F-4 Phantom II

F-4 Phantom II
	USAF F-4E dari 347th Tactical Fighter Wing menjatuhkan bom 500-pon Mark 82.
Tipe	Pesawat tempur pengebom
Perancang	David S. Lewis, Jr.
Terbang perdana	27 May 1958
Status	1.100 aktif sebagai drone di AS dan aktif di luar AS
Pengguna utama	Amerika Serikat
Pengguna lain	Iran; Israel
Tahun produksi	1958-1981
Jumlah produksi	5.195
Harga satuan	2,4 juta dolar AS ketika baru (F-4E)

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, dan 6 dengan yang lainnya:

Aircraft	Weapons/Tactics	MiG-17	MiG-19	MiG-21	Total
F-4C	AIM-7 Sparrow	4	0	10	14
	AIM-9 Sidewinder	12	0	10	22
	20 mm gun	3	0	1	4
	Maneuvering tactics	2	0	0	2
F-4D	AIM-4 Falcon	4	0	1	5
	AIM-7 Sparrow	4	2	20	26
	AIM-9 Sidewinder	0	2	3	5
	20 mm gun	4.5	0	2	6
	Maneuvering tactics	0	0	2	2
F-4E	AIM-7 Sparrow	0	2	8	10
	AIM-9 Sidewinder	0	0	4	4
	AIM-9+20 mm gun	0	0	1	1
	20 mm gun	0	1	4	5
	Maneuvering tactics	0	1	0	1
Total		33.5	8	66	107.5

Spesifikasi (F-4E)

Data dari The Great Book of Fighters,

Ciri-ciri umum

Kru: 2
Panjang: 63 ft 0 in
Rentang 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
Berat kosong: 30,328 lb
Berat isi: 41,500 lb
Berat maksimum saat 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 (422 mi, 680 km)
Jangkauan feri: 1,403 nm (1,615 mi, 2,600 km) with 3 external fuel tanks
Langit-langit batas: 60,000 ft
Laju tanjak: 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.

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