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 ...
The F-4 was built to serve as a carrier-based interceptor for the U.S. Navy but would eventually be folded into both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps force structure where the Phantom ...
The Air Force's Phantom II was designated F-4C, and first flew May 27, 1963. Production deliveries began in November 1963. The F-4 was the primary fighter-bomber aircraft in the U.S. Air Force ...