F-4 Phantom VF-111F 4 Phantom VF 111 airplane model. The F 4 Phantom II was a twin engine, all weather, fighter bomber. The Phantom was first used by the U. S. Navy as an interceptor but also was capable of flying as a ground support bomber for the U. S. Marine Corps. The aircraft could perform three tactical air roles, air superiority, interdiction and close air support, as it did in southeast Asia. McDonnell designed one of the greatest fighters of the postwar era as