Tag: McDonnell

McDonnell FH Phantom

The McDonnell FH Phantom was a twin-engined jet fighter aircraft designed and first flown during World War II for the United States Navy. The Phantom was the first purely jet-powered …

McDonnell F3H Demon

The McDonnell F3H Demon was a subsonic swept-wing United States Navy carrier-based jet fighter aircraft. After severe problems with Westinghouse J40 engine that was ultimately abandoned, the successor to the …

McDonnell Douglas YC-15

The YC-15 was McDonnell Douglas’ entrant into the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) competition, to replace the C-130 Hercules as the USAF’s standard STOL tactical transport. In …

McDonnell Douglas F-4F Phantom II

The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is a two-seat, twin-engined, all-weather, long-range supersonic fighter-bomber originally developed for the U.S. Navy by McDonnell Aircraft. Proving highly adaptable, it became a major …
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McDonnell Douglas F-4G Wild Weasel

Wild Weasel is a nickname for aircraft of the United States Air Force tasked with the Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) mission. The name derives from Project Wild Weasel—originally …

McDonnell Douglas RF-4 Phantom II

The RF-4 was an unarmed photographic reconnaissance version of the USAF’s F-4C which carried a variety of film-based and side-looking radar (SLAR) sensors for the Air Force and the Marine …

McDonnell RF-101 Voodoo

Development of the unarmed RF-101, the world’s first supersonic photo-recon aircraft, began in 1956 while 35 RF-101As and 166 RF-101Cs were produced, many earlier single-seat Voodoos were converted to the …