F-4 Phantoms: The Strategic Secret Weapon U.S. Readers Should Know About - Part 3The Phantom was the mainstay of the Korean Air Force as a versatile, all-weather fighter equipped with a powerful 7.25-ton weapon capability and high-performance radar and navigation equipment. Until the KF-16s were operated by the Air Force in 1994, they were the representative fighters of the Republic of Korea Air Force, performing air-to-air and air-to-ground […]
F-4 Phantoms: The Strategic Secret Weapon U.S. Readers Should Know About - Part 2The F-4 Phantom was the world’s best fighter in the late 1960s and 1970s. It demonstrated overwhelming performance in all abilities, including flight performance in air-to-air and air-to-ground, among contemporary fighters. It was so powerful that it could be compared to the 5th generation stealth fighters F-22 and F-35, currently regarded as the world’s most […]
F-4 Phantoms: The Strategic Secret Weapon U.S. Readers Should Know About - Part 1The U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps utilized the F-4 “Phantom,” which made its maiden flight in 1958, a formidable force in aerial warfare during the Vietnam War in the 1960s. The introduction of the F-4 to Korea was led by heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula following the 1968 North Korean armed invasion […]
The F-4E Phantom: Still Soaring After 40 Years! Is It Time to Retire?The aging F-4E Phantom, once a formidable fighter jet, now lags behind modern aircraft and faces retirement.
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