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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:QRF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:AF395 USAF
    Construction Number:2713
    Compressed ID:McDonnell QRF-4C sn AF395 USAF cn 2...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4C-33-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    15 November 1967

    First flight.

    19 January 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 66-0478.

    Circa January 1968

    To 15th TRS, 18th TFW, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan.
    Markings added: ZZ

    Transferred to 10th TRW, RAF Alconbury, England.

    Transferred to 26th TRW, Zweibrucken Air Base, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: ZR

    1971

    Transferred to 38th TRS, 26th TRW, Zweibrucken Air Base, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: ZR

    From By 1975 to 1976

    Transferred to 10th TRW, RAF Alconbury, England.

    From By October 1977 to After March 1978

    Transferred to 1st TRS, 10th TRW, RAF Alconbury, England.
    Operated with markings: AR

    29 March 1978


    Photographer: Alec J. Molton

    From By 1980 to October 1991

    Transferred to 153rd TRS, 186th TRG, Mississippi ANG, Key Field, Meridian. MS.
    Operated with markings: KE, Mississippi

    22 October 1991

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP774.

    31 May 2011

    To BAE Systems, Mojave CA.

    After May 2011

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n AF395 as a QRF-4C.

    31 March 2015

    Shot down.
    Expended during a missile test on the date provided.
    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
     Flickr
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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