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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:QF-4S Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:153821 USN
    Construction Number:2135
    Compressed ID:McDonnell QF-4S sn 153821 USN cn 21...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4J-30-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    3 July 1967

    First flight.

    2 September 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 153821.

    Circa September 1967

    To VFA-31.
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    By 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 153821.

    By September 1972

    To VMFA-333.
    Markings added: USS AMERICA, MARINES

    By September 1975

    Transferred to VMFA-451, MCAS Beaufort, SC.
    Operated with markings: VM-14

    December 1978

    To Naval Air Rework Facility (NARF), Naval Air Systems Command Fleet Support (NASCFS).

    13 November 1979

    Converted to a F-4S.

    November 1979

    Transferred to VMFA-251.

    May 1984

    To NARF Cherry Point, NC.

    September 1984

    Transferred to VMFA-251.

    September 1985

    Transferred to VMFA-333.

    June 1986

    Transferred to VMFA-312.

    December 1986

    Transferred to VMFA-212.

    August 1988

    Transferred to VMFA-235.

    February 1989

    Transferred to Naval Aviation Depot, Cherry Point, NC.

    August 1997

    Converted to a QF-4S.

    July 1998

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 153821.

    July 1998

    Transferred to Naval Weapons Test Squadron, Point Mugu, CA.

    May 2002

    Transferred to Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 30 (AIRTEVRON THREE ZERO), VX-30.
    Operated with markings: 107

    2004

    Permanently withdrawn from use.
    When retired from use in 2004, this was the last U.S. Navy operated F-4 to fly.

    By 2004

    To Vintage Flying Museum, Fort Worth Meacham Airport/Meacham Field, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    To Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, TX.
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    14 January 2012


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum, TX.

    14 January 2012


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum, TX.

    23 July 2015


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Meacham Airport, TX.

    19 August 2017


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum, TX.

    26 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Worth - Meacham Field, TX, USA
    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Fort Worth Aviation Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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