[Dilbert56]

AIM-120 AMRAAM on F4?

[Menehune56]

I was surprised at that too but Wikipedia shows Turkey and Germany use the AIM-120 AMRAAM on F-4 Phantom II's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM

[OldMissileer]

AIM-120 AMRAAM on F4?

My first thought also.

[Southern_Republican]

F-4G Wild Weasel

[MasterGunner01]

This Fox News story has some problems. First, the F-4 Phantom, to the best of my knowledge, never used the AIM-120 AMRAAM. The last Phantoms were F-4G Wild Weasels and they were armed with AIM-9 Sidewinders, AIM-7 Sparrows and AGM-88 HARM missiles for self defense and attacking ground control missile radars. The last F-4G retired in 1996.

The F-4 could carry a maximum of 4 AIM-9 Sidewinders and 4 AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missiles. The AIM-9’s were paired in two under wing pylons and the AIM-7’s were semi-recessed into the belly of the airplane.

The AIM-120 replaced the AIM-7. First AIM-120 birds were issued in September 1991 to F-15 and F-16 fighter units of the USAF and F-14 and FA-18 squadrons of the USN and USMC. Early stocks of AIM-120’s were limited in comparison to AIM-7’s and this makes the issue to an old bird like the F-4 even more unlikely.