F-4 Phantom II

F-4 Phantom II adalah pesawat tempur pengebom buatan Amerika Serikat. Pesawat ini berukuran besar, bermesin ganda dan terutama digunakan oleh Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat, Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat, serta Korps Marinir Amerika Serikat. Saat ini F-4 sudah pensiun di Amerika Serikat, tetapi masih aktif di beberapa negara di luar Amerika serikat, seperti di Iran dan Israel. Sampai tahun 2001 masih ada 1000 pesawat jenis ini yang digunakan di 11 negara.

QF-4 Phantom 74-626 di McGuire Air Force Base, 12 Mei 2007. A-10 Thunderbolt II dilatar belakang.

F-4 USAF menjatuhkan 107½ MiG Asia Tenggara (50 dengan Sparrow, 31 dengan Sidewinder, 5 dengan Falcon, 15.5 dengan senapan mesin.

Spesifikasi (F-4E)

Karakteristik umum
Kru: 2
Panjang: 63 ft 0 in
Lebar sayap: 38 ft 4.5 in
Tinggi: 16 ft 6 in
Luas sayap: 530.0 ft²
Airfoil: NACA 0006.4-64 root, NACA 0003-64 tip
Bobot kosong: 30,328 lb
Bobot terisi: 41,500 lb
Bobot maksimum lepas landas: 61,795 lb
Mesin: 2× General Electric J79-GE-17A axial compressor turbojets, 17,845 lbf masing-masing
Zero-lift drag coefficient: 0.0224
Drag area: 11.87 ft² (1.10 m²)
Aspect ratio: 2.77
Fuel capacity: 1,994 US gal (7,549 L) internal, 3,335 US gal (12,627 L) with three external tanks
Maximum landing weight: 36,831 lb (16,706 kg)
Kinerja
Laju maksimum: Mach 2.23 (1,472 mph, 2,370 km/h) at 40,000 ft (12,190 m)
Laju jelajah: 506 knots (585 mph, 940 km/h)
Radius tempur: 367 nm
Jarak jangkau ferri: 1,403 nm with 3 external fuel tanks
Batas tertinggi servis: 60,000 ft
Laju panjat: 41,300 ft/min
Beban sayap: 78 lb/ft²
Dorongan/berat: 0.86
Lift-to-drag ratio: 8.58
Takeoff roll: 4,490 ft (1,370 m) at 53,814 lb (24,410 kg)
Landing roll: 3,680 ft (1,120 m) at 36,831 lb (16,706 kg)
Persenjataan
1x 20 mm M61 Vulcan gatling cannon, 639 rounds
Up to 18,650 lb (8,480 kg) of weapons on nine external hardpoints, including general purpose bombs, cluster bombs, TV- and laser-guided bombs, rocket pods, air-to-ground missiles, anti-runway weapons, anti-ship missiles, targeting pods, recce pods, and nuclear weapons. Baggage pods may also be carried. External fuel tanks of 370 US gal (1,420 l) capacity for the outer wing hardpoints and either a 600 or 610 US gal (2,310 or 2,345 l) fuel tank for the centerline station can be fitted to extend the range.
4x AIM-7 Sparrow in fuselage recesses plus 4x AIM-9 Sidewinders on wing pylons; upgraded Hellenic F-4E and German F-4F ICE carry AIM-120 AMRAAM, Japanese F-4EJ Kai carry AAM-3, Hellenic F-4E will carry IRIS-T in future. Iranian F-4s could potentially carry Russian and Red Chinese missiles. UK Phantoms eventually (1978) replaced the AIM-7 Sparrow with Skyflash missiles.