Col, USAF (Ret.), former Vietnam War F-4 Phantom II pilot turned professional singer Even if the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom weren’t immortalized in song by the people who flew her ...

The F-4 Phantom II Had the Perfect Lifespan The F-4 Phantom II is one of America’s most iconic warplanes. After entering service in 1961 and retiring in 1996, this bird is the stuff of legends.

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 Force two years later only for the Marine Corps to adopt it too.