Phantom II

Seen at the Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, this is an NF-4C Phantom II. The model was first flown in 1958, and was designed as a U.S. Navy fleet defense interceptor. Later, the Air Force tested it at Edwards as a possible fighter-bomber. The plane could carry twice the bomb load of a World War II-era B-17.

"Phantoms have also served with the U.S. Marine Corps and many foreign nations such as Great Britain, Germany, Japan, and Israel," reads a plaque at the museum. More than 5,000 were built.