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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4C-18-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:63-7473 USAF
    Construction Number:0463
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4C-18-MC sn 63-7473 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tonicha Peak Range, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-18-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    17 March 1964

    First flight.

    23 April 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7473.

    Circa April 1964

    To 4453rd CCTW, MacDill AFB, FL.

    By 1967

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

    1967


    Photographer: USN
    Notes: Original Caption: U.S. Air Force ground personnel prepare AIM-7E Sparrow missiles for loading on McDonnell F-4C Phantom II aircraft (s/n 63-7473, 64-0830) at an air base in South Vietnam, in 1967. 63-7473 is armed with a 20 mm gun pod and napalm canisters. Note that 64-0830 is not equipped with the IR-sensor. It served with the 559th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 12th Tactical Fighter Wing at Cam Ranh Air Base. It crashed in Laos on 22 March 1968 following a bomb malfunction over Khe Sanh. One crew member was captured, the other is missing.

    Transferred to 35th TFS, 347th TFW.

    Transferred to 36th TFS, 347th TFW.

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

    By 1975

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

    By July 1982

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

    By 1985

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

    November 1985


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Norton AFB, CA Open House

    27 April 1987

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AAFB0059.

    22 April 1991

    To Tonicha Peak Range, NV.
    Range target.
    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
    Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings by Patrick Martin
    Internet Sources
     Flickr
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
    Tom Tessier
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