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Constructed as a F-4C-22-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. |
9 April 1965 |
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First flight. |
4 May 1965 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-0699. |
By April 1966 |
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To 555th TFS, 8th TFW, Udorn RTAFB, Thailand.
Markings added: OY |
23 April 1966 |
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Credited with shooting down a MiG-17 over North Vietnam. On April 23, 1966 the 8th TFW 555th TFS F-4C 64-0699 flown by Capt. Robert E. Blake (USAFA 1959) and 1st Lt. S. W. George as Mink 04, screened F-105s attacking the Bac Giang railroad and highway bridge 25 miles northeast of Hanoi, along the troublesome northeast railroad. As Mink Flight met an opposing force of four MiG-17s head-on, a swirling dogfight developed as the two formations sought advantage over each other. After a climbing separation maneuver, a pursuing MiG-17 fell off the tail of Mink 04s and rolled down and to the right. Capt. Blake recalled: I went into a diving roll and came straight down on the MIG. The pilot must have seen us on his tail. He applied full power and dove toward a valley. As I came out of the roll, I fired one Sparrow. I had a bad angle on him and missed but I realigned and fired again. This AIM-7D hit the target. The smoke looked like taffy streaming from the rear, as Mink 04 achieved a rare victory with a Sparrow. Blake was the first Air Force Academy graduate to score a MiG kill in the war. |
1967 |
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Transferred to 558th TFS, 12th TFW, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam.
Operated with markings: XT |
March 1967 |
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Transferred to 497th TFS, 8th TFW, Ubon RTAFB, Thailand.
Operated with markings: FP |
1968 |
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Transferred to 80th TFS, 347th TFW, Yokota AB, Japan.
Operated with markings: WP
Deployed to Osan AB, South Korea. |
1968 |
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To 35th TFS, 347th TFW, Yokota AB, Japan.
Markings added: WP
Deployed to Osan AB, South Korea. |
By 1978 |
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Transferred to 58th TFTW, Luke AFB, AZ.
Operated with markings: LA |
By May 1983 |
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Transferred to 111th FIS, 147th FIG, Texas ANG, Ellington AFB, TX.
Operated with markings: TEXANS, TEXAS |
4 May 1983 |
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Photographer: T. Hildreth
Notes: Photo taken at Ellington ANGB, TX |
From By April 1987 to 20 July 1989 |
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Transferred to 123rd FIS, 142nd FIG, Oregon ANG, Portland IAP, OR.
Operated with markings: OREGON |
20 July 1989 |
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Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP284. |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
 View the Location Dossier |
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To Munitions Storage Compound, Davis-Monthan AFB (East Side), Tucson, AZ.
View the Location Dossier |
31 March 2017 |
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Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: At Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona |
