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 ...

Summary and Key Points: The F-4 Phantom II, an iconic third-generation ... twin-engine jet was used by the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and eleven other nations, including Iran.

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 ...