Lt. Col. Donald Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a night mission when his plane disappeared in a fireball. (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency via AP) MADISON, Wis.

The United States delivered more than 100 Phantoms to Iran before the Islamic Revolution. P erhaps surprisingly, Iran’s Air ...

F-4 Phantom II: The Legendary Fighter Jet ... The F-4 flew its first combat missions for the Navy over the unfriendly skies of Vietnam in 1964. A year later, the Air Force deployed its variant ...

Downing of Columbus. Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during an armed night reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam in September 1967 when his plane ...

Downing of Columbus. Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during an armed night reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam in September 1967 when his plane ...

While the United States canceled its shipments of aircraft following the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979, the F-14 and F-4 ... over Mach 2.2 (times the speed of sound), the Phantom ...