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F-4 Phantom II William P. Driscoll (RIO) United States USN 5 F-4 Phantom II J R. Stephen Ritchie (pilot) [7] United States USAF 5 F-4 Phantom II Jeffrey S. Feinstein (WSO) [8] United States USAF 5 F-4 Phantom II Le Quang Trung † [9] North Vietnam VPAF 5 MiG-17, MiG-19: Nguyễn Văn Nghĩa: North Vietnam VPAF 5 MiG-21 Nguyễn Phi Hung † [1 ...
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II [N 1] is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber that was developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy. [4]
F-4 Phantom II—445 total, 382 in combat First loss: operational (non-combat), F-4C 64-0674 (45TH TFS, 15th TFW) which ran out of fuel after strike in SVN on 9 June 1965; first combat loss F-4C 64-0685 (45th TFS, 15th TFW) shot down Ta Chan, NW NVN on 20 June 1965. 9 of the losses were parked aircraft struck by rockets.
Roger Clinton Locher (born September 13, 1946) [3] is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Air Force and a former McDonnell Douglas F-4D Phantom II Navigator/Weapon Systems Officer (WSO) and subsequent Pilot who, during Operation Linebacker in the Vietnam War, was shot down only 40 miles (64 km) from Hanoi, North Vietnam. [4]
The wing fought in combat as the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing during the Vietnam War and was the host unit at two major air bases in South Vietnam. Its McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft flew thousands of combat missions between 1965 and 1971 before being withdrawn as part of the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam and Southeast Asia.
Two years later he transitioned into the F-4 Phantom II at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida, in preparation for his first tour in Southeast Asia. Assigned to the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron , 366th Tactical Fighter Wing at Da Nang Air Base , South Vietnam in 1968, Ritchie flew the first "Fast FAC" mission in the F-4 forward air controller ...
Edward J. Rasimus (September 29, 1942 – January 30, 2013) [1] was a United States Air Force Major and a veteran fighter pilot of the Vietnam War. [2] Rasimus flew more than 250 combat missions in F-105 Thunderchief and F-4 Phantom II fighters during the conflict and received the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross five times, and numerous Air Medals.
Randall Harold "Duke" Cunningham (born December 8, 1941) is an American former politician, Vietnam War veteran and fighter ace. [1] [2] Cunningham served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 50th district from 1991 to 2005, and later served prison time for accepting bribes from defense contractors.