F-4 Phantom II

Saat ini F-4 sudah pensiun di Amerika Serikat, tetapi masih aktif di beberapa negara di luar Amerika serikat, seperti di Iran danIsrael. Sampai tahun 2001 masih ada 1000 pesawat jenis ini yang digunakan di 11 negara.

Tipe	Pesawat tempur pengebom
Produsen	McDonnell Douglas ( McDonnell Aircraft)
Perancang	David S. Lewis, Jr.
Terbang perdana	27 May 1958
Status	1.100 aktif sebagaidrone di AS dan aktif di luar AS
Pengguna	Amerika Serikat Iran Israel
Tahun produksi	1958-1981
Jumlah produksi	5.195
Harga satuan	2,4 juta dolar ASketika baru (F-4E)

Ciri-ciri 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 airfoil 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×axial compressor turbojet General Electric J79-GE-17A, 17,845 lbf
• 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 number 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
• Jangkauan feri: 1,403 nm with 3 external fuel tanks
• Batas atas layanan: 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 Mitsubishi 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.