A look at what made the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II so special.
Key Points and Summary - The F-4 Phantom II, a Mach 2.2 Cold War icon, was initially designed as a U.S. Navy interceptor armed only with missiles, reflecting the belief that dogfighting was obsolete. ...
The finished Phantom served as proof of concept that a jet could indeed operate from an aircraft carrier. Yet the Phantom itself underperformed. The McDonnell FH Phantom was the first purely ...