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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:QRF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:AF-389 USAF
    Construction Number:2868
    Compressed ID:McDonnell QRF-4C sn AF-389 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4C-34-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    25 March 1968

    First flight.

    9 May 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 67-0443.

    By January 1975

    To 15th TRS, 18th TFW, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan.
    Markings added: ZZ

    12 January 1975


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Taken at Yokota AB, Okinawa

    From 1980 to 1985

    Transferred to 91st TRS, 67th TRW, Bergstrom AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: BA

    Circa 1986

    Transferred to 38th TRS, 26th TRW, Zweibrucken AB, Germany.
    Operated with markings: ZR

    From 1990 to 1991

    Transferred to 153rd TRS, 186th TRG, Mississippi ANG, Key Field, Meridian, MS.
    Operated with markings: KE

    22 October 1992

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP775.

    2 December 2010

    Converted to a QRF-4C.
    Conversion carried out at BAE Systems, Mojave, CA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n AF-389.
    With 82nd ATRS, Holloman AFB.

    4 August 2011

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 2285.

    9 August 2017

    Scrapped.
    Reduced at HVF West, Tucson, AZ.
    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
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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