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The F-4 Phantom Has the World’s Only Gun Kill at Supersonic Speed
With a top speed of Mach 2.2, the F-4’s defining characteristic was world-record speed. Can you name the most widely produced ...
The only confirmed supersonic air-to-air gun kill is credited to a hotshot U.S. Air Force F-4 Phantom II pilot named Maj. Phil “Hands” Handley. Some airpower pundits consider guns—more specifically ...
Today, many military aircraft can break the sound barrier to enter supersonic flight. Certain commercial models can as well, including the Concorde, which is famous for its record-breaking flights. As ...
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How Iran’s F-4 Phantom Fleet Survives Sanctions and Outlasts Modern Rivals Through Engineering Ingenuity
“The Phantom still can carry a punch as a bomber,” noted Business Insider in 2014, referencing an aircraft that took to the skies for the first time in 1958. But in 2025, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 ...
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