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The '''F-4 Phantom II''' was a supersonic long-range all-weather fighter-bomber used by the [[United States]] military from 1960 to 1996. It was developed by McDonnell Douglas.
It was the fighter and fighter-bomber used by the United States Air Force, Navy and Marines during the Vietnam war. It was used both by the Navy [[Blue Angels]] demonstration team and the Air Force [[Thunderbirds]].
Some are still in service with other nations who bought it from the United States.
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom
Type: Supersonic fighter bomber
Powerplant: Two General Electric J79-GE-10 afterburning turbojet
Performance: Top speed 1500 mph
Dimensions: Wingspan 38 ft. 4 in. Length 58 ft 2 in.
Armament: One 20 millimeter Vulcan cannon, and either four [[AIM-7 Sparrow]] missiles and four [[AIM-9 Sidewinder]] missiles or 16,000 lb bombload.
==Phantoms over Israel==
The Phantom was first acquired by the Israeli Defense Forces in September 1969, and 67 days later, the F-4 saw aerial combat with the Israelis for the first time, when a Phantom crew shot down an Egyptian Mig-21. Phantoms took part in the War of Attrition, the [[Yom Kippur War]] (suffering heavy losses), and the 1982 war in Lebanon. The Phantom was used mainly as a fighter-bomber, although Israeli F-4s scored a total of 116.5 air-to-air kills.[http://home.att.net/~jBaugher1/f4_41.html] The Israeli name for the F-4 was the ''Kurnass'' (sledgehammer).<ref>''Israeli F-4 Phantom II Aces'', by Shlomo Aloni, Osprey Publishing, 2004</ref>
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