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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4D-27-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:65-0648 USAF
    Construction Number:1644
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4D-27-MC sn 65-0648 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:HVF West, Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4D-27-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    20 July 1966

    First flight.

    19 August 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-0648.

    To 560th TFS, 31st TFW, Homestead AFB, FL.

    Transferred to 35th TFS, 3rd TFW, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea.

    From By 1975 to After April 1976

    Transferred to 492nd TFS, 48th TFW, RAF Lakenheath, England.
    Operated with markings: LN

    1977

    Transferred to 48th TFW, RAF Lakenheath, England.

    1977

    Transferred to 421st TFS, 388th TFW, Hill AFB, UT.
    Operated with markings: HL

    1978

    Transferred to 4th TFS, 388th TFW, Hill AFB, UT.

    Transferred to 31st TFW, Homestead AFB, FL.

    By March 1986

    Transferred to 179th FIS, 148th FIG, Minnesota ANG, Duluth IAP, MN.
    Operated with markings: Duluth, MINNESOTA

    From 1 March 1986 to 6 April 1987

    One of three 179th FIS F-4Ds deployed to Ramstein AB, West Germany, during Creek Klaxon to stand alert duties for the 86th TFW as they transitioned from F-4Es to F-16C/Ds.

    July 1986


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photo taken at Ramstein Air Base, West Germany, during CREEK KLAXON.

    25 June 1988


    Photographer: Randy Koivisto
    Notes: Photo taken at Duluth IAP, Minnesota

    5 December 1988

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP178.

    13 April 2017

    To HVF West, Tucson, AZ.

    After 13 April 2017

    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
    Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings by Patrick Martin
    Internet Sources
     Air History.org
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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