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Mach 2 F-4 Phantom II Fighter Has a Message for Every Air Force on Earth

The F-4 Phantom II was a record-setting, hard-hitting icon—but not without headaches. -Its sheer size hurt dogfight agility ...
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The Engine Propelling the Fastest Woman on Four Wheels

This hypnotic whirl of metal is the afterburner of a General Electric J79 axial-flow turbojet engine—the same engine used on F-4 Phantom jets, made by McDonnell Aircraft during the Vietnam War. But ...