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United States Air Force AIM-7 aerial combat kills [14] Missile firing aircraft Model Aircraft shot down Comments F-4C Phantom II AIM-7D 1 MiG-17 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron (TFS) F-4C AIM-7E 3 MiG-17s, 10 MiG-21s 389th TFS, 433rd TFS, 480th TFS, 555th TFS: F-4D AIM-7E 4 MiG-17s, 2 MiG-21s 433rd TFS, 435th TFS, 555th TFS: F-4D AIM-7E-2 18 ...
USMC F-4 pilots claimed three enemy MiGs at the cost of one aircraft in air-combat. USAF F-4 Phantom crews scored 107 + 1 ⁄ 2 MiG kills (including 33 + 1 ⁄ 2 MiG-17s, eight MiG-19s and 66 MiG-21s) at a cost of 33 Phantoms in air-combat. [92] F-4 pilots were credited with a total of 150 + 1 ⁄ 2 MiG kills at a cost of 42 Phantoms in air-combat.
These upgraded F-4 Phantoms are referred to as the F-4E-2020 Terminator. 54 were modernized and 30+ of them will be in service until at least 2030. [14] They first entered service on 27 January 2000 with deliveries to 111 and 171 Filo. [15] QF-4E Remote-controlled target drone. F-4EJ A Japanese Mitsubishi F-4EJ
A McDonnell-Douglas F-15C Eagle, 80-0002, of the 3d Wing, stationed at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, accidentally fired an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile at F-15C, 81-0054. The damaged aircraft was able to make an emergency landing; it was subsequently repaired and returned to service, [ 17 ] finally retired to AMARG , 8 September 2009. [ 18 ]
The most successful: USAF squadron was the 555th TFS with 36 kills; US Navy squadron was VF-96 with 10 kills; Aircraft was the F-4 Phantom with 147 kills; Weapons was the AIM-9 with 80 kills, although a few AIM-9 were AIM-9/20mm shared kills
The DACT detachment of VF-171 was located at NAS Key West, Florida, and flew the A-4 Skyhawk and the F-4 Phantom II. VF-171 assumed the Atlantic Fleet F-4 Fleet Replacement Squadron training role upon VF-101's transition to becoming the Fleet Replacement Squadron for the F-14 Tomcat.
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On display F-4C-21. 37683 – Museo Nacional Aeronáutico y del Espacio, Santiago. 31 December 1964: first deployed to the 8th TFW GAFB, California; assigned to the 431st TFS. 4 February 1967: assigned to the 366th TFW, Southeast Asia. 15 January 1968: assigned to the 347th TFW. 12 January 1970: transferred to 4452d CCTS, GAFB, CA. 5 April 1972: assigned to the 183d TFG. 10 December 1980 ...