On May 27, 1958, the skies over St. Louis witnessed a historic moment as the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II made its maiden flight. Flown by Chief Test Pilot Robert C. Little, the prototype YF4H-1's ...

The United States delivered more than 100 ... these American-made platforms still serve Iran’s Air Force. In fact, one of Tehran’s F-4 Phantom jets recently crashed in Kabudrahang, Hamedan.

Phantom 145307 flown by Navy Lt ... Earlier in the war, on July 10, 1965, F-4Cs had scored the first United States Air Force kills against North Vietnamese MiG-17s using AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles.

The United States Air Force is the largest ... This includes the Grumman F9F Panther, the McDonnell FH-1 Phantom, and the Vaught F7U Cutlass, on top of un-named models of future Navy heavy ...

What made the F-4 Phantom special ... the aircraft was adopted by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Air Force. The tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range ...

The Phantom had a ceiling of 54,400 ft ... wearing conventional USAF colors and markings. The emblem of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds. In 1985 the demonstration team was consolidated ...

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY, CO — A new commanding officer is in charge of the 10th Air Base Wing at The United States Air Force Academy. Colonel Amy Glisson replaced Brigadier General ...

Townsend said at a press conference. "I can assure you the United States Air Force will conduct a thorough investigation in hopes to minimize the chances of such occurrences from happening again." ...