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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.
+#REDIRECT [[F-4 Phantom]]
-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>
-==References==
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-[[Category:Military]]
-[[Category:Aircraft]]

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