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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:QRF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:AF361 USAF
    Construction Number:4311
    Compressed ID:McDonnell QRF-4C sn AF361 USAF cn 4...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4C-51-MC by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    8 March 1973

    First flight.

    29 March 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 72-0147.

    By 1976

    Transferred to 62nd TRS, 363rd TFW, Shaw AFB, SC.
    Operated with markings: JO

    By 1977

    Transferred to 18th TRS, 363rd TFW, Shaw AFB, SC.
    Operated with markings: JO

    Circa May 1977


    Photographer: Roger C. Hurt

    By 1983

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

    By 1992

    Transferred to 12th TRS, 67th TRW, Bergstrom AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: BA, Blackbirds

    21 March 1992


    Photographer: Barry Roop
    Notes: Photo taken at McGuire AFB, New Jersey

    14 September 1992

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP892.

    4 December 2008

    To BAE Systems, Mojave, CA.

    By 2012

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n AF361 as a QRF-4C.

    25 April 2012

    Shot down.
    Expended in a 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
     The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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