Dates

Event

Constructed as a F-4C-19-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

22 June 1964

First flight.

4 September 1964

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7564.

Converted to an EF-4C.
Converted to EF-4C Wild Weasel flak suppression aircraft.

Transferred to 67th TFS, 18th TFW, Kadena AB, Okinawa.
Operated with markings: ZG

By October 1971

Transferred to 66th FWS, 57th TFTW, Nellis AFB, NV.
Operated with markings: WA

Transferred to 414th FWS, 57th FWW, Nellis AFB, NV.
Operated with markings: WA

By October 1978

Transferred to 21st TFTS, 35th TFW, George AFB, CA.
Operated with markings: GA

Transferred to 39th TFTS, 35th TFW, George AFB, CA.
Operated with markings: GA

Circa 1979

Transferred to 163rd TFS, 122nd TFW, Indiana ANG, Baer Field, IN.
Operated with markings: FW

By 1986

Transferred to 113th TFS, 181st TFG, Indiana ANG, Hulman Field, IN.
Operated with markings: HF

Circa September 1986

Photographer: Unknown

October 1987

To Tracor Flight Systems, Mojave, CA with new c/r N422FS (F-4C, 637564).

10 December 1990

Photographer: USN
Notes: Original Caption: A McDonnell F-4C Phantom II (USAF s/n 63-7564) in flight near the U.S. Navy Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California (USA). It carries the Aircraft Advanced Interdiction Weapon System (AIWS) dveloped by McDonnell Douglas and Hughes. In 1986, the U.S. Navy had started the AIWS program to develop a new precision guided short-range standoff attack weapon. Th eprogram was combined with a similar program of the USAF. The AIWS competition was won by Texas Instruments (later Raytheon), who received a contract in June 1992. The outcome was the AGM-154 JSOW.

Converted to a QF-4C.

6 April 1992

Written off.
W/o at Eglin AFB, FL.

28 September 1994

Civil registration, N422FS, cancelled.

To Area B-82, Valparaiso, FL.
Survives here as dismantled wreckage.
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