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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:QRF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:71-0259 USAF
    Construction Number:4268
    Compressed ID:McDonnell QRF-4C sn 71-0259 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4C-49-MC by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    28 November 1972

    First flight.

    20 December 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 71-0259.

    Transferred to 363rd TRW, USAF, Shaw Air Force Base, SC.

    1983

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

    1984

    Transferred to 12th TRS, 67th TRW, Bergstrom Air Force Base, TX.
    Operated with markings: BC

    1985

    Transferred to 21st TRS, 10th TRW, RAF Alconbury, England.
    Operated with markings: AR

    1986

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

    Circa July 1990


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Taken at Zweibrucken Air Base, West Germany

    1992

    Transferred to USAF 67th TRW, Bergstrom Air Force Base, TX.
    Operated with markings: BA

    14 September 1992

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP893.

    8 October 2008

    Converted to a QRF-4C.
    Converted to QRF-4C drone with s/n AF357.

    20 March 2012

    Destroyed.
    Expended in Missile test.
    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
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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