During the last flight, the unmanned Phantom served as an aerial target and was shot at by an F-35 with two AIM-120s. Nevertheless, the aircraft landed safely back home. The U.S. Air Force has just ...

Not sure how to feel about this one having worked in an Air Force full of manned ones, still they get to fly again and chances are they won’t get hit first time out ;-) BAE Systems has successfully ...

The last American F-4s would see action during Operation Desert Storm, before being retired in 1996. The Pentagon later converted some into QF-4 target practice drones. The McDonnell Douglas F-4 ...

Crowds gathered at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, to cheer on the QF-4 Phantom II as the storied aircraft took its final flight Wednesday after more than a half-century in service. "This has ...

After more than 50 years of service, the F-4 Phantom II is about to be retired by the U.S. Air Force. The final F-4 Phantom appearance at an airshow while in USAF service occurred during Nellis Air ...

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., Aug. 31 (UPI) --The QF-4 Phantom flew its final unmanned mission this month while serving as an aerial target during F-35 Lightning II testing, the U.S. Air Force said.

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- The 82nd Aerial Target Squadron received the last of the "new" QF-4 aerial targets as the Vietnam-era aircraft landed here Nov. 19. The QF-4, Aircraft 68-0599, spent ...