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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4D-26-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:65-0608 USAF
    Construction Number:1545
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4D-26-MC sn 65-0608 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Minnesota ANG - 148th FG, Duluth, Minnesota

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4D-26-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    27 May 1966

    First flight.

    July 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-0608.

    By 1972

    Transferred to 35th TFS, 3rd TFW, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea.
    Operated with markings: UP

    By September 1972

    Loaned to 469th TFS, 388th TFW, Korat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand.

    12 September 1972

    Credited with shooting down a MiG-21 with an AIM-9E over North Vietnam. Crew at the time of the kill was Capt. Michael J. Mahaffey (Pilot) and 1st Lt. George I. Shields (WSO). Callsign was Robin-02.

    October 1972

    Transferred to 492nd TFS, 48th TFW, RAF Lakenheath, England.
    Operated with markings: LN

    1974

    Transferred to 493rd TFS, 48th TFW, RAF Lakenheath, England.
    Operated with markings: LN

    By 4 July 1976

    Transferred to 492nd TFS, 48th TFW, RAF Lakenheath, England.
    Operated with markings: LN

    March 1977

    Transferred to Ogden Air Logistics Centre, Hill AFB, UT.

    1977

    Transferred to 25th TFS, 8th TFW, Kadena Air Base, Japan.

    1977

    Transferred to 80th TFS, 8th TFW, Kunsan AB, South Korea.
    Operated with markings: WP

    1978

    Transferred to 13th TFTS, 56th TTW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: MC

    Circa 1982

    Transferred to 134th TFS, 158th Tactical Fighter Group, Vermont ANG, Burlington, VT.

    From 1984 to 1990

    Transferred to 179th FIS, 148th FIG, Minnesota ANG, Duluth, MN.
    Operated with markings: MINNESOTA, Duluth

    25 August 1984


    Photographer: Randy Koivisto
    Notes: Taken at MN ANG Base in Duluth, MN

    6 December 1986


    Photographer: Randy Koivisto

    25 June 1988


    Photographer: Randy Koivisto

    10 April 1990

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

    April 1990

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Loaned to MN Ang (Duluth), 148 FW/MXQ, Duluth, MN.

    April 1990

    Loaned to Minnesota ANG-148th FG, Duluth, MN.
    View the Location Dossier

    6 May 2006


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    9 August 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Duluth Airport

    23 August 2014


    Photographer: Timothy Aanerud

    7 July 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    7 July 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: MiG kill marking
    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    USAF F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965-68 by Peter E. Davies
    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
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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