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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:GF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:64-0658 USAF
    Construction Number:0873
    Compressed ID:McDonnell GF-4C sn 64-0658 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-21-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    4 February 1965

    First flight.

    25 February 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-0658.

    To 479th TFW, George AFB, CA.

    Transferred to 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam.

    By 1976

    Transferred to 170th TFS, 183rd TFG, Illinois ANG, Abraham Lincoln Capital AP, IL.

    By 1981

    Transferred to 123rd FIS, 142nd FIG, Oregon ANG, Portland IAP, OR.
    Operated with markings: OREGON, 40658

    3 May 1986

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

    3 May 1986

    To Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX.
    As a Ground Instruction airframe.
    View the Location Dossier

    Converted to a GF-4C.

    3 May 1986


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Sheppard AFB, TX as a ground instruction airframe in 123rd FIS Oregon markings

    18 October 1989


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1989 photo at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas

    Now used a travelling exhibit - front fuselage only - in Blue Angels Color scheme.
    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
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
    Max Sabin
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