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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:QRF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:AF102 USAF
    Construction Number:4019
    Compressed ID:McDonnell QRF-4C sn AF102 USAF cn 4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Auxilliary Field #3 / Duke Field, Valparaiso, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4C-44-MC by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    17 November 1970

    First flight.

    4 January 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 69-0383.

    From 1972 to 1976

    To 91st TRS, 67th TRW, Bergstrom AFB, TX.
    Markings added: BA

    December 1974


    Photographer: W.H. Strandberg, Jr.

    By 1977

    Transferred to 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Bergstrom AFB, TX.

    By March 1980

    Transferred to 1st TRS, 10th TRW, RAF Alconbury, UK.
    Operated with markings: AR

    By March 1980

    Markings Applied: AR
    Codes in white, blue fin band.

    28 March 1980


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton

    By May 1980

    Markings Applied: AR
    Code and serial now in black.

    Circa 1980

    At the Newbury Air Festival held at RAF Greenham Common 31 May 1980.
    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Greenham Common.

    31 May 1980


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at Newbury Air Festival, RAF Greenham Common

    31 May 1980


    Photographer: C Peter Russell-Smith
    Notes: Photographed at Greenham Common.

    Transferred to 26th TRW, Zweibrucken AB, FRG.
    Operated with markings: ZR

    17 April 1991

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP659.

    Converted to a QRF-4C.
    Converted at Tracor, Mojave, CA.

    To Tyndall AFB, Panama City, FL.
    82nd ATRS.
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    New serial number assigned: AF102 USAF

    23 October 1997

    Expended in missile test over Gulf of Mexico.
    Your Assistance is Needed: another reference states that this airframe was written off on 1998-03-30? Does anyone know which is correct?
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    To Auxilliary Field #3/Duke Field, Valparaiso, FL.
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    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    The AMARC Experience
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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