The F-4 was retired from U.S. Air Force service in 1996, but many Phantom IIs of numerous variants are displayed in museums worldwide. Incredibly, the venerable warbird still remains in service with the Iranian Air Force to this very day.
Overall, the P-38 downed more than 1,800 Japanese aircraft with more than 100 of her pilots attaining ace status thus making her the most statistically successful U.S. Army Air Forces fighter of the Pacific theater of WWII.
The F-20 began development in 1975. It was initially designated the F-5G, a variant of the Northrop F-5E Tiger II AKA “Freedom Fighter” that was already being sold to U.S. allies around the globe.
A recent report about a senior U.S. military officer who publicly stated that the much-feared, much-vaunted J-20 ain’t all it’s cracked up to be is making waves.
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