USAF USN USMC McDonnell F-4 Phantom II and Raytheon AIM-9 Sidewinder Patches

Description

Beautifully detailed McDonnell Douglas
F-4 Phantom II and AIM-9 Sidewinder patches.
F-4 patch is five inches tall.
The
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
is a tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range
supersonic
jet interceptor fighter/fighter-bomber originally developed for the
United States Navy
by
McDonnell Aircraft
. It first entered service in 1960 with the U.S. Navy. Proving highly adaptable, it was also adopted by the
U.S. Marine Corps
and the
U.S. Air Force
, and by the mid-1960s had become a major part of their respective air wings.
(Wikipedia)
The Phantom is a large fighter with a top speed of over
Mach
2.2. It can carry over 18,000 pounds (8,400 kg) of weapons on nine external
hardpoints
, including air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, and various bombs. The F-4, like other interceptors of its time, was designed without an internal cannon. Later models incorporated an
M61 Vulcan
rotary cannon. Beginning in 1959 it set 15 world records for in-flight performance, including an absolute speed record, and an absolute altitude record.
(Wikipedia)
The
Raytheon
AIM-9 Sidewinder
is short range air-to-air missile first used by the US Navy in 1956 and subsequently was adopted by the
US Air Force
in 1964.
The Sidewinder is the most widely used air-to-air missile in the West, with more than 110,000 missiles produced for the U.S. and 27 other nations, of which perhaps one percent have been used in combat.
The AIM-9 is one of the oldest, least expensive, and most successful air-to-air missiles, with an estimated 270 aircraft kills in its history of use.  When firing a Sidewinder,
NATO
pilots use the brevity code
FO
X-2.  D
ue to its relatively low cost, versatility, and reliability it is "very possible that the Sidewinder will remain in Air Force inventories through the late 21st century".  (Wikipedia)
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