Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4C-20-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:63-7644 USAF
    Construction Number:0745
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4C-20-MC sn 63-7644 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Arnold AFB, Manchester - Tullahoma, Tennessee

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-20-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    23 October 1964

    First flight.

    1 December 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7644.

    To 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam.

    By 1966

    Transferred to 8th TFW, Ubon RTAFB, Thailand.

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

    From By 1978 to 1980

    Transferred to 58th TFTW, Luke AFB, AZ.

    By June 1984

    Transferred to 163rd TFS, 122nd TFG, Indiana ANG, Fort Wayne ANGS, IN.

    16 June 1984


    Photographer: T. Hildreth
    Notes: Photo taken at Plattsburgh AFB, NY

    1986

    Transferred to 196th TFS, 163rd TFG, California ANG, March AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: California

    Circa 1987


    Photographer: United States Air Force

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

    Circa June 1987

    Loaned to AEDC/TSDC, Arnold AFB, TN.

    September 1987

    To Arnold AFB, Manchester-Tullahoma, TN.
    Dedicated in memory of Col. Lawrence Golberg and Maj. Patrick Wynne, both U.S. Air Force. Goldberg and Wynne were assigned to the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron when on Aug. 8, 1966, after delivering their ordnance during an armed reconnaissance mission over North Vietnam, their F-4 was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed in the jungle. They were listed as missing in action until 1977 when their remains were located and returned to the United States.
    View the Location Dossier

    28 April 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Arnold AFB, TN, USA
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerodata Quantum+
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=12818][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - McDonnell F-4C-20-MC Phantom II, s/n 63-7644 USAF, c/n 0745[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=12818
    Copyright 1993-2025 AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.