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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 U.S. supersonic military aircraft ever? Answer: the McDonnell Douglas F-4 ...
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The F-4 Phantom Has the World’s Only Gun Kill at Supersonic Speed
The F-4 was built to serve as a carrier-based interceptor for the U.S. Navy but would eventually be folded into both the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps force structure where the Phantom ...