F-4C Phantom

Mounted in front of the Hill Aerospace Museum, this F-4C "Phantom," from McDonnell Douglas, had a crew of two, had two GE J79-GE-15 turbojet engines, each of which produced 17,000 pounds of thrust.

With a wingspan of 38 feet 5 inches, a length of 58 feet 4 inches, and a height of 16 feet 3 inches, it had a maximum weight of 58,000 pounds and could reach a maximum speed of 1,433 miles an hour. In combat it could travel 538 miles and carried 4 AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, 4 AIM-9 Sidewinders, and up to 16,000 pounds of ordnance.

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