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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:GRF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:62-12201 USAF
    Construction Number:0268
    Compressed ID:McDonnell GRF-4C sn 62-12201 USAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Regional Military Museum, Houma, Louisiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a YRF-110A by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
    Order placed for two YRF-110A reconnaissance aircraft, converted on the line from F4H-1 ON 5/29/62

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as YRF-4C.

    30 September 1963

    First flight.

    1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-12201.

    1963

    Loaned to McDonnell Aircraft Corp.

    January 1966

    Loaned to General Electric Flight Test, Lockbourne AFB, OH.
    Used for J79 engine development.

    December 1967

    Loaned to General Electric, Edwards AFB, CA.

    January 1972

    Loaned to McDonnell Aircraft Corp.
    Deployed to Eglin AFB, FL.

    June 1978

    Transferred to Chanute Technical Training Center (Air Training Command), Chanute AFB, IL.

    June 1978

    Redesignated as GRF-4C.

    May 1985

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    1985

    Placed on display.
    Displayed at Thunderbird Airpark, Chanute AFB, IL.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1993

    Loaned to Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
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    Markings Applied: OO, 20-201
    Marked in generic camouflage used during the Vietnam War.

    19 September 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    10 June 2016

    Loaned to Regional Military Museum, Houma, LA.
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    25 February 2017


    Photographer: Paul Trahan
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