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The F-4 Phantom Has the World’s Only Gun Kill at Supersonic Speed
With a top speed of Mach 2.2, the F-4’s defining characteristic was world-record speed. Can you name the most widely produced U.S. supersonic military aircraft ever? Answer: the McDonnell Douglas F-4 ...
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Why Was The F-4 Phantom Retired And What Was Its Top Speed?
The F-4 Phantom was a fighter jet that entered service with the U.S. Navy in 1961 and eventually found its way to the Air Force two years later only for the Marine Corps to adopt it too.
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‘War robot’ designed for defense bizarrely performs DJ set at nightclub: ‘A fun moment’
Robots like Phantom are already being used in non-combat roles in the US military, like maintenance tasks and refueling aircrafts in remote areas. Foundation is the only American robotics company ...
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QF-4 Aerial Target
First flown in May 1958, the Phantom II originally was developed for U.S. Navy fleet defense and entered service in 1961. The Air Force evaluated it as the F-110A Spectre for close air support ...
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An F-4 Phantom Has Crashed in Western Iran
More than four decades later, 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. Images of the ...