Subject: New Fighter Series--McDonnell F-4 Phantom (26 of 50)

From: [email-masked]
Date: 13 Jun 94 16:58:51 GMT

>From [email-masked]

The designation F-4P was thought at one time to have been applied to 
the F-4X project, which was a joint US/Israeli proposal for a special 
reconnaissance version of the Phantom that was to have been capable of 
Mach 3 performance.  However, it is now believed that the designation 
F-4P was, in fact, never assigned to any Phantom project.  

The designations F-4Q and F-4R were never assigned to any Phantom 
variant, so far as I am aware.  

Sources:

  McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Since 1920: Volume II, Rene J.
  Francillon, Naval Institute Press, 1990.

  McDonnell F-4 Phantom: Spirit in the Skies.  Airtime Publishing, 1992.