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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4D-32-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:68-759 ROKAF
    Construction Number:2598
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4D-32-MC sn 68-759 ROKA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Republic of Korea

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4D-32-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    19 September 1967

    First flight.

    1 November 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 66-8759.

    By 1968

    To 480th TFS, 366th TFW, Da Nang AB, South Vietnam.
    Markings added: CV

    At some point was modified to a Pave Phantom F-4D with AN/ARN-92 LORAN-D equipment. Aerial is visible on the top of the fuselage, known colloquially as the towel-rack. Used to provide precise night navigational capability for the seeding of the Ho Chi Minh trail with sensors in the Vietnam war.

    By 1974

    Transferred to 4485th TS, USAF Tactical Air Warfare Center, Eglin AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: EG

    By 1976

    Transferred to Air Development Test Center (ADTC), AFSC, Eglin AFB, FL.

    By 1977

    Transferred to 23rd TFS, 52nd TFW, Spangdahlem AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: SP

    15 September 1979


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Twenthe Open House 1979 at Twente AP, Netherlands.

    By September 1983

    Transferred to 457th TFS, 301st TFG, AFRES, Carswell AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: TH

    December 1987

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Republic of Korea with s/n 68-759.
    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
     Air History.org
    Flickr
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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