 The Phantom gathered a number of nicknames during its career . Some of these names included " Snoopy " , " Rhino " , " Double Ugly " , " Old Smokey " , the " Flying Anvil " , " Flying Footlocker " , " Flying Brick " , " Lead Sled " , the " Big Iron Sled " and the " St. Louis Slugger " . In recognition of its record of downing large numbers of Soviet @-@ built MiGs , it was called the " World 's Leading Distributor of MiG Parts " . As a reflection of excellent performance in spite of its bulk , the F @-@ 4 was dubbed " the triumph of thrust over aerodynamics . " German Luftwaffe crews called their F @-@ 4s the Eisenschwein ( " Iron Pig " ) , Fliegender Ziegelstein ( " Flying Brick " ) and Luftverteidigungsdiesel ( " Air Defense Diesel " ) . 
