Why F-4 Phantom II Fighter Is Such a Legendary Plane

F-4 f4 f 4, also called F-4 Phantom II, F 4Phantom F 4 Phantom II two-seat, twin-engine jet fighter built by the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation (later the McDonnell-Douglas Corporation) for the United States and many other countries. The first F-4 was delivered to the U.S. Navy in 1960 and to the Air Force in 1963. By the time it went out of production in 1979, more that 5,000 Phantoms had been built, and it had become one of the most successful fighter aircraft since World War II.
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[@FUL0H8]

I always check under my bed for Phantoms… I sure do miss them.

[@lancecahill5486]

Between January and May, 1972, Lieutenant Randy "Duke" Cunningham and his RIO, Wilie "Irish" Dricscoll, flying F4-J with Fighter Squadron 96 (VF-96) from the USS Constellation became the first aces of the United States Navy of the Vietnam War by shooting down 5 North Vietnamese MiGs, including 1 MiG 21 on 19 January, 1 MiG 17 on 8 May and 3 MiG 17s in a single day on 10 May.

[@christophersbarounis8473]

im greek and i see them fly all the time they are beautiful

[@geneosworld]

I was in Navy and loved the Phantom....My favorite plane...

[@Military-TV]

Thank for your service sir

[@geneosworld]

I was at NAS OCEANA....1963-1967...

[@kingtigerbooks1162]

The F-4 Phantom excelled at every aspect of air combat except turning. It had better radar, engines, guns, missiles, acceleration, ceiling, time-to-height, rate of climb and G-tolerance (it didn't break until 9 Gs) than any MiG of that time. And it was a beautiful jet. There are a lot of aviation-themed art books out there. These are my favorite: - Aviation Art by Lou Drendel - Infinite Worlds by Vincent DiFate - Great Fighter Jets of the Galaxy 1 by Tim Gibson

[@jimlong1968]

I did the testing on land and at sea of the f-4s . 1973 one hell of a lot of power when you went around the horn and hit afterburner. VF-51 Screaming eagles.

[@edb3551]

I think that the F4 is the best air craft that McConnell Douglas ever made. It was decades ahead of it's time ‼️

[@joeydepalmer4457]

i do not know about the fighter, but the video answered all my questions

[@questofknowledge8788]

Just want to put out that the lack of a gun wasn’t that large of a problem for the phantom, the navy showed this by getting a 13-1 kill rate with phantoms after starting top gun, while the Air Force was stuck at nearly the same rate as before even with the new gun. The biggest problem the f-4 was one of weapon handling and maintaining. The Navy also spent time making sure their missiles were up to the task where the Air Force never realized how poor their equipment was. The AIM- 4 falcon was never used by the navy because it was awful and arguably worse than an AIM-9B (first air to air inferred missile) in terms of pk, the AIM9E is just a AIM9B with off bore sight capability but that was it. The navy used longer range and better targeting weapons and it showed after pilot training. The navy also had a different way of handling the gun pods they used, as if there were 2 aircraft in a fight only 1 would have a gun (same with 3, but with every 2-3, 1 would have a gun). The navy realized that it was the weapons and pilot ability to employ them that lead to success.

[@maheelhilaal2801]

Is anyone talking about the fact that, in the thumbnail, there is Figter bomber instead of Fighter bomber

[@cliffordjones9715]

The F4E Phantom 11 is My favorite phantom has shot down 387 migs the F4E Phantom with the move slats made it a killer that a fact

[@henningpieterjordan7416]

One of the best birds ever .!!!

[@rrevolver1]

Truly a flying brick, it had no business being in the air except for that engine powering it

[@veinbanger9381]

As of 04-25-2021/0210hrs, unfortunately the Japanese Air Defense Force has retired the F4 Phantom

[@muhammadnursyahmi9440]

Probably for the best. Spare parts are drying up and maintanence works probably increased a lot, considering F4 Phantoms airframes are quite old.

[@davy1458]

Damn....it takes 4 different jets to do the work of 1 phantom.....better yet it takes 4 jets to do an excellent job of what one f4 could do a half ass job at.

[@JuniorJuni070]

A f4 wont survive modern warfare.

[@silenciummortum2193]

@@JuniorJuni070 what evidence do you have to support this?

[@SUP_Bigans]

@@silenciummortum2193 your ignorance about modern warfare let you type this futile question.

[@WhatGindoes]

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[@Military-TV]

Good advice

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Very nice and informative video host thank you for sharing.

[@FauziNomad]

Hey there, new subscriber here from India. Your videos are gem and I discovered your channel quite late I guess

[@Military-TV]

Thanks and welcome

[@freedfromdesire466]

A greek F-4 fell just 2 days ago during a drill, killing both pilots unfortunetely. According to reports it was flying low altitude (300 feet) over the sea and was asked to make sharp turns when it reportedly crashed for unknown reasons.

[@chrisdavis3642]

It just looks like a bird of war!

[@TR052]

Exxlent video men!!

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

Isn't a Phantom, a ghost who walks? :D

[@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647]

@@av-abv-a9908 I was referring to one of my favorite comic strips

[@arnfrancistapic2352]

@@cornbreadfedkirkpatrick9647 Phantom name use to be Ghost but it was rejected so it was named Phantom

[@rohancheeku]

Showing F-18 Super Hornet as F-18 Hornet.

[@A--VuTrongHieu]

CAN WE EQUIP LASER WEAPONS FOR THIS?

[@ripigogbl]

Muito legal!

[@knightsofstjoan2004]

F-4 C Phantom for the Philippine Air Force. F-4 H for the Philippine Navy and Philippine Marine Corps.

[@lexas1]

Pilots called it the flying pig.

[@dawightg9787]

Actually the F111 was the flying pig

[@lexas1]

@@dawightg9787 Actually they also called the phantom the flying pig. Actually.

[@dawightg9787]

@@lexas1 Actually the F111 was called the Flying pig, Because it was too large and didn’t have enough Thrust and wasn’t maneuverable. The F111 was reduced to ground roles only Due to these reasons.

[@lexas1]

@@dawightg9787 May be. The phantom was also called the flying pig by its pilots.

[@dawightg9787]

@@lexas1 I think the interesting thing is one fighter the F111 was actually the flying pig when you look at the Failure of the TFX-F111 program and how the F111B was scrapped for the Navy.. And the other Fighter the F4 Phantom was only called the flying pig because the pilots was never taught to Dogfight with it during the 60s and if they did practice Dogfighting using the Vertical on their own they would have been kicked out of the Navy.

[@dawightg9787]

The phantom was a Great Fighter, However the Failure of the Top Brass during the LBJ administration to not train pilots to Dogfight was the issue, you would even have pilots kicked out of the Navy if they was caught training themselves Dogfighting tactics with the phantom during the 60s . Thankfully Brave men stood up to the Top Brass like Frank Ault and Dan Pedersen and started training pilots the Vertical at a school they started called Fighter weapons school. These pilots took the ratio from 2:1 and increased it to 24:1 with the phantoms by the end of Vietnam. Why this newer ratio with trained pilots is never discussed remains a mystery..

[@anomaly_echelon7994]

F-4 phantoms A.K.A. Flying bricks

[@RampantFury925]

At the rate they're being retired, they'll be all gone soon.

[@kenmccormick3052]

more impressed by the F-14 over the F-4

[@metuberob]

whats a figter bomber? must have used grammarly to spell

[@themc.kennyshow6585]

The newer F4s will be able to contend better with modern day (4th gen= fighters, yet its still a fighter made a long time ago. You can update the tech all you want. The frame & design would probably still let you down

[@einarabelc5]

Because it marked the end of the US as a Republic.