F-4
Cold War interceptor
The F-4 Phantom II is an American supersonic jet fighter-bomber that served as a primary combat aircraft from the 1960s through the 1990s.
It saw extensive action in Vietnam and became one of the most widely used military aircraft of the Cold War era, operated by the U.S.
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, as well as numerous allied nations: F-4s flew more sorties than any other aircraft in Vietnam.
Ghost or famous aircraft
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- jetForced fluid stream
- interceptorAircraft that intercepts threats
- VietnamSoutheast Asian coastal nation
supersonic · cockpit · afterburner · MiG · dogfight · carrier · tactical · reconnaissance
Prolonged East-West standoff
- USAFAmerican aerial military branch
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- missionPurpose-driven task
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
defense · warfare · armament · Sparrow · payload · ordnance · theater · NATO
Letters and digits combined
- modelRepresentation or paradigm
- variantDiffering form of something
- seriesOrdered set of related items
- prototypeFirst functional specimen
specification · classification · nomenclature · generation · iteration · marking · identifier · code
Phantom
Ghost or famous aircraft
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- jetForced fluid stream
- interceptorAircraft that intercepts threats
Vietnam · supersonic · cockpit · afterburner · MiG · dogfight · carrier · tactical · reconnaissance · bombing
Cold War
Prolonged East-West standoff
- USAFAmerican aerial military branch
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- missionPurpose-driven task
strike · defense · warfare · armament · Sparrow · payload · ordnance · theater · NATO · allies
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Letters and digits combined
prototype · specification · classification · nomenclature · generation · iteration · marking · identifier · code · version
- Air Forceflying officer, squadron leader, wing commander, group captain, air marshal
F-4B-2 Spirit
Radar-evading military aircraft
strategic bomber · heavy bomber · transport aircraft · cargo plane · AWACS
F-4F-22 Raptor
US air dominance aircraft
stealth fighter · P-51 Mustang · biplane · Wright Flyer · Sopwith Camel