On January 26, 1945, the McDonnell FH Phantom made its first flight, becoming the world's first jet fighter to operate from ...

A look at what made the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II so special.

The finished Phantom served as proof of concept that a jet could indeed operate from an aircraft carrier. Yet the Phantom itself underperformed. The McDonnell FH Phantom was the first purely ...

The National Air and Space Museum's second location in Virginia features a restoration hangar where workers repair and preserve historic aircraft.

Despite claims of Mach 2.54, pilots report that the fastest speeds achieved in practice are Mach 2.25–2.3 in brand-new ...

Amid the Cold War, the "Phantom Menace" was a powerful American symbol.

Sanford Noyes "Sandy" McDonnell -- an engineer, businessman and philanthropist -- was CEO and then chairman of the board of ...