Israel Day 5 - Israel Air Force Museum - The F-4 Phantom II

Now for The Old AF Sarge's aircraft of choice. Israel acquired the F-4E Phantom II, receiving their first batch of aircraft in January 1968. It was Israel's main fighter aircraft through the Yom Kippur War. The F-4 Phantom was called the Kurnass - "Sledgehammer" in Israeli service, and the RF-4E, the reconnaissance version was called the Orev - "Raven". The Phantiom's first air-to-air