Japan retires its last Photo Phantoms. On Mar. 9, 2020, the Japan Air Self Defense Force retired its RF-4E/J reconnaissance aircraft at Hyakuri Air Base, in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Assigned to the ...

Turkish military prosecutors that have investigated the mysterious downing of a Turkish Air Force RF-4E that went down inside the Syrian airspace on Jun. 22, 2012, say that the reconnaissance plane ...

The Turkish Air Force on Wednesday announced it would stop using RF-4E warplanes as of Thursday, Air Force Combatant Commander Abidin Unal said. "Air forces will halt flights of RF-4E planes F-16 ...

After the latest incident involving McDonnell Douglas RF-4E/TMs, in which four crew members were killed when two of the aircraft crashed in southeast Turkey, the nation has decided to retire the type ...

LONDON – The Turkish government has decided to cease operations with its McDonnell Douglas RF-4E Phantom reconnaissance aircraft following a series of fatal accidents. Operations with the last eight ...

Turkey’s Air Force Chief announced that they have suspended the operations of RF-4E warplanes after the recent crashes. Turkey’s Air Force Chief Abidin Ünal announced that they have suspended the ...

Well, this is interesting. A Turkish RF-4E Phantom photo-reconnaissance fighter has apparently gone missing near Turkey's border with Syria on the Mediterranean coast. RUMINT is spreading that the jet ...

SYDNEY—Japan is planning to disband its tactical reconnaissance unit and retire the 13 RF-4E Phantoms that equip it, hangovers from an analogue age that has long since faded into history in other ...

The retirement of the reconnaissance fleet leaves just one fighter unit flying Phantoms in Japanese service. The original camera-nosed RF-4E (foreground) was joined in JASDF service with 501 Hiko-tai ...

Turkey will decommission its aging RF-4E military jets as of Thursday after three planes consecutively crashed down in two-week time, Turkish Air Force Commander Gen Abidin Unal said Wednesday. Eight ...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A senior Turkish military commander says Turkey is retiring its RF-4E Phantom reconnaissance planes, following two crashes that killed four pilots last month. Combat Air Force ...