However, some pilots loved the fighter, and it proved itself over and over again in combat zones. The Navy gradually replaced ...

The F-4 Phantom II was designed for multidimensional ... its operational service ran concurrently with that of the U.S. Navy, ...

First flown in May 1958, the Phantom II originally was developed for U.S. Navy fleet defense and entered ... Production deliveries began in November 1963. The F-4 was the primary fighter-bomber ...