phantom vs. fishbed!
what aircraft do you like most?????
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
Origin: USA
Type: two-seat fighter and attack aircraft
Max Speed: 1,290 kt / 1,485 mph
Max Range 958 km / 595 miles
Dimensions: span 11.71 m / 38 ft 5 in
length 19.20 m / 63 ft 0 in
height 5.02 m / 16 ft 5.5 in
Weight: empty 15,454 kg / 34,000 Ib
max. take-off 35,454 kg /
78,000 lb
Powerplant: two 8119-kg (17,900-lb) afterburning thrust General Electric J79-GE-229 turbojets
Armament: provision to mount two AIM-7 Sparrow self-defence AAMs in rear fuselage recesses; radar suppression weapons include mix of AGM-45 Shrike, AGM-65 Maverick and AGM-88 HARM missiles in conjunction with APR-38 RHAWS integral equipment and podded ALQ-119 ECM
Operators: Egypt, Germany, Greece, Iran, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Turkey
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
Origin: USSR
Type: multi-role fighter
Max Speed: 1,203 kt / 1,385 mph
Max Range 1,160 km / 721 miles
Dimensions: span 7.15 m / 23 ft 5.5 in
length 15.76 m / 51 ft 8.5 in
height 4.10 m / 13 ft 5.4 in
Weight: empty 5,200 kg / 11,464 lb
max. take-off 22,925 lb /
10,400 kg
Powerplant: one 7500-kg (16,535-lb) afterburning thrust Tumanskii R-25 turbojet
Armament: one 23-mm GSh-23 two-barrel cannon with 200 rounds, plus four underwing pylons suitable for AA-2 'Atoll' orAA-8 'Aphid' AAMs, UV-16-57 rocket launchers, 500- or 250-kg (1,102- or 551-lb) bombs, S-24 240-mm(9.45-in) air-to-surface rockets, or drop tanks
Operators: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Congo, Republic of the, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Iraq, Laos, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mongolia, Nigeria, North Korea, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Sudan, Syria, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia
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