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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:RF-4C-22-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:64-1047 USAF
    Construction Number:0947
    Compressed ID:McDonnell RF-4C-22-MC sn 64-1047 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4C-22-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    7 July 1965

    First flight.

    9 September 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-1047.

    1965

    Transferred to 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Mountain Home AFB, ID.

    From Circa September 1966 to Circa August 1971

    Base of operations changed.
    Tan Son Nhut Airport, South Vietnam.

    Circa August 1971

    Base of operations changed.
    Bergstrom AFB, TX.

    From 5 May 1974 to 4 June 1974

    Deployed at: Ramstein And Zweibrucken Air Bases, West Germany.

    1979

    Transferred to 106th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (ANG), 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Birmingham, AL.

    1980

    Transferred to 160th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (ANG), 187th Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Montgomery, AL.

    1983

    Transferred to 106th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (ANG), 117th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Birmingham, AL.

    9 April 1989

    Coronet Hoop-Two-week deployment to RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire.

    From August 1990 to February 1991

    Flew 172 sorties during Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

    Markings Applied: Iraqi Scud Seeker, BH, 117 RW

    By 11 April 1991

    Transferred to 192nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron (ANG), 152nd Tactical Reconnaissance Group, Reno ANGB, NV.
    Operated with markings: BH

    May 1994

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Aircraft served in Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Europe, Cuba and the Middle East.

    27 May 1994

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

    26 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the annex building, fairly new arrival

    26 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Displayed on the flight line

    June 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    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 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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