Double Ugly

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Double Ugly is an informal nickname for the McDonnell F-4 Phantom II, a powerful and versatile American tandem two-seat, twin-engine fighter-bomber widely used during the Cold War and Vietnam War.

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instanceOf informal nickname
airframeType twin-engine jet
alsoKnownAs F-4 Phantom II
McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
appliesTo American fighter-bomber aircraft
tandem two-seat aircraft
twin-engine aircraft
armament air-to-air missiles
air-to-ground ordnance
internal cannon in later variants
configuration tandem cockpit
countryOfOrigin United States
crew 2
designedFor air superiority missions
all-weather operations
carrier-based operations
ground attack missions
enteredService 1960
era Cold War
firstFlightDate 1958
manufacturer McDonnell Aircraft Corporation
linked to: McDonnell Douglas
maxSpeedClass Mach 2-class
nicknameUsedBy aircrew
ground crew
notableConflict Arab–Israeli conflicts
Iran–Iraq War
Vietnam War
Yom Kippur War
powerplant two turbojet engines
refersTo McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
role fighter
fighter-bomber
ground-attack aircraft
interceptor
reconnaissance aircraft
servicePeriod 1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
usedBy Hellenic Air Force
Israeli Air Force
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Luftwaffe
Royal Air Force
Turkish Air Force
United States Air Force
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
usedIn Cold War
Vietnam War

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McDonnell F-4 Phantom II nicknamed Double Ugly