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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:GF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:63-7487 USAF
    Construction Number:0485
    Compressed ID:McDonnell GF-4C sn 63-7487 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-18-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    24 March 1964

    First flight.

    20 May 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7487.

    Circa 1964

    Transferred to 4453rd CCTW, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

    Circa 1965

    Transferred to 12th TFW, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam.

    27 September 1966

    Transferred to 555th TFS, 8th TFW, Ubon RTAB, Thailand.
    Operated with markings: FP

    10 November 1966

    Transferred to 366th TFW, Da Nang AB, South Vietnam.

    Circa 1971

    Transferred to 91st TFS, 81st TFW, RAF Bentwaters, England.
    Operated with markings: WR

    Circa 1973

    Transferred to 17th TRS, 26th TRW, Zweibrcken Air Base, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: ZR

    1976

    Transferred to 81st TFS, 52nd TFW, Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany.

    Transferred to 401st TFW, Torrejon Air Base, Spain.
    Operated with markings: TJ

    Transferred to 52nd TFW, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

    From By 1979 to After October 1983

    Transferred to 182nd TFS, 149th TFG, Texas ANG, Kelly AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: SA

    29 October 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: F-4C Phantom of 182nd Tactical Fighter Squadron/149th Tactical Fighter Group as seen at Kelly AFB in October 1979.

    1985

    Transferred to Sheppard AFB, TX.
    Assigned as a ground trainer.

    Converted to a GF-4C.

    3 May 1986


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Sheppard AFB, TX as a training airframe.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    April 1991

    Loaned to USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
    View the Location Dossier

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    January 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    4 November 2018


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    4 November 2018


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     F-4 Phantom II Production and Operational Data by William R Peake
    Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings by Patrick Martin
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Phantoms Lair
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Max Sabin
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