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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:RF-4C-18-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:63-7746 USAF
    Construction Number:0509
    Compressed ID:McDonnell RF-4C-18-MC sn 63-7746 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:March Field Air Museum, March ARB, Riverside, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4C-18-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    13 October 1964

    First flight.

    8 January 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7746.

    To Holloman AFB, NM.
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    By 1980

    Transferred to 160th TRS, 187th TRG, Alabama ANG, Montgomery, AL.

    Took part in NATO Best Focus reconnaissance competition at Eggebeck, FRG.

    Transferred to 45th TRS, 67th TRW, Bergstrom AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: BB

    Transferred to 173rd TRS, 155th TRG, Nebraska ANG, Lincoln AFB, NE.

    Transferred to 196th TRS, 163rd TRG, California ANG, March AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: CALIFORNIA

    August 1996

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    Retired with over 6,000 flight hours.

    In the inventory of National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to March Field Air Museum, March Arb, CA.

    1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At March AFB, prior to being towed to the March Field Museum.

    1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At March AFB, prior to being towed to the March Field Museum.

    Placed on display with March Field Air Museum, March ARB, Riverside, CA.
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    29 March 2009


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: March Field Air Museum

    27 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At March AFB Museum, California

    27 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At March AFB Museum, California
    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
     March Field Air Museum
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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