Phantoms är ju läckra och en riktigt arbetshäst som fortfarande är igång. Turkiet är väl de som har de bästa i tjänst med sin Terminator 2020 version, ja, de kallas för det
Används väl mest till markattack uppdrag numera dock i de länder som har kvar dom.
Tycker att wikipedias listning av smeknamn för Phantom är rätt träffande:
"Phantom nicknames
The Phantom gathered a number of nicknames during its career. It was the "Rhino" because of the long nose and tough titanium construction, the "Double Ugly" and "DUFF" (Double-Ugly Flying Fucker) in reference to its dihedral wings and anhedral tail as well as a joke on its two crew members, the "World’s Leading Distributor of MiG Parts" in tribute to its claimed record of downing 277 Soviet-built MiGs in US service and additional 116 with Israel, the "Flying Anvil," the "Big Iron Sled," the "Rhino", and the "Louisville Slugger." As a reflection of excellent performance in spite of bulk, it was dubbed "the triumph of thrust over aerodynamics." German Luftwaffe crews called their F-4s the "Eisenschwein" (Iron Sow), "Fliegender Ziegelstein" (Flying Brick), and "Luftverteidigungsdiesel" (Air Defense Diesel). Imitating the spelling of the aircraft’s name, McDonnell issued a series of patches. Pilots became "Phantom Phlyers;" fans of the F-4 ("Phantom Phanatics"); and call it the "Phabulous Phantom." Ground crewmen who worked on the aircraft are known as "Phantom Phixers."