The Phantom Story

Comes very close to covering everything about the F-4, from development, variations and deployment. It covers foreign users as well. The spey engined version gets a fair amount of coverage in terms of its development but comparitively little on its deployment. Some coverage of the isreali deployment and use but little about the range of modifications done while in isreali service. Other foreign users only gets a brief mention.

Okay, so I'm biased. I used to love to look at these big, ugly, loud beasts as they tore into the sky using nothing but sheer power. 5000 of them were built over the years, and a design that originated in the 1950s is still being used as a front-line fighter in some countries. This book is exhaustively detailed and packed full of photos, covering all aspects of the Phantoms illustrious career. I do not have the updated edition, but the one I have is very detailed, so I have no fears that the new edition can only include more detail.(MALS-41, supporting VMFA-112 F-4S Phantoms, USMC 1988-1992)