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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4C-17-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:63-7453 USAF
    Construction Number:0426
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4C-17-MC sn 63-7453 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Vliegbasis Soesterberg/Soesterberg Airbase, Soest, Soesterberg, Utrecht

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-17-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    31 December 1963

    First flight.

    Circa 1 April 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7453.

    By 1967

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

    Transferred to 557th TFS, 12th TFW, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam.

    Transferred to 58th TFTW, Luke AFB, AZ.

    Transferred to Air Defense Weapons Center (ADWC), Tyndall AFB, FL.

    Transferred to 170th TFS, 183rd TFG, Illinois ANG, Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, IL.
    Operated with markings: ILLINOIS

    From By 1982 to 1986

    To 171st TFS, 191st TFG, Michigan ANG, Selfridge ANGB, MI.
    Markings added: U.S. AIR FORCE, MICHIGAN, 05

    13 June 1986

    To Vliegbasis Soesterberg/Soesterberg Airbase, Soest, Soesterberg, Utrecht.
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    1990


    Photographer: Arnold Hussman

    1992


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Soesterberg AB, the Netherlands

    After 1994

    Scrapped.
    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
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Thomas Delvoye
    Max Sabin
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