F-4 Phantom II | |
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A U.S. Air Force F-4 flies with the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron over White Sands Missile Range | |
Role | Interceptor, fighter-bomber |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | McDonnell Aircraft McDonnell Douglas |
First flight | 27 May 1958 |
Introduction | 30 December 1960 |
Retired | 1992 (United Kingdom) 1996 (U.S. combat use) 2013 (Germany) 2016 (U.S. target drone)[1] |
Status | In limited service |
Primary users | United States Air Force(historical) United States Navy(historical) United States Marine Corps(historical) Iranian Air Force |
Produced | 1958–1981 |
Number built | 5,195 |
Unit cost | |
Variants | McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG1/FGR2 |
F-4C | RF-4C | F-4D | F-4E | |
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Unit R&D cost | – | 61,200 (1965) by 1973 486,563 (Current) by 1973 | – | 22,700 (1965) by 1973 180,473 (Current) by 1973 |
Airframe | 1,388,725 (1965) 11,040,877 (Current) | 1,679,000 (1965) 13,348,671 (Current) | 1,018,682 (1965) 8,098,898 (Current) | 1,662,000 (1965) 13,213,514 (Current) |
Engines | 317,647 (1965) 2,525,411 (Current) | 276,000 (1965) 2,194,302 (Current) | 260,563 (1965) 2,071,572 (Current) | 393,000 (1965) 3,124,495 (Current) |
Electronics | 52,287 (1965) 415,701 (Current) | 293,000 (1965) 2,329,458 (Current) | 262,101 (1965) 2,083,800 (Current) | 299,000 (1965) 2,377,161 (Current) |
Armament | 139,706 (1965) 1,110,714 (Current) | 73,000 (1965) 580,377 (Current) | 133,430 (1965) 1,060,818 (Current) | 111,000 (1965) 882,491 (Current) |
Ordnance | – | – | 6,817 (1965) 54,198 (Current) | 8,000 (1965) 63,603 (Current) |
Flyaway cost | 1.9 million (1965) 15.1 million (Current) | 2.3 million (1965) 18.3 million (Current) | 1.7 million (1965) 13.5 million (Current) | 2.4 million (1965) 19.1 million (Current) |
Modification costs | 116,289 (1965) by 1973 924,541 (Current) by 1973 | 55,217 (1965) by 1973 438,996 (2008) by 1973 | 233,458 (1965) by 1973 1,856,077 (Current) by 1973 | 7,995 (1965) by 1973 63,563 (Current) by 1973 |
Cost per flying hour | 924 (1965) 7,346 (2008) | 867 (1965) 6,893 (Current) | 896 (1965) 7,124 (Current) | 867 (1965) 7,124 (Current) |
Maintenance cost per flying hour | 545 (1965) 4,333 (Current) |
Aircraft | Weapons/Tactics | MiG-17 | MiG-19 | MiG-21 | Total |
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F-4C | AIM-7 Sparrow | 4 | 0 | 10 | 14 |
AIM-9 Sidewinder | 12 | 0 | 10 | 22 | |
20 mm gunpod | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Maneuvering tactics | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
F-4D | AIM-4 Falcon | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
AIM-7 Sparrow | 4 | 2 | 20 | 26 | |
AIM-9 Sidewinder | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
20 mm gunpod | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | |
Maneuvering tactics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
F-4E | AIM-7 Sparrow | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
AIM-9 Sidewinder | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
AIM-9+20 mm gun | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
20 mm gun | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Maneuvering tactics | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 33.5 | 8 | 66 | 107.5 |
F-4K (FG.1) | F-4M (FGR.2) | F-4J (UK) | |
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First flight | 27 June 1966 | 17 February 1967 | 10 August 1984 |
Length | 57 feet 7 inches (17.55 m) | 58 feet 3 inches (17.75 m) | |
Height | 16 feet 1 inch (4.90 m) | 16 feet 9 inches (5.11 m) | 16 feet 6 inches (5.03 m) |
Wingspan | 38 feet 5 inches (11.71 m) | ||
Engines | 2 x RR Spey 203 | 2 x RR Spey 202/204 | 2 x J79-GE-10B |
Max speed | Mach 1.9 | Mach 2.1 | |
Total production | 52 | 118 | 15 |
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Received | In service as of 2001 | In service as of 2015 | |
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Australia | 24 F-4E | None[N 1] | None |
Egypt | 45 F-4E | 30 F-4E | 34 |
Germany | 88 RF-4E 175 F-4F | 145 F-4F[N 2] | None |
Greece | 121 F-4E and RF-4E | 62 F-4E and RF-4E[N 3] | 49 |
Iran | 32 F-4D 177 F-4E 16 RF-4E | 15 F-4D 29 F-4E 3 RF-4E | 42 |
Israel | 274 F-4E 12 RF-4E | 40 F-4E 53 Kurnass 2000 | None |
Japan | 140 F-4EJ 14 RF-4EJ | 109 F-4EJ 12 RF-4EJ | 71 |
South Korea | 27 RF-4C 92 F-4D 103 F-4E | 18 RF-4C 60 F-4D 70 F-4E | 71 |
Spain | 40 F-4C 18 RF-4C | 14 RF-4C[N 4] | None |
Turkey | 233 F-4E and RF-4E | 163 F-4E [N 5] 44 RF-4E | 49 |
United Kingdom | 15 F-4J(UK) 50 F-4K 116 F-4M | None | None |