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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4A-2-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:145315 USN
    Construction Number:0016
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4A-2-MC sn 145315 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Lexington, Corpus Christi, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4H-1 by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    2 April 1960

    First flight.

    5 July 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145315.

    5 July 1960

    To RDTand E. NATC, NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    31 March 1961

    Converted to a F4H-1F by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    30 November 1962

    Redesignated as F-4A-2-MC.

    11 March 1965

    Transferred to NAS Memphis.

    12 March 1965

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
    Retired with 1,006 hours on the airframe.

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    10 November 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Pensacola Air Show

    Loaned to USS Lexington, Corpus Christi, TX.
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    10 November 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Pensacola Air Show

    1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder

    1993


    Photographer: Han de Ridder

    October 1997


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: USS Lexington, Corpus Christi, TX

    2 April 2012


    Photographer: Ernie Szelepcsenyi
    Notes: On display aboard the USS Lexington aircraft carrier museum in Corpus Christi, Texas.
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     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
    Internet Sources
     National Naval Aviation Museum
    Individual Contributors
     Sid Nanson
    Max Sabin
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