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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:QRF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:AF408 USAF
    Construction Number:3875
    Compressed ID:McDonnell QRF-4C sn AF408 USAF cn 3...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4C-43-MC by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    Circa 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 69-0369.

    From August 1970 to March 1971

    Believed to have been loaned to Iran Aug 1970 to Mar 1971 for secret recon flights behind Soviet borders.

    From Unknown to March 1971

    Also reported as having been loaned to Israel AF as 150 and returned to USAF Mar 1971.

    By March 1980

    Transferred to 1st Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, RAF Alconbury.

    By May 1981

    Transferred to 1 TRS, 10 TRW, RAF Alconbury.

    By May 1981

    Markings Applied: AR
    Black fin top band.

    29 May 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete 81

    Transferred to 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Zweibrucken AB, FRG.

    Markings Applied: ZR

    1991

    Transferred to Bitburg AB, FRG.
    As a ground trainer.

    28 October 1991

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP776.

    Contracted to BAE Systems Inc, Mojave Airport, Mojave, CA for work on the airframe.
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    After 29 May 2012

    Converted to a QRF-4C.
    Converted by BAE.

    New serial number assigned: AF408 USAF

    31 March 2015

    Destroyed.
    Expended.
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     The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
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