Specification F-4E

Powerplant: two 79.62 kN (17,900 lb st) General Electric J79-GE-17A turbojets

Dimensions: length 19.20m (63 ft 0 in); height 5.02m (16 ft 5½ in); wing span 11.77m (38ft 7½ in)

Weights: take-off ('clean') 18.818 kg (41,487 lb); Max Take-Off Weight 28.030 kg (61,795 lb)

Performance: max level speed at 10.975m (36,000 ft) Mach 2.17 or 2.301 km/h (1,430 mph); service ceiling 17,905m (58,750 ft)

Armament: one 20mm M61A1 Vulcan six-barrel cannon with 640 rounds; 7,257 kg (16,000 lb) of disposable stores, including nuclear weapons, ASMs, AAMs, free-fall or guided bombs, cluster bombs, napalm tanks, drop tanks and ECM pods, carried on nine external hardpoints