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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:RF-4B-21-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:151979 USMC
    Construction Number:0897
    Compressed ID:McDonnell RF-4B-21-MC sn 151979 USM...
    Latest Owner or Location:El Centro NAF, El Centro, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4B-21-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 151979.

    14 December 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 8F0003.

    5 May 1978

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 151979.
    Returned to service.

    Circa 1984

    Transferred to VMFP-3.

    25 January 1984

    Crashed.
    Stuck nose gear forced barrier trap USS Midway Jan 25, 1984.

    Circa 1984

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Marine Corps.

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    Loaned to El Centro NAF, El Centro, CA.
    In Blue Angels Park.
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