The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II has been one of my long term favorite fighters since I was a kid. It has become an old horse with many different countries but finally, even the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) is finally retiring them. The Japan F-4EJ Phantoms will be replaced by the the F-35A Lightning II, a formidable fifth-generation fighter from the US. In … [Read more...] about Japan’s F-4 and RF-4 Phantoms