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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4C-19-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:63-7584 USAF
    Construction Number:0636
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4C-19-MC sn 63-7584 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:McChord Field, Tacoma, Washington

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    Dates

    Event

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

    24 July 1964

    First flight.

    19 August 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7584.

    Circa 1968

    To 356th TFS, 475th TFW, Misawa AB, Japan.
    Markings added: UK

    To 4453rd CCTW, Davis-Monthan AFB Tucson, AZ.

    From 1974 to 1980

    Transferred to 58th TFTW, Luke AFB, AZ.

    By December 1975

    Markings Applied: LA
    63-7584 served as the commanders aircraft for the 58th TFTW. It wore two MiG stars for Brigadier General Fred A. Haeffner, who scored two kills during the Vietnam War. By December 1975 it sported WWII-esque D-Day Invasion stripes.

    17 March 1977


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Photo taken at Luke AFB, Arizona.

    12 October 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: 63-7584/LA - F-4C Phantom - USAF / 58TTW - Luke AFB - Painted as the Wing Commanders aircraft but now minus 1950s-style black and white TAC fighter stripes.

    1981

    Transferred to 311th TFTS, 58th TFTW, Luke AFB, AZ.

    1982

    Transferred to 58th TFTW, Luke AFB, AZ.

    1983

    Transferred to 111th TFS, 147th TFG, Texas ANG, Ellington AFB, TX.

    1988

    Transferred to 114th TFTS, 142nd FIG, Oregon ANG, Portland IAP, OR.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to McChord AFB, WADS, McChord AFB, WA.

    By 1993

    Placed on display with McChord Field, Tacoma, WA.
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    1993


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: 1993 photo at McChord AFB

    11 September 2013


    Photographer: David Lednicer
    Notes: On display in front of the Western Air Defense Command Sector Operations Control Center at McChord AFB, Tacoma, WA
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    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
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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