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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4C-22-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:64-0673 USAF
    Construction Number:0898
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4C-22-MC sn 64-0673 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-22-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    18 February 1965

    First flight.

    19 March 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-0673.

    March 1965

    Transferred to 391st TFS, 366th TFW, Holloman AFB, NM.

    January 1966

    Transferred to 12th TFW, Cam Ranh AB, South Vietnam.

    May 1967

    Transferred to 433rd TFS, 8th TFW, Ubon RTAFB, Thailand.
    Operated with markings: FG

    20 May 1967

    Credited with shooting down a MiG-17 with an AIM-9B over North Vietnam. Crew for this flight was Maj. Phillip P. Combies (Pilot) and 1st Lt. Daniel L. Lafferty (WSO). Callsign was Ballot 01.

    13 October 1967

    Transferred to 366th TFW, Da Nang AB, South Vietnam.

    1968

    Transferred to 12th TFW, Cam Ranh Air Base, South Vietnam.

    1969

    Transferred to 557th TFS, 12th TFW, Cam Ranh Air Base, South Vietnam.
    Operated with markings: XC

    January 1970

    Transferred to 36th TFS, 347th TFW, Yokota Air Base, Japan.

    May 1971

    Transferred to 44th TFS, 18th TFW, Kadena AB, Japan.
    Operated with markings: ZL

    July 1975

    Transferred to 35th TFW, George AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: GA

    1979

    Transferred to 122nd TFS, 159th TFG, Louisiana ANG, NAS-JRB New Orleans, LA.

    1986

    Transferred to 123rd FIS, 142nd FIG, Oregon ANG, Portland, OR.

    17 May 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the AFRES/ANG ramp, Chicago OHare International Airport, during open house.

    1987

    Transferred to 114th TFTS, 142nd TFG, Oregon ANG, Portland, OR.

    16 April 1987

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP0056.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    August 1987

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    March 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air Museum, AZ

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona.

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    By 9 September 2011

    Markings Applied: FG, AF 64 673

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    27 March 2017


    Photographer: Richard Talley
    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
    USAF F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965-68 by Peter E. Davies
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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