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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:GF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:64-0889 USAF
    Construction Number:1301
    Compressed ID:McDonnell GF-4C sn 64-0889 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru - Kokomo, Indiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-25-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    Circa 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-0889.

    Circa 1965

    Transferred to 58th Tactical Fighter Training Wing, Luke AFB, AZ.

    Circa 1966

    Transferred to 91st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 81st Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Bentwaters, England.
    Operated with markings: ZZ

    By 1972

    Transferred to 78th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 81st Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Bentwaters, England.
    Operated with markings: ZZ

    September 1973

    Transferred to 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base, Spain.

    1983

    Transferred to 110th TFS (ANG), 131st Tactical Fighter Group, Lambert Field, Saint. Louis, MO.

    Transferred to 196th TFS (ANG), 163rd TFG, March AFB, CA.

    4 November 1985

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

    1986

    Transferred to Sheppard AFB, TX.
    Assigned as ground instruction trainer.

    Converted to a GF-4C.

    3 May 1986


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Sheppard AFB, TX as a ground instruction airframe, in CA ANG markings

    May 1996

    To Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru-Kokomo, IN.
    Only the cockpit section survives here.
    View the Location Dossier

    24 June 1999


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    5 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Notice the nice, new paint job!

    15 May 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely
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