663" /></a><figcaption>A Royal Australian Air Force F-4E Phantom II at <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Pearce" title="RAAF Base Pearce">RAAF Base Pearce</a> in 1971</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4E_Egypt_347TFW.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/F-4E_Egypt_347TFW.JPEG/220px-F-4E_Egypt_347TFW.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/F-4E_Egypt_347TFW.JPEG/330px-F-4E_Egypt_347TFW.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/F-4E_Egypt_347TFW.JPEG/440px-F-4E_Egypt_347TFW.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2880" data-file-height="1910" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force" title="Egyptian Air Force">Egyptian Air Force</a> F-4E Phantom IIs of the 222nd Tactical Fighter Brigade in formation with a U.S. Air Force <a href="/wiki/347th_Rescue_Group" title="347th Rescue Group">347th Tactical Fighter Wing</a> F-4E Phantom II during exercise Proud Phantom</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:McDonnell_RF-4C_Phantom_II,_Spain_-_Air_Force_AN1337858.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/McDonnell_RF-4C_Phantom_II%2C_Spain_-_Air_Force_AN1337858.jpg/220px-McDonnell_RF-4C_Phantom_II%2C_Spain_-_Air_Force_AN1337858.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/McDonnell_RF-4C_Phantom_II%2C_Spain_-_Air_Force_AN1337858.jpg/330px-McDonnell_RF-4C_Phantom_II%2C_Spain_-_Air_Force_AN1337858.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/McDonnell_RF-4C_Phantom_II%2C_Spain_-_Air_Force_AN1337858.jpg/440px-McDonnell_RF-4C_Phantom_II%2C_Spain_-_Air_Force_AN1337858.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="678" /></a><figcaption>Spanish Air Force RF-4C Phantom II, 15 June 1993</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current">Current</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Current">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force" title="Hellenic Air Force">Hellenic Air Force</a> – 17 F-4E AUPs (Peace Icarus 2000 variant) in service as of 2021<a href="#cite_note-SamuraiSunset-199">[198]</a><a href="#cite_note-200">[199]</a><a href="#cite_note-201">[200]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andravida_Air_Base" title="Andravida Air Base">Andravida Air Base</a>, Elis <ul><li><a href="/wiki/338th_Fighter-Bomber_Squadron" title="338th Fighter-Bomber Squadron">338th Fighter-Bomber Squadron</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/46px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="360" /> <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Republic_of_Iran_Air_Force" title="Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force">Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force</a> – 62 F-4D, F-4E, and RF-4Es in service as of 2021<a href="#cite_note-SamuraiSunset-199">[198]</a><a href="#cite_note-202">[201]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandar_Abbas_International_Airport" title="Bandar Abbas International Airport">Bandar Abbas Air Base</a>, Hormozgan Province <ul><li>91st Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-4E)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bushehr_Airport" title="Bushehr Airport">Bushehr Air Base</a>, Bushehr Province <ul><li>61st Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-4E)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chabahar_Konarak_Airport" title="Chabahar Konarak Airport">Chabahar Konarak Air Base</a>, Sistan and Baluchestan Province <ul><li>101st Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-4D)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamadan_International_Airport" title="Hamadan International Airport">Hamadan Air Base</a>, Hamadan Province <ul><li>31st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (RF-4E)</li> <li>31st Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-4E)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkish Air Force</a> – 54 F-4E 2020 Terminators in service as of 2021<a href="#cite_note-SamuraiSunset-199">[198]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eski%C5%9Fehir_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Eskişehir Airport">Eskişehir Air Base</a>, Eskişehir Province <ul><li>111 Filo</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_operators">Former operators</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Former operators">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /> <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> (F-4E 1970 to 1973)<a href="#cite_note-203">[202]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/45px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Air_Force" title="Egyptian Air Force">Egyptian Air Force</a> (F-4E 1977 to 2020)<a href="#cite_note-EgyptPhantom-129">[128]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_Air_Force" title="German Air Force">German Air Force</a> (RF-4E 1971 to 1994; F-4F 1973 to 2013; F-4E 1978 to 1992)<a href="#cite_note-204">[203]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force" title="Hellenic Air Force">Hellenic Air Force</a> (RF-4E 1978 to 2017)<a href="#cite_note-GreeceRecce-141">[140]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/State_flag_of_Iran_%281964%E2%80%931980%29.svg/23px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281964%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/State_flag_of_Iran_%281964%E2%80%931980%29.svg/35px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281964%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/State_flag_of_Iran_%281964%E2%80%931980%29.svg/46px-State_flag_of_Iran_%281964%E2%80%931980%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="293" /> <a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_Iran" title="Pahlavi Iran">Pahlavi Iran</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Iranian_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Iranian Air Force">Imperial Iranian Air Force</a> (F-4D 1968 to 1979; F-4E 1971 to 1979; RF-4E 1971 to 1979)<a href="#cite_note-205">[204]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/21px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/32px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/41px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Israeli_Air_Force" title="Israeli Air Force">Israeli Air Force</a> (F-4E 1969 to 2004;<a href="#cite_note-206">[205]</a> RF-4C 1970 to 1971;<a href="#cite_note-207">[206]</a> RF-4E 1971 to 2004)<a href="#cite_note-208">[207]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Air Self-Defense Force">Japan Air Self-Defense Force</a> (F-4EJ 1971 to 2021;<a href="#cite_note-Japanretired-2">[2]</a> RF-4E 1974 to 2020; RF-4EJ 1992 to 2020)<a href="#cite_note-209">[208]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Air_Force" title="Republic of Korea Air Force">Republic of Korea Air Force</a> (F-4D 1969 to 2010;<a href="#cite_note-210">[209]</a> RF-4C 1989 to 2014;<a href="#cite_note-211">[210]</a> F-4E 1977 to 2024)</li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Air Force">Spanish Air Force</a> (F-4C 1971 to 1990; RF-4C 1978 to 2002)<a href="#cite_note-212">[211]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkish Air Force</a> (RF-4E 1980 to 2015)<a href="#cite_note-213">[212]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aeroplane_and_Armament_Experimental_Establishment" title="Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment">Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment</a> (F-4K 1970 to 1994)<a href="#cite_note-214">[213]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> (F-4K 1968 to 1978)<a href="#cite_note-Thunder-187">[186]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (F-4M 1968 to 1992; F-4K 1969 to 1990; F-4J(UK) 1984 to 1991)<a href="#cite_note-Thunder-187">[186]</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> (F-4A 1965 to 1967;<a href="#cite_note-215">[214]</a> F-4C 1983 to 1985)<a href="#cite_note-NASA-198">[197]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (F-4B 1963 to 1964;<a href="#cite_note-USAFPhantom-216">[215]</a> F-4C 1964 to 1989;<a href="#cite_note-ANGPhantom-217">[216]</a> RF-4C 1964 to 1995;<a href="#cite_note-218">[217]</a> F-4D 1965 to 1992; F-4E 1967 to 1991;<a href="#cite_note-ANGPhantom-217">[216]</a> F-4G 1978 to 1996;<a href="#cite_note-USAFPhantom-216">[215]</a> QF-4 1997 to 2016)<a href="#cite_note-219">[218]</a><a href="#cite_note-QF-4-1">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> (F-4B 1962 to 1979; RF-4B 1965 to 1990; F-4J 1967 to 1984;<a href="#cite_note-USMCPhantom-220">[219]</a> F-4N 1973 to 1985;<a href="#cite_note-221">[220]</a> F-4S 1978 to 1992)<a href="#cite_note-USMCPhantom-220">[219]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> (F-4A 1960 to 1968; F-4B 1961 to 1974; F-4J 1966 to 1982; F-4N 1973 to 1984; F-4S 1979 to 1987; QF-4 1983 to 2004)<a href="#cite_note-222">[221]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Privately_owned">Privately owned</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Privately owned">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Platinum Fighters Sale – 1 F4H-1F<a href="#cite_note-223">[222]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Culture">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nicknames">Nicknames</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Nicknames">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4_parts_distribution.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/F-4_parts_distribution.jpg/170px-F-4_parts_distribution.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/F-4_parts_distribution.jpg/255px-F-4_parts_distribution.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/F-4_parts_distribution.jpg/340px-F-4_parts_distribution.jpg 2x" data-file-width="820" data-file-height="1428" /></a><figcaption>An F-4F on display described as the "World's largest distributor of <a href="/wiki/MiG" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG">MiG</a> parts", because of the high number of this type of enemy aircraft shot down</figcaption></figure> The Phantom gathered a number of nicknames during its career. Some of these names included "Snoopy", "Rhino", "Double Ugly",<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_Gee_Whiz-224">[223]</a> "Old Smokey",<a href="#cite_note-wetterhahn200901-86">[85]</a> the "Flying Anvil", "Flying Footlocker", "Flying Brick", "Lead Sled", the "Big Iron Sled", and the "St. Louis Slugger" (owing to it being produced in St. Louis).<a href="#cite_note-225">[224]</a> In recognition of its record of downing large numbers of Soviet-built <a href="/wiki/MiG" class="mw-redirect" title="MiG">MiGs</a>,<a href="#cite_note-226">[225]</a> it was called the "World's Leading Distributor of MiG Parts".<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_Gee_Whiz-224">[223]</a> As a reflection of excellent performance in spite of its bulk, the F-4 was dubbed "the triumph of thrust over aerodynamics."<a href="#cite_note-227">[226]</a> German Luftwaffe crews called their F-4s the Eisenschwein ("Iron Pig"), Fliegender Ziegelstein ("Flying Brick") and Luftverteidigungsdiesel ("Air Defense Diesel").<a href="#cite_note-228">[227]</a> In the RAF it was most commonly referred to as "The Toom" (not tomb).<a href="#cite_note-229">[228]</a> Whilst the Turkish Air Force crewmen nicknamed it as Baba ("Father").<a href="#cite_note-230">[229]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reputation">Reputation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Reputation">edit</a>]</div> Imitating the spelling of the aircraft's name, McDonnell issued a series of patches. Pilots became "Phantom Phlyers", backseaters became "Phantom Pherrets", fans of the F-4 "Phantom Phanatics", and call it the "Phabulous Phantom". Ground crewmen who worked on the aircraft are known as "Phantom Phixers".<a href="#cite_note-Phab40th-7">[6]</a> Several active websites are devoted to sharing information on the F-4, and the aircraft is grudgingly admired as brutally effective by those who have flown it. Colonel (Ret.) Chuck DeBellevue reminisced, "The F-4 Phantom was the last plane that looked like it was made to kill somebody. It was a beast. It could go through a flock of birds and kick out barbeque from the back."<a href="#cite_note-231">[230]</a> It had "A reputation of being a clumsy bruiser reliant on brute engine power and obsolete weapons technology."<a href="#cite_note-232">[231]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Spook">The Spook</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: The Spook">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spook_1000.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Spook_1000.jpg/170px-Spook_1000.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="252" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Spook_1000.jpg/255px-Spook_1000.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Spook_1000.jpg/340px-Spook_1000.jpg 2x" data-file-width="606" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>The Spook</figcaption></figure> The aircraft's emblem is a whimsical cartoon ghost called "The Spook", which was created by McDonnell Douglas technical artist, Anthony "Tony" Wong, for shoulder patches. The name "Spook" was coined by the crews of either the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing or the 4453rd Combat Crew Training Wing at <a href="/wiki/MacDill_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="MacDill AFB">MacDill AFB</a>. The figure is ubiquitous, appearing on many items associated with the F-4. The Spook has followed the Phantom around the world adopting local fashions; for example, the British adaptation of the U.S. "Phantom Man"<a href="#cite_note-Boeing_Gee_Whiz-224">[223]</a> is a Spook that sometimes wears a bowler hat and smokes a pipe.<a href="#cite_note-233">[232]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_on_display">Aircraft on display</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Aircraft on display">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_displayed_McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_IIs" title="List of displayed McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs">List of displayed McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs</a></div> As a result of its extensive number of operators and large number of aircraft produced, a significant number of F-4 Phantom IIs of a variety of variants have been preserved in museums and other locations around the world. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_accidents">Notable accidents</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Notable accidents">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_military_aircraft" title="List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft">List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft</a></div> <ul><li>On 6 June 1971, <a href="/wiki/Hughes_Airwest_Flight_706" title="Hughes Airwest Flight 706">Hughes Airwest Flight 706</a>, a <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-9" title="McDonnell Douglas DC-9">McDonnell Douglas DC-9</a>-31 collided in mid-air with a United States Marine Corps F-4B Phantom above the <a href="/wiki/San_Gabriel_Mountains" title="San Gabriel Mountains">San Gabriel Mountains</a>, while en route from <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_International_Airport" title="Los Angeles International Airport">Los Angeles International Airport</a> to <a href="/wiki/Salt_Lake_City" title="Salt Lake City">Salt Lake City</a>. All 49 on board the DC-9 were killed, while the pilot of the F-4B was unable to eject and died when the aircraft crashed shortly afterwards. The F-4B's Radar Intercept Officer successfully ejected from the plane and parachuted to safety, being the sole survivor of the incident.</li> <li>On 9 August 1974, a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> Phantom FGR2 was involved in a <a href="/wiki/1974_Norfolk_mid-air_collision" title="1974 Norfolk mid-air collision">fatal collision</a> with a civilian <a href="/wiki/Piper_PA-25_Pawnee" title="Piper PA-25 Pawnee">PA-25-235 Pawnee</a> crop-sprayer over Norfolk, England.<a href="#cite_note-234">[233]</a></li> <li>On 17 August 1978, during a training exercise of the Mediterranean Sea, a US Navy F-4 shot down another US Navy F-4 with an AIM-9H. The pilots of the downed aircraft ejected and were recovered.<a href="#cite_note-235">[234]</a></li> <li>On 21 March 1987, Captain <a href="/wiki/Dean_Paul_Martin" title="Dean Paul Martin">Dean Paul Martin</a>, a pilot in the <a href="/wiki/163d_Attack_Wing" class="mw-redirect" title="163d Attack Wing">163d Tactical Fighter Group</a> of the <a href="/wiki/California_Air_National_Guard" title="California Air National Guard">California Air National Guard</a> and son of entertainer <a href="/wiki/Dean_Martin" title="Dean Martin">Dean Martin</a>, crashed his F-4C into <a href="/wiki/San_Gorgonio_Mountain" title="San Gorgonio Mountain">San Gorgonio Mountain</a>, California, shortly after departure from <a href="/wiki/March_Air_Reserve_Base" title="March Air Reserve Base">March Air Force Base</a>. Both Martin and his weapon systems officer (WSO) Captain Ramon Ortiz were killed.<a href="#cite_note-236">[235]</a></li> <li>On 22 September 1987, a US Air Force RF-4C Phantom II was shot down by a US Navy F-14 Tomcat during training NATO Exercise Display Determination 87 over the Mediterranean. The RF-4C was conducting a simulated attack on <a href="/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-60)" title="USS Saratoga (CV-60)">USS Saratoga</a> when the F-14 pilot became confused and launched a live AIM-9 Sidewinder. The RF-4C crew ejected and were recovered.<a href="#cite_note-237">[236]</a><a href="#cite_note-238">[237]</a></li> <li>On 30 January 2023, a <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Air_Force" title="Hellenic Air Force">Greek Air Force</a> F-4E Phantom II crashed into the Ionian Sea. The aircraft was conducting a training exercise when it crashed 46 km south of the <a href="/wiki/Andravida_Air_Base" title="Andravida Air Base">Andravida Air Base</a>. The pilot, Captain Efstathios Tsitlakidis, and co-pilot, First Lieutenant Marios Michael Touroutsikas were killed in the crash.<a href="#cite_note-239">[238]</a><a href="#cite_note-240">[239]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(F-4E)">Specifications (F-4E)</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Specifications (F-4E)">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:492px;max-width:492px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:239px;max-width:239px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:295px;overflow:hidden"><a href="/wiki/File:McDonnell_F-4C_Phantom_II_3-view_line_drawing.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="3-view line drawing of the McDonnell F-4C Phantom II" 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(2009)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4J_VF-96_Showtime_100_armed_from_below.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/F-4J_VF-96_Showtime_100_armed_from_below.jpg/220px-F-4J_VF-96_Showtime_100_armed_from_below.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/F-4J_VF-96_Showtime_100_armed_from_below.jpg/330px-F-4J_VF-96_Showtime_100_armed_from_below.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/F-4J_VF-96_Showtime_100_armed_from_below.jpg/440px-F-4J_VF-96_Showtime_100_armed_from_below.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1804" data-file-height="1372" /></a><figcaption>VF-96 F-4J "Showtime 100" armed with <a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">Sidewinder</a> and <a href="/wiki/AIM-7_Sparrow" title="AIM-7 Sparrow">Sparrow</a> missiles (1972)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-4D_ROKAF_w_Sidewinders_1979.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/F-4D_ROKAF_w_Sidewinders_1979.jpeg/220px-F-4D_ROKAF_w_Sidewinders_1979.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/F-4D_ROKAF_w_Sidewinders_1979.jpeg/330px-F-4D_ROKAF_w_Sidewinders_1979.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/F-4D_ROKAF_w_Sidewinders_1979.jpeg/440px-F-4D_ROKAF_w_Sidewinders_1979.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2950" data-file-height="1970" /></a><figcaption>A Republic of Korea Air Force F-4D Phantom II armed with AIM-9 missiles at <a href="/wiki/Daegu_International_Airport" title="Daegu International Airport">Daegu Air Base</a>, 1979.</figcaption></figure> Data from The Great Book of Fighters,<a href="#cite_note-Green_2001-134">[133]</a> Quest for Performance,<a href="#cite_note-quest_for_performance-24">[23]</a> Encyclopedia of USAF Aircraft,<a href="#cite_note-knaack-66">[65]</a> and McDonnell F-4 Phantom: Spirit in the Skies<a href="#cite_note-241">[240]</a>General characteristics <ul><li>Crew: 2</li> <li>Length: 63 ft 0 in (19.2 m)</li> <li>Wingspan: 38 ft 5 in (11.7 m)</li> <li>Width: 27 ft 7 in (8.4<a href="#cite_note-242">[241]</a> m) wing folded</li> <li>Height: 16 ft 5 in (5 m)</li> <li>Wing area: 530 sq ft (49.2 m2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(aeronautics)" title="Aspect ratio (aeronautics)">Aspect ratio</a>: 2.77</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airfoil" title="Airfoil">Airfoil</a>: <a href="/wiki/NACA_airfoil" title="NACA airfoil">NACA 0006.4–64</a> root, <a href="/wiki/NACA_airfoil" title="NACA airfoil">NACA 0003-64</a> tip</li> <li>Empty weight: 30,328 lb (13,757 kg)</li> <li>Gross weight: 41,500 lb (18,824 kg)</li> <li>Max takeoff weight: 61,795 lb (28,030 kg) </li> <li>Maximum landing weight: 36,831 lb (16,706 kg)</li> <li>Fuel capacity: 1,994 US gal (1,660 imp gal; 7,550 L) or 12,961 lb (5,879 kg) internal, 3,335 US gal (2,777 imp gal; 12,620 L) or 21,678 lb (9,833 kg) with 2x 370 US gal (310 imp gal; 1,400 L) external tanks on the outer wing hardpoints and either a 600 or 610 US gal (500 or 510 imp gal; 2,300 or 2,300 L) tank for the center-line station.</li> <li>Powerplant: 2 × <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_J79-GE-17A" class="mw-redirect" title="General Electric J79-GE-17A">General Electric J79-GE-17A</a> after-burning turbojet engines, 11,905 lbf (52.96 kN) thrust each dry, 17,845 lbf (79.38 kN) with afterburner</li></ul> Performance <ul><li>Maximum speed: 1,280 kn (1,470 mph, 2,370 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,000 m)</li> <li>Maximum speed: Mach 2.23</li> <li>Cruise speed: 510 kn (580 mph, 940 km/h)</li> <li>Combat range: 370 nmi (420 mi, 680 km)</li> <li>Ferry range: 1,457 nmi (1,677 mi, 2,699 km)</li> <li>Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,000 m)</li> <li>Rate of climb: 41,300 ft/min (210 m/s)</li> <li>Lift-to-drag: 8.58</li> <li>Wing loading: 78 lb/sq ft (380 kg/m2)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thrust-to-weight_ratio" title="Thrust-to-weight ratio">Thrust/weight</a>: 0.86 at loaded weight, 0.58 at <a href="/wiki/MTOW" class="mw-redirect" title="MTOW">MTOW</a></li> <li>Takeoff roll: 4,490 ft (1,370 m) at 53,814 lb (24,410 kg)</li> <li>Landing roll: 3,680 ft (1,120 m) at 36,831 lb (16,706 kg)</li></ul> Armament <ul><li>E-model has a <a href="/wiki/20_mm_caliber" title="20 mm caliber">20 mm (0.787 in)</a> <a href="/wiki/M61A1_Vulcan" class="mw-redirect" title="M61A1 Vulcan">M61A1 Vulcan</a> cannon mounted internally under the nose, 640 rounds</li> <li>Up to 18,650 lb (8,480 kg) of weapons on nine external hardpoints, including general-purpose bombs, cluster bombs, TV- and laser-guided bombs, rocket pods, air-to-ground missiles, anti-ship missiles, gun pods, and nuclear weapons. Reconnaissance, targeting, electronic countermeasures and baggage pods, and external fuel tanks may also be carried.</li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">AIM-9 Sidewinders</a> on wing pylons, Israeli F-4 Kurnass 2000 carried <a href="/wiki/Python_(missile)" title="Python (missile)">Python-3</a>, Japanese F-4EJ Kai carry <a href="/wiki/AAM-3" title="AAM-3">AAM-3</a>.</li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/AIM-7_Sparrow" title="AIM-7 Sparrow">AIM-7 Sparrow</a> in fuselage recesses, upgraded Hellenic F-4E and German F-4F ICE carry <a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAM</a>, UK Phantoms carried <a href="/wiki/Skyflash" title="Skyflash">Skyflash</a> missiles<a href="#cite_note-243">[242]</a></li> <li>6× <a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">AGM-65 Maverick</a></li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/AGM-62_Walleye" title="AGM-62 Walleye">AGM-62 Walleye</a></li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/AGM-45_Shrike" title="AGM-45 Shrike">AGM-45 Shrike</a>, <a href="/wiki/AGM-88_HARM" title="AGM-88 HARM">AGM-88 HARM</a>, <a href="/wiki/AGM-78_Standard_ARM" title="AGM-78 Standard ARM">AGM-78 Standard ARM</a></li> <li>4× <a href="/wiki/GBU-15" title="GBU-15">GBU-15</a></li> <li>18× <a href="/wiki/Mk.82" class="mw-redirect" title="Mk.82">Mk.82</a>, <a href="/wiki/GBU-12" class="mw-redirect" title="GBU-12">GBU-12</a></li> <li>5× <a href="/wiki/Mark_84_bomb" title="Mark 84 bomb">Mk.84</a>, <a href="/wiki/GBU-10" class="mw-redirect" title="GBU-10">GBU-10</a></li> <li>18× <a href="/wiki/CBU-87" class="mw-redirect" title="CBU-87">CBU-87</a>, <a href="/wiki/GATOR_mine_system" title="GATOR mine system">CBU-89</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=CBU-58&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CBU-58 (page does not exist)">CBU-58</a></li> <li>12x <a href="/w/index.php?title=MK-20_Rockeye&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="MK-20 Rockeye (page does not exist)">MK-20 Rockeye</a></li> <li>Nuclear weapons, including the <a href="/wiki/B28_nuclear_bomb" title="B28 nuclear bomb">B28EX</a>, <a href="/wiki/B61_nuclear_bomb" title="B61 nuclear bomb">B61</a>, <a href="/wiki/B43_nuclear_bomb" title="B43 nuclear bomb">B43</a> and <a href="/wiki/B57_nuclear_bomb" title="B57 nuclear bomb">B57</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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portal</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_in_fiction#F-4_Phantom_II" title="Aircraft in fiction">F-4 Phantom II in fiction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bolo" title="Operation Bolo">Operation Bolo</a></li></ul> Related development <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F3H_Demon" title="McDonnell F3H Demon">McDonnell F3H Demon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_in_UK_service" title="McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service">McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1/FGR.2/F.3</a></li></ul> Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_III" title="Dassault Mirage III">Dassault Mirage III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Lightning" title="English Electric Lightning">English Electric Lightning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21">Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-23" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23">Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief" title="Republic F-105 Thunderchief">Republic F-105 Thunderchief</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saab_35_Draken" title="Saab 35 Draken">Saab 35 Draken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-8" title="Shenyang J-8">Shenyang J-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-15" title="Sukhoi Su-15">Sukhoi Su-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF8U-3_Crusader_III" title="Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III">Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III</a></li></ul> Related lists <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_fighter_aircraft" title="List of fighter aircraft">List of fighter aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of military aircraft of the United States">List of military aircraft of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_electronics_of_the_United_States" title="List of military electronics of the United States">List of military electronics of the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a> The aircraft was originally designated the AH, and later re-designated F4H, by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Force">U.S. Air Force</a>'s original designation was "F-110A Spectre". The F-4 designation came about in the <a href="/wiki/1962_United_States_Tri-Service_aircraft_designation_system" title="1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system">1962 United States Tri-Service aircraft designation system</a> for all branches of the U.S. military, unified by the order of U.S. Defense Secretary <a href="/wiki/Robert_McNamara" title="Robert McNamara">Robert McNamara</a>. 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Times of Israel. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141229021938/http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-official-confirms-iran-is-bombing-islamic-state/">Archived</a> from the original on 29 December 2014. 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Retrieved 20 June 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Iran+jets+bomb+Islamic+State+targets+in+Iraq+%E2%80%93+Pentagon&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-middle-east-30304723&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMcDonnell+Douglas+F-4+Phantom+II" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lake215-150"><a href="#cite_ref-Lake215_150-0">^</a> Lake 1992 p. 215 </li> <li id="cite_note-Nordeenp99-151"><a href="#cite_ref-Nordeenp99_151-0">^</a> Nordeen 1991, p. 99. </li> <li id="cite_note-152"><a href="#cite_ref-152">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2011/12/14/japan-chooses-f-35/">"Directory: World Air Forces: Israel."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120107185915/https://thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2011/12/14/japan-chooses-f-35/">Archived</a> 7 January 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Flight International, 16–22 November 2004. Retrieved: 14 February 2008. </li> <li id="cite_note-fricker_p85-153"><a href="#cite_ref-fricker_p85_153-0">^</a> Fricker 2000, p. 85. </li> <li id="cite_note-154"><a href="#cite_ref-154">^</a> Baugher, Joseph F. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.f-4.nl/f4_13.html">"McDonnell F-4EJ Phantom II."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090416234208/http://www.f-4.nl/f4_13.html">Archived</a> 16 April 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> F-4 history. 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Flight Global. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190330182327/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/japan-declares-f-35a-squadron-initial-operation-capa-457019/">Archived</a> from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Flight+Global&rft.atitle=Japan%27s+air+force+stood+up+its+first+operational+F-35A+fighter+squadron%2C+the+302nd+Tactical+Fighter+Squadron%2C+on+29+March.&rft.date=2019-03-29&rft.aulast=Reim&rft.aufirst=Garrett&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fjapan-declares-f-35a-squadron-initial-operation-capa-457019%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMcDonnell+Douglas+F-4+Phantom+II" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-161"><a href="#cite_ref-161">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFjasdf_hyakuri2020" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">@jasdf_hyakuri (25 March 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/jasdf_hyakuri/status/1242839713284648962"><bdi lang="ja">航空総隊司令官は、#百里基地において、#航空総隊直轄部隊である #偵察航空隊の廃止に伴う #隊旗返還式を執行しました。偵空隊の総員が整列し見守る中、偵空隊司令から総隊司令官に隊旗が返還。偵空隊は3/26をもって廃止され、1961年の創設から59年の長きに亘る栄光の歴史に幕を閉じました。</bdi></a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>) (in Japanese) – via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E8%88%AA%E7%A9%BA%E7%B7%8F%E9%9A%8A%E5%8F%B8%E4%BB%A4%E5%AE%98%E3%81%AF%E3%80%81%23%E7%99%BE%E9%87%8C%E5%9F%BA%E5%9C%B0+%E3%81%AB%E3%81%8A%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6%E3%80%81%23%E8%88%AA%E7%A9%BA%E7%B7%8F%E9%9A%8A+%E7%9B%B4%E8%BD%84%E9%83%A8%E9%9A%8A%E3%81%A7%E3%81%82%E3%82%8B+%23%E5%81%B5%E5%AF%9F%E8%88%AA%E7%A9%BA%E9%9A%8A+%E3%81%AE%E5%BB%83%E6%AD%A2%E3%81%AB%E4%BC%B4%E3%81%86+%23%E9%9A%8A%E6%97%97%E8%BF%94%E9%82%84%E5%BC%8F+%E3%82%92%E5%9F%B7%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%97%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%80%82%E5%81%B5%E7%A9%BA%E9%9A%8A%E3%81%AE%E7%B7%8F%E5%93%A1%E3%81%8C%E6%95%B4%E5%88%97%E3%81%97%E8%A6%8B%E5%AE%88%E3%82%8B%E4%B8%AD%E3%80%81%E5%81%B5%E7%A9%BA%E9%9A%8A%E5%8F%B8%E4%BB%A4%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E7%B7%8F%E9%9A%8A%E5%8F%B8%E4%BB%A4%E5%AE%98%E3%81%AB%E9%9A%8A%E6%97%97%E3%81%8C%E8%BF%94%E9%82%84%E3%80%82%E5%81%B5%E7%A9%BA%E9%9A%8A%E3%81%AF3%2F26%E3%82%92%E3%82%82%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E5%BB%83%E6%AD%A2%E3%81%95%E3%82%8C%E3%80%811961%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AE%E5%89%B5%E8%A8%AD%E3%81%8B%E3%82%8959%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AE%E9%95%B7%E3%81%8D%E3%81%AB%E4%BA%98%E3%82%8B%E6%A0%84%E5%85%89%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%B4%E5%8F%B2%E3%81%AB%E5%B9%95%E3%82%92%E9%96%89%E3%81%98%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%80%82&rft.date=2020-03-25&rft.au=jasdf_hyakuri&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fjasdf_hyakuri%2Fstatus%2F1242839713284648962&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMcDonnell+Douglas+F-4+Phantom+II" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-aviationist_RF-4s_retired-162"><a href="#cite_ref-aviationist_RF-4s_retired_162-0">^</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://theaviationist.com/2020/03/09/japanese-rf-4e-phantoms-have-just-carried-out-their-last-flight/">"Japanese RF-4E Phantoms Have Just Carried Out Their Last Flight"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200310083245/https://theaviationist.com/2020/03/09/japanese-rf-4e-phantoms-have-just-carried-out-their-last-flight/">Archived</a> 10 March 2020 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>. theaviationist.com, 9 March 2020. Quote: "However, the 301 Squadron, also based at Hyakuri, and equipped with the grey F-4EJ “Kai” jets with the squadron emblem, a frog, on the tail, will continue to operate the Phantom for some months..." </li> <li id="cite_note-163"><a href="#cite_ref-163">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFjasdf_hyakuri2020" class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">@jasdf_hyakuri (20 November 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/jasdf_hyakuri/status/1329714345652023297"><bdi lang="ja">本日 #百里基地は、#第３０１飛行隊壮行行事を実施しました。48年間に及ぶ #F4 運用の終止符として、基地協力団体代表の方々、歴代飛行隊長、総隊司令官、統幕副長をはじめ多くの方々のご臨席を賜り３０１飛行隊の偉業をたたえるとともに新たな門出を祝いました。</bdi></a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>) (in Japanese) – via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E6%9C%AC%E6%97%A5+%23%E7%99%BE%E9%87%8C%E5%9F%BA%E5%9C%B0+%E3%81%AF%E3%80%81%23%E7%AC%AC%EF%BC%93%EF%BC%90%EF%BC%91%E9%A3%9B%E8%A1%8C%E9%9A%8A+%E5%A3%AE%E8%A1%8C%E8%A1%8C%E4%BA%8B%E3%82%92%E5%AE%9F%E6%96%BD%E3%81%97%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%80%8248%E5%B9%B4%E9%96%93%E3%81%AB%E5%8F%8A%E3%81%B6+%23F4+%E9%81%8B%E7%94%A8%E3%81%AE%E7%B5%82%E6%AD%A2%E7%AC%A6%E3%81%A8%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E3%80%81%E5%9F%BA%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%94%E5%8A%9B%E5%9B%A3%E4%BD%93%E4%BB%A3%E8%A1%A8%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%E3%80%85%E3%80%81%E6%AD%B4%E4%BB%A3%E9%A3%9B%E8%A1%8C%E9%9A%8A%E9%95%B7%E3%80%81%E7%B7%8F%E9%9A%8A%E5%8F%B8%E4%BB%A4%E5%AE%98%E3%80%81%E7%B5%B1%E5%B9%95%E5%89%AF%E9%95%B7%E3%82%92%E3%81%AF%E3%81%98%E3%82%81%E5%A4%9A%E3%81%8F%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%E3%80%85%E3%81%AE%E3%81%94%E8%87%A8%E5%B8%AD%E3%82%92%E8%B3%9C%E3%82%8A%EF%BC%93%EF%BC%90%EF%BC%91%E9%A3%9B%E8%A1%8C%E9%9A%8A%E3%81%AE%E5%81%89%E6%A5%AD%E3%82%92%E3%81%9F%E3%81%9F%E3%81%88%E3%82%8B%E3%81%A8%E3%81%A8%E3%82%82%E3%81%AB%E6%96%B0%E3%81%9F%E3%81%AA%E9%96%80%E5%87%BA%E3%82%92%E7%A5%9D%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%80%82&rft.date=2020-11-20&rft.au=jasdf_hyakuri&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fjasdf_hyakuri%2Fstatus%2F1329714345652023297&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMcDonnell+Douglas+F-4+Phantom+II" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-164"><a href="#cite_ref-164">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/the-phinal-ending-of-301-hikotai-phantom-operations">"The Phinal ending of 301 Hikotai Phantom operations"</a>. 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Sparkford, Somerset, UK: Haynes Publishing Group, 1987. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85429-635-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-85429-635-2">0-85429-635-2</a>.</li> <li>Beit-Hallahmi, Benjamin. The Israeli Connection: Whom Israel Arms and Why. London: I.G. Tauris, 1987. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85043-069-1" title="Special:BookSources/1-85043-069-1">1-85043-069-1</a>.</li> <li>Bishop, Farzad and Tom Cooper. Iranian F-4 Phantom II Units in Combat (Osprey Combat Aircraft #37). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 2003. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84176-658-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84176-658-4">978-1-84176-658-4</a>.</li> <li>Bowers, Peter M. and Enzo Angellucci. The American Fighter. New York: Orion Books, 1987. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-517-56588-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-517-56588-9">0-517-56588-9</a>.</li> <li>Burden, Rodney, Michael I. Draper, Douglas A. Rough, Colin R. Smith and David L. Wilton. Falklands: The Air War. London: Arms and Armour Press, 1986. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85368-842-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-85368-842-7">0-85368-842-7</a>.</li> <li>Burgess, Richard E. The Naval Aviation Guide, 4th ed. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87021-409-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-87021-409-8">0-87021-409-8</a>.</li> <li>Calvert, Denis. Le Tigri della RAF (RAF's Tigers)(in Italian). Aerei magazine N.5, Parma, Italy: Delta editrice, 1991.</li> <li>Carrara, Dino. Phantom Targets: The USAFs Last F-4 Squadron. <a href="/wiki/Air_International" title="Air International">Air International</a>, Volume 71, no. 5, November 2006. Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK: Key Publishing, pp. 42–48.<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0306-5634">0306-5634</a>.</li> <li>Cooper, Tom and Farzad Bishop. Target Saddam's Reactor: Israeli and Iranian Operations Against Iraqi Planes to Develop Nuclear Weapons. <a href="/wiki/Air_Enthusiast" title="Air Enthusiast">Air Enthusiast</a>, No. 110, March/April 2004. pp. 2–12.<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0143-5450">0143-5450</a>.</li> <li>Davies, Peter E. USAF F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965-68 (Osprey Combat Aircraft #45). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 2004. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84176-656-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84176-656-0">978-1-84176-656-0</a>.</li> <li>Davies, Peter E. USAF F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1972-73 (Osprey Combat Aircraft #55). Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Limited, 2005. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84176-657-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84176-657-7">978-1-84176-657-7</a>.</li> <li>Deurenberg, Rudd. Shedding Light on Iranian Phantoms. <a href="/wiki/Air_Enthusiast" title="Air Enthusiast">Air Enthusiast</a>, No. 111, May/June 2004, p. 72. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0143-5450">0143-5450</a></li> <li>Donald, David. RAF Phantoms. Wings of Fame. London: Aerospace. Volume 15, 1999. pp. 4–21. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86184-033-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-86184-033-0">1-86184-033-0</a>.</li> <li>Donald, David and Jon Lake, eds. Desert Storm: The First Phase. World Air Power Journal. London: Aerospace, Volume 5, Spring 1991.<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0959-7050">0959-7050</a>.</li> <li>Donald, David and Jon Lake, eds. Desert Storm: Gulf Victory. World Air Power Journal. 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aircraft">Transports</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Air Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_119" title="McDonnell 119">Model 119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_C-9" title="McDonnell Douglas C-9">C-9 Nightingale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">KC-10 Extender</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_YC-15" title="McDonnell Douglas YC-15">YC-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">C-17 Globemaster III</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADM-20_Quail" title="ADM-20 Quail">ADM-20 Quail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Navy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_TD2D_Katydid" title="McDonnell TD2D Katydid">KDH Katydid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LBD_Gargoyle" title="LBD Gargoyle">KUD</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_AQUILINE" title="Project AQUILINE">Aquiline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Experimental_aircraft" title="Experimental aircraft">Experimental</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="US_Army_/_US_Air_Force31" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Army / US Air Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XV-1" title="McDonnell XV-1">XV-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_X-36" title="McDonnell Douglas X-36">X-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_STOL/MTD" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD">F-15 STOL/MTD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Bird_of_Prey" title="Boeing Bird of Prey">Bird of Prey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X" title="McDonnell Douglas DC-X">DC-X</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Spacecraft" title="Spacecraft">Spacecraft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_Mercury" title="Project Mercury">Mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Gemini" title="Project Gemini">Gemini</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manned_Orbiting_Laboratory" title="Manned Orbiting Laboratory">Gemini B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Gemini" title="Big Gemini">Big Gemini</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skylab" title="Skylab">Skylab</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:13.0em;;font-weight:normal;">US Air Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Gemini" title="Blue Gemini">Blue Gemini</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Model numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XP-67" title="McDonnell XP-67">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_FH_Phantom" title="McDonnell FH Phantom">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XP-67" title="McDonnell XP-67">12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XP-67" title="McDonnell XP-67">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_FH_Phantom" title="McDonnell FH Phantom">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F2H_Banshee" title="McDonnell F2H Banshee">24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LBD_Gargoyle" title="LBD Gargoyle">25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin" title="McDonnell XF-85 Goblin">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_TD2D_Katydid" title="McDonnell TD2D Katydid">31</a></li> <li>36 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-88_Voodoo" title="McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo">36–36V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">36W–36DH</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XHJH_Whirlaway" title="McDonnell XHJH Whirlaway">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XH-20_Little_Henry" title="McDonnell XH-20 Little Henry">38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_TD2D_Katydid" title="McDonnell TD2D Katydid">50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_TD2D_Katydid" title="McDonnell TD2D Katydid">51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F3H_Demon" title="McDonnell F3H Demon">58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XHJH_Whirlaway" title="McDonnell XHJH Whirlaway">61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_HRH" title="McDonnell HRH">78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XH-20_Little_Henry" title="McDonnell XH-20 Little Henry">79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XV-1" title="McDonnell XV-1">82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RIM-8_Talos" title="RIM-8 Talos">85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XHCH" title="McDonnell XHCH">86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SSM-N-2_Triton" title="SSM-N-2 Triton">95</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ADM-20_Quail" title="ADM-20 Quail">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_119" title="McDonnell 119">119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_120_Flying_Crane" title="McDonnell 120 Flying Crane">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AAM-N-10_Eagle" title="AAM-N-10 Eagle">127</a></li> <li>133 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Project_Mercury" title="Project Mercury">133A–133K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Gemini" title="Project Gemini">133L–133P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Gemini" title="Big Gemini">133Q</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ASSET_(spacecraft)" title="ASSET (spacecraft)">151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samos_(satellite)" title="Samos (satellite)">164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temco_TT_Pinto" title="Temco TT Pinto">182</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temco_TT_Pinto" title="Temco TT Pinto">183</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A9guet_941" title="Bréguet 941">188</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Isinglass" title="Project Isinglass">192</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manned_Orbiting_Laboratory" title="Manned Orbiting Laboratory">195</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">199</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%A9guet_941" title="Bréguet 941">210</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_119" title="McDonnell 119">220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpoon_(missile)" title="Harpoon (missile)">228</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II" title="McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II">258</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier" title="Hawker Siddeley Harrier">258AP</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet">267</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Designation_sequences_for_this_aircraft:107" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Designation_sequences_for_this_aircraft:107" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Designation sequences for this aircraft:</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list 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States Tri-Service aircraft designation system">Tri-Service</a> post-1962 systems</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1924 sequences (1924–1962)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pursuit (1924–1948)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-1_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-1 Hawk">P-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-1_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-1 Hawk">P-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-1_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-1 Hawk">P-3</a></li> <li>P-43 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-1_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-1 Hawk">Curtiss P-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-4" title="Boeing XP-4">Boeing P-4</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-1_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-1 Hawk">P-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-6_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-6 Hawk">P-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-7" title="Boeing XP-7">P-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-8" title="Boeing XP-8">P-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-9" title="Boeing XP-9">P-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-10" title="Curtiss XP-10">P-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-6_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-6 Hawk">P-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">P-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas-Morse_XP-13_Viper" title="Thomas-Morse XP-13 Viper">P-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas-Morse_XP-13_Viper" title="Thomas-Morse XP-13 Viper">P-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-15" title="Boeing XP-15">P-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_P-16" title="Berliner-Joyce P-16">P-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-6_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-6 Hawk">P-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-18" title="Curtiss XP-18">P-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-19" title="Curtiss XP-19">P-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_YP-20" title="Curtiss YP-20">P-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-6_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-6 Hawk">P-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-22_Hawk" title="Curtiss XP-22 Hawk">P-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-6_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-6 Hawk">P-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_YP-24" title="Lockheed YP-24">P-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">P-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-26_Peashooter" title="Boeing P-26 Peashooter">P-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">P-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">P-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-29" title="Boeing P-29">P-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">P-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-31_Swift" title="Curtiss XP-31 Swift">P-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-29" title="Boeing P-29">P-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">P-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedell-Williams_XP-34" title="Wedell-Williams XP-34">P-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seversky_P-35" title="Seversky P-35">P-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-36_Hawk" title="Curtiss P-36 Hawk">P-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_YP-37" title="Curtiss YP-37">P-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">P-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">P-39</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-76" title="Bell P-76">P-39E</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk" title="Curtiss P-40 Warhawk">P-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seversky_XP-41" title="Seversky XP-41">P-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-42" title="Curtiss XP-42">P-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-43_Lancer" title="Republic P-43 Lancer">P-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-43_Lancer" title="Republic P-43 Lancer">P-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">P-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-46" title="Curtiss XP-46">P-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">P-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_XP-48" title="Douglas XP-48">P-48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XP-49" title="Lockheed XP-49">P-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">P-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">P-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XP-52" title="Bell XP-52">P-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-60" title="Curtiss P-60">P-53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_XP-54" title="Vultee XP-54">P-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_XP-55_Ascender" title="Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender">P-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XP-56_Black_Bullet" title="Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet">P-56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucker_XP-57" title="Tucker XP-57">P-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XP-58_Chain_Lightning" title="Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning">P-58</a></li> <li>P-593 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XP-52" title="Bell XP-52">XP-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-59_Airacomet" title="Bell P-59 Airacomet">P-59</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-60" title="Curtiss P-60">P-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">P-61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-62" title="Curtiss XP-62">P-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-63_Kingcobra" title="Bell P-63 Kingcobra">P-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-64" title="North American P-64">P-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">P-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_P-66_Vanguard" title="Vultee P-66 Vanguard">P-66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XP-67" title="McDonnell XP-67">P-67</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_XP-68_Tornado" title="Vultee XP-68 Tornado">P-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XP-69" title="Republic XP-69">P-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc" title="Douglas A-20 Havoc">P-70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XP-71" title="Curtiss XP-71">P-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XP-72" title="Republic XP-72">P-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_D-2" title="Hughes D-2">P-73</a>2</li> <li>P-741</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fisher_P-75_Eagle" title="Fisher P-75 Eagle">P-75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-76" title="Bell P-76">P-76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XP-77" title="Bell XP-77">P-77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">P-78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XP-79" title="Northrop XP-79">P-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-80_Shooting_Star" title="Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star">P-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Vultee_XP-81" title="Consolidated Vultee XP-81">P-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">P-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XP-83" title="Bell XP-83">P-83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84_Thunderjet" title="Republic F-84 Thunderjet">P-84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin" title="McDonnell XF-85 Goblin">P-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">P-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_XF-87_Blackhawk" title="Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk">P-87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-88_Voodoo" title="McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo">P-88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">P-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XF-90" title="Lockheed XF-90">P-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XF-91_Thunderceptor" title="Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor">P-91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XF-92" title="Convair XF-92">P-92</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighter (1948–1962)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">F-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">F-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk" title="Curtiss P-40 Warhawk">F-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-47_Thunderbolt" title="Republic P-47 Thunderbolt">F-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">F-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-59_Airacomet" title="Bell P-59 Airacomet">F-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">F-61</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-15_Reporter" title="Northrop F-15 Reporter">RF-61C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-63_Kingcobra" title="Bell P-63 Kingcobra">F-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-80_Shooting_Star" title="Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star">F-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Vultee_XP-81" title="Consolidated Vultee XP-81">F-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-82_Twin_Mustang" title="North American F-82 Twin Mustang">F-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XP-83" title="Bell XP-83">F-83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84_Thunderjet" title="Republic F-84 Thunderjet">F-84</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak" title="Republic F-84F Thunderstreak">F-84F/J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech" title="Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech">F-84H</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin" title="McDonnell XF-85 Goblin">F-85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">F-86</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_YF-93" title="North American YF-93">F-86C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">F-86D/G/K/L</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_XF-87_Blackhawk" title="Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk">F-87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_XF-88_Voodoo" title="McDonnell XF-88 Voodoo">F-88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-89_Scorpion" title="Northrop F-89 Scorpion">F-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XF-90" title="Lockheed XF-90">F-90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XF-91_Thunderceptor" title="Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor">F-91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XF-92" title="Convair XF-92">F-92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_YF-93" title="North American YF-93">F-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-94_Starfire" title="Lockheed F-94 Starfire">F-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86D_Sabre" title="North American F-86D Sabre">F-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-84F_Thunderstreak" title="Republic F-84F Thunderstreak">F-96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-94_Starfire" title="Lockheed F-94 Starfire">F-97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-4_Falcon" title="AIM-4 Falcon">F-98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CIM-10_Bomarc" title="CIM-10 Bomarc">F-99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-100_Super_Sabre" title="North American F-100 Super Sabre">F-100</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-107" title="North American F-107">F-100B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F-101_Voodoo" title="McDonnell F-101 Voodoo">F-101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-102_Delta_Dagger" title="Convair F-102 Delta Dagger">F-102</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-106_Delta_Dart" title="Convair F-106 Delta Dart">F-102B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XF-103" title="Republic XF-103">F-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed F-104 Starfighter">F-104</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XF-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter">XF-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aeritalia_F-104S_Starfighter" title="Aeritalia F-104S Starfighter">F-104S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_NF-104A" title="Lockheed NF-104A">NF-104A</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief" title="Republic F-105 Thunderchief">F-105</a></li> <li>F-1063 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Republic_XF-84H_Thunderscreech" title="Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech">XF-106</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F-106_Delta_Dart" title="Convair F-106 Delta Dart">F-106</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-107" title="North American F-107">F-107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_XF-108_Rapier" title="North American XF-108 Rapier">F-108</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_D-188A" title="Bell D-188A">F-109</a>2</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">F-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">F-111</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">F-111B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111C" title="General Dynamics F-111C">F-111C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111K" title="General Dynamics F-111K">F-111K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Boeing_AFTI/F-111A_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics–Boeing AFTI/F-111A Aardvark">AFTI/F-111A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_EF-111A_Raven" title="General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven">EF-111A</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pursuit, biplace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_P-16" title="Berliner-Joyce P-16">PB-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">PB-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XFM-2" title="Lockheed XFM-2">PB-3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighter, multiplace</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_YFM-1_Airacuda" title="Bell YFM-1 Airacuda">FM-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XFM-2" title="Lockheed XFM-2">FM-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-sequential</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_SBD_Dauntless" title="Douglas SBD Dauntless">F-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">P-322</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">P-400</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tri-service sequence (1962–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main sequence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>F-1 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">F-1C/D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">F-1E/F</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F2H_Banshee" title="McDonnell F2H Banshee">F-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F3H_Demon" title="McDonnell F3H Demon">F-3</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">F-4</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_Phantom_in_UK_service" title="McDonnell Douglas Phantom in UK service">F-4K/M</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">F-5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-20_Tigershark" title="Northrop F-20 Tigershark">G</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F4D_Skyray" title="Douglas F4D Skyray">F-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart" title="Convair F2Y Sea Dart">F-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">F-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">F-9</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">F-9F–J</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F3D_Skyknight" title="Douglas F3D Skyknight">F-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">F-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_YF-12" title="Lockheed YF-12">F-12</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird" title="Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird">F-12C</a>2</li></ul></li> <li>F-131</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">F-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle">F-15</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15E_Strike_Eagle" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle">F-15E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F-15EX_Eagle_II" title="Boeing F-15EX Eagle II">F-15EX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_F-15J" title="Mitsubishi F-15J">F-15J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-15_STOL/MTD" title="McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD">F-15 STOL/MTD</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon" title="General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon">F-16</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-16XL" title="General Dynamics F-16XL">F-16XL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_X-62_VISTA" title="General Dynamics X-62 VISTA">NF-16D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-17" title="Northrop YF-17">F-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet">F/A-18</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">F/A-18E/F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_EA-18G_Growler" title="Boeing EA-18G Growler">EA-18G</a></li></ul></li> <li>F-191</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-20_Tigershark" title="Northrop F-20 Tigershark">F-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IAI_Kfir#United_States" title="IAI Kfir">F-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor" title="Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor">F-22</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_YF-22" title="Lockheed YF-22">YF-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_FB-22" title="Lockheed Martin FB-22">FB-22</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-23" title="Northrop YF-23">F-23</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Non-sequential</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II_Israeli_procurement" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Israeli procurement">F-35I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_X-35" title="Lockheed Martin X-35">X-35</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk" title="Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk">F-117</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Covert designations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Have_Doughnut" title="Have Doughnut">YF-110</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-21" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21">YF-110B/D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengdu_J-7" title="Chengdu J-7">YF-110C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HAVE_DRILL" class="mw-redirect" title="HAVE DRILL">YF-113 (I)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-17" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17">YF-113A</a></li></ul></li> <li>YF-113 (II) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-23" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23">YF-113B/D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Have_Privilege" class="mw-redirect" title="Have Privilege">YF-113 (III)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shenyang_J-5" title="Shenyang J-5">YF-113C</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HAVE_FERRY" class="mw-redirect" title="HAVE FERRY">YF-114</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-17" title="Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17">YF-114C/D</a></li></ul></li> <li>YF-117 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-117_Nighthawk" title="Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk">YF-117A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Tacit_Blue" title="Northrop Tacit Blue">YF-117D</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Bird_of_Prey" title="Boeing Bird of 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title="Boeing">Boeing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_Model_15" title="Boeing Model 15">FB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F2B" title="Boeing F2B">F2B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_F3B" title="Boeing F3B">F3B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-12" title="Boeing P-12">F4B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XP-15" title="Boeing XP-15">F5B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XF6B" title="Boeing XF6B">F6B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-29" title="Boeing P-29">F7B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_XF8B" title="Boeing XF8B">F8B</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Aeroplane_and_Motor_Company" title="Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company">Curtiss</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_TS" title="Naval Aircraft Factory TS">FC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_TS" title="Naval Aircraft Factory TS">F2C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_TS" title="Naval Aircraft Factory TS">F3C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory_TS" title="Naval Aircraft Factory TS">F4C</a></li> <li>F5C1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_F6C_Hawk" title="Curtiss F6C Hawk">F6C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_F7C_Seahawk" title="Curtiss F7C Seahawk">F7C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">F8C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_F9C_Sparrowhawk" title="Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk">F9C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">F10C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_F11C_Goshawk" title="Curtiss F11C Goshawk">F11C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_SBC_Helldiver" title="Curtiss SBC Helldiver">F12C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XF13C" title="Curtiss XF13C">F13C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XF14C" title="Curtiss XF14C">F14C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XF15C" title="Curtiss XF15C">F15C</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Aircraft_Company" title="Douglas Aircraft Company">Douglas</a> <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Aircraft_Corporation" title="McDonnell Aircraft Corporation">McDonnell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_XFD" title="Douglas XFD">FD</a></li> <li>F2D2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F3D_Skyknight" title="Douglas F3D Skyknight">F3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F4D_Skyray" title="Douglas F4D Skyray">F4D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F5D_Skylancer" title="Douglas F5D Skylancer">F5D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_F6D_Missileer" title="Douglas F6D Missileer">F6D</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_FH_Phantom" title="McDonnell FH Phantom">FD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F2H_Banshee" title="McDonnell F2H Banshee">F2D</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grumman" title="Grumman">Grumman</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">FF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F2F" title="Grumman F2F">F2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">F3F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">F4F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">F5F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">F6F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">F7F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">F8F</a></li> <li>F9F <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">-1 to -5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">-6 to -8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">-9</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF10F_Jaguar" title="Grumman XF10F Jaguar">F10F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">F11F</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">-1F/2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">F12F (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-118" title="Grumman G-118">F12F (II)</a>3</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eberhart_Steel_Products_Company" title="Eberhart Steel Products Company">Eberhart</a> <a href="/wiki/Goodyear_Aerospace" title="Goodyear Aerospace">Goodyear</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eberhart_XFG" title="Eberhart XFG">FG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eberhart_XFG" title="Eberhart XFG">F2G</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">FG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goodyear_F2G_Corsair" title="Goodyear F2G Corsair">F2G</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hall_Aluminum_Aircraft_Corporation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hall Aluminum Aircraft Corporation (page does not exist)">Hall</a> <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Aircraft_Corporation" title="McDonnell Aircraft Corporation">McDonnell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hall_XFH" title="Hall XFH">FH</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_FH_Phantom" title="McDonnell FH Phantom">FH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F2H_Banshee" title="McDonnell F2H Banshee">F2H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_F3H_Demon" title="McDonnell F3H Demon">F3H</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">F4H</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce" title="Berliner-Joyce">Berliner-Joyce</a> <a href="/wiki/North_American_Aviation" title="North American Aviation">North American</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_XFJ" title="Berliner-Joyce XFJ">FJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_XF2J" title="Berliner-Joyce XF2J">F2J</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berliner-Joyce_XF3J" title="Berliner-Joyce XF3J">F3J</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ_Fury" title="North American FJ Fury">FJ</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-1_Fury" title="North American FJ-1 Fury">-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-2/-3_Fury" title="North American FJ-2/-3 Fury">-2/3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_FJ-4_Fury" title="North American FJ-4 Fury">-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-107" title="North American F-107">-5</a>3</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Loening" title="Loening">Loening</a> <a href="/wiki/Bell_Aircraft" title="Bell Aircraft">Bell</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Loening_XFL" title="Loening XFL">FL</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_XFL_Airabonita" title="Bell XFL Airabonita">FL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-59_Airacomet" title="Bell P-59 Airacomet">F2L-1</a>4</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">F2L-1K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_D-188A" title="Bell D-188A">F3L</a>3</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">F2M</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">F3M</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Naval_Aircraft_Factory" title="Naval Aircraft Factory">Naval Aircraft Factory</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Naval_Aircraft_Factory_XFN&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naval Aircraft Factory XFN (page does not exist)">FN</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation" title="Lockheed Corporation">Lockheed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">FO (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XFV" title="Lockheed XFV">FO (II)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Aeronautical" title="Ryan Aeronautical">Ryan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_FR_Fireball" title="Ryan FR Fireball">FR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_XF2R_Dark_Shark" title="Ryan XF2R Dark Shark">F2R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_X-13_Vertijet" title="Ryan X-13 Vertijet">F3R</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Supermarine" title="Supermarine">Supermarine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">FS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">Northrop</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_XFT" title="Northrop XFT">FT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_P-61_Black_Widow" title="Northrop P-61 Black Widow">F2T</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vought" title="Vought">Vought</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vought_FU" title="Vought FU">FU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF2U" title="Vought XF2U">F2U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF3U" title="Vought XF3U">F3U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair" title="Vought F4U Corsair">F4U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF5U" title="Vought XF5U">F5U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F6U_Pirate" title="Vought F6U Pirate">F6U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F7U_Cutlass" title="Vought F7U Cutlass">F7U</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_F-8_Crusader" title="Vought F-8 Crusader">F8U</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vought_XF8U-3_Crusader_III" title="Vought XF8U-3 Crusader III">-3</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Vickers" title="Canadian Vickers">Canadian Vickers</a> <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation" title="Lockheed Corporation">Lockheed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">FV</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_XFV" title="Lockheed XFV">FV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wright_Aeronautical" title="Wright Aeronautical">Wright</a> <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Car_and_Foundry" title="Canadian Car and Foundry">CC&F</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dornier_Do_H_Falke" title="Dornier Do H Falke">WP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wright_F2W" title="Wright F2W">F2W</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wright_XF3W_Apache" title="Wright XF3W Apache">F3W</a></li></ul> <ul><li>FW2</li> <li>F2W2</li> <li>F3W2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">F4W</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Convair" title="Convair">Convair</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XFY_Pogo" title="Convair XFY Pogo">FY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_F2Y_Sea_Dart" title="Convair F2Y Sea Dart">F2Y</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>1 Not assigned  • 2 Assigned to a different manufacturer's type  • 3 Unofficial  • 4 Unconfirmed See also: <a href="/wiki/Aeromarine_AS" title="Aeromarine AS">Aeromarine AS</a>  • <a href="/wiki/Vought_VE-7" title="Vought VE-7">Vought VE-7</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="navbox-styles"><link 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A2D Skyshark">A2D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-3_Skywarrior" title="Douglas A-3 Skywarrior">A3D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk" title="Douglas A-4 Skyhawk">A4D</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Grumman" title="Grumman">Grumman</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder">A2F</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">AH</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Armed_Forces" title="Spanish Armed Forces">Spanish Armed Forces</a> fighter designations</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Caza (C) Fighter</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1945–53</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fiat_CR.32" title="Fiat CR.32">C.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Fury" title="Hawker Fury">C.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_112" title="Heinkel He 112">C.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109" title="Messerschmitt Bf 109">C.4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109" title="Messerschmitt Bf 109">C.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiat_G.50_Freccia" title="Fiat G.50 Freccia">C.6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IMAM_Ro.41" title="IMAM Ro.41">C.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polikarpov_I-16" title="Polikarpov I-16">C.8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polikarpov_I-15" title="Polikarpov I-15">C.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109" title="Messerschmitt Bf 109">C.10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arado_Ar_68" title="Arado Ar 68">C.11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109" title="Messerschmitt Bf 109">C.12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispano_Aviaci%C3%B3n_HA-1112" title="Hispano Aviación HA-1112">C.13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispano_Aviaci%C3%B3n_HA-1112" title="Hispano Aviación HA-1112">C.14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helwan_HA-300" title="Helwan HA-300">C.15</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1953–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fiat_CR.32" title="Fiat CR.32">C.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiat_G.50_Freccia" title="Fiat G.50 Freccia">C.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heinkel_He_112" title="Heinkel He 112">C.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispano_Aviaci%C3%B3n_HA-1112" title="Hispano Aviación HA-1112">C.4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre" title="North American F-86 Sabre">C.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helwan_HA-300" title="Helwan HA-300">C.6 (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">C.6 (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=CASA/Heinkel_CH-101&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CASA/Heinkel CH-101 (page does not exist)">C.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter" title="Lockheed F-104 Starfighter">C.8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_F-5" title="Northrop F-5">C.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispano_HA-200" title="Hispano HA-200">C.10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_III" title="Dassault Mirage III">C.11</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">C.12</a></li> <li>C.131</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_F1" title="Dassault Mirage F1">C.14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet">C.15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eurofighter_Typhoon" title="Eurofighter Typhoon">C.16</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>1 Not assigned</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_S.E.5" title="Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5">A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_504" title="Avro 504">A3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopwith_Pup" title="Sopwith Pup">A4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wapiti" title="Westland Wapiti">A5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.9" title="Airco DH.9">A6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth" title="De Havilland DH.60 Moth">A7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.50" title="De Havilland DH.50">A8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Seagull_(1921)" title="Supermarine Seagull (1921)">A9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_III" title="Fairey III">A10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Southampton" title="Supermarine Southampton">A11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Bulldog" title="Bristol Bulldog">A12</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force">RAAF Series Two 1935–63</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Walrus" title="Supermarine Walrus">A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Wackett" title="CAC Wackett">A3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">A4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wapiti" title="Westland Wapiti">A5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_643_Cadet" title="Avro 643 Cadet">A6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.60_Moth" title="De Havilland DH.60 Moth">A7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">A8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufort" title="Bristol Beaufort">A9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_DH.50" title="De Havilland DH.50">A10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylorcraft_Auster" title="Taylorcraft Auster">A11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Bulldog" title="Bristol Bulldog">A12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Link_Trainer" title="Link Trainer">A13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tugan_Gannet" title="Tugan Gannet">A14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Magister" title="Miles Magister">A15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">A16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Tiger_Moth" title="De Havilland Tiger Moth">A17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Empire" title="Short Empire">A18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Beaufighter" title="Bristol Beaufighter">A19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Wirraway" title="CAC Wirraway">A20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Moth_Minor" title="De Havilland Moth Minor">A21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Battle" title="Fairey Battle">A22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Woomera" title="CAC Woomera">A23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_PBY_Catalina" title="Consolidated PBY Catalina">A24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airspeed_Oxford" title="Airspeed Oxford">A25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sunderland" title="Short Sunderland">A26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_A-31_Vengeance" title="Vultee A-31 Vengeance">A27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc" title="Douglas A-20 Havoc">A28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk" title="Curtiss P-40 Warhawk">A29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-2" title="Douglas DC-2">A30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">A30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Express" title="De Havilland Express">A31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percival_Vega_Gull" title="Percival Vega Gull">A32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragon_Rapide" title="De Havilland Dragon Rapide">A33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragon" title="De Havilland Dragon">A34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Dolphin" title="Douglas Dolphin">A35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_24" title="Fairchild 24">A36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Falcon" title="Miles Falcon">A37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Merlin" title="Miles Merlin">A37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Hawk" title="Miles Hawk">A37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stinson_Reliant" title="Stinson Reliant">A38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Model_17_Staggerwing" title="Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing">A39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_Airmaster" title="Cessna Airmaster">A40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Fox_Moth" title="De Havilland Fox Moth">A41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Vega" title="Lockheed Vega">A42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Dragonfly" title="De Havilland Dragonfly">A43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junkers_G_31" title="Junkers G 31">A44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junkers_W_34" title="Junkers W 34">A44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Trimotor" title="Ford Trimotor">A45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Boomerang" title="CAC Boomerang">A46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_B-25_Mitchell" title="North American B-25 Mitchell">A47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_OS2U_Kingfisher" title="Vought OS2U Kingfisher">A48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dornier_Do_24" title="Dornier Do 24">A49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_ST" title="Ryan ST">A50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_F2A_Buffalo" title="Brewster F2A Buffalo">A51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">A52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_P-39_Airacobra" title="Bell P-39 Airacobra">A53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waco_Aircraft_Company" title="Waco Aircraft Company">A54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-38_Lightning" title="Lockheed P-38 Lightning">A55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_P-43_Lancer" title="Republic P-43 Lancer">A56</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Australia" title="De Havilland Australia">A57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">A58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Ventura" title="Lockheed Ventura">A59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hurricane" title="Hawker Hurricane">A60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Corporation" title="Northrop Corporation">A61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_CA-15" title="CAC CA-15">A62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celestial_navigation" title="Celestial navigation">A63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stinson_L-1_Vigilant" title="Stinson L-1 Vigilant">A64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">A65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Lancaster" title="Avro Lancaster">A66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Model_18_Lodestar" title="Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar">A67</a></li> <li>A68 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Mustang" title="CAC Mustang">1–200</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang" title="North American P-51 Mustang">500–1001</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldiver" title="Curtiss SB2C Helldiver">A69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_PBM_Mariner" title="Martin PBM Mariner">A70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noorduyn_Norseman" title="Noorduyn Norseman">A71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">A72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_Lincoln" title="Avro Lincoln">A73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avro_York" title="Avro York">A74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percival_Proctor" title="Percival Proctor">A75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">A76</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloster_Meteor" title="Gloster Meteor">A77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">A78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">A79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_H-5" title="Sikorsky H-5">A80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Freighter" title="Bristol Freighter">A81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viking" title="Vickers Viking">A82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Hornet" title="De Havilland Hornet">A83</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">A84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Winjeel" title="CAC Winjeel">A85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_P.1081" title="Hawker P.1081">A86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Valetta" title="Vickers Valetta">A87</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RFD_Winged_Target&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RFD Winged Target (page does not exist)">A88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-2_Neptune" title="Lockheed P-2 Neptune">A89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Percival_Prince" title="Percival Prince">A90</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Sycamore" title="Bristol Sycamore">A91</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAF_Jindivik" title="GAF Jindivik">A92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAF_Jindivik" title="GAF Jindivik">A93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CAC_Sabre" title="CAC Sabre">A94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-2_Beaver" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver">A95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_CV-240_family" title="Convair CV-240 family">A96</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">A97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cessna_180_Skywagon" title="Cessna 180 Skywagon">A98</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BAC_Jet_Provost" title="BAC Jet Provost">A99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-3_Otter" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter">A100</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Navy">RAN Series</a>1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Firefly" title="Fairey Firefly">N1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">N2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairey_Gannet" title="Fairey Gannet">N3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Sea_Venom" title="De Havilland Sea Venom">N4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Sycamore" title="Bristol Sycamore">N5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Vampire" title="De Havilland Vampire">N6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wessex" title="Westland Wessex">N7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Scout" title="Westland Scout">N8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois">N9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radioplane_BTT" title="Radioplane BTT">N10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GAF_Jindivik" title="GAF Jindivik">N11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">N12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk" title="Douglas A-4 Skyhawk">N13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aermacchi_MB-326" title="Aermacchi MB-326">N14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_HS_748" title="Hawker Siddeley HS 748">N15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westland_Sea_King" title="Westland Sea King">N16</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force">RAAF Series Three</a> Tri-Service series 1964–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bell_H-13_Sioux" title="Bell H-13 Sioux">A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois">A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault_Mirage_III_Australian_procurement" title="Dassault Mirage III Australian procurement">A3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou">A4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Alouette_III" title="Aérospatiale Alouette III">A5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_Viscount" title="Vickers 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