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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:GF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:63-7702 USAF
    Construction Number:0844
    Compressed ID:McDonnell GF-4C sn 63-7702 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:All Veterans Memorial, Pratt Municipal Airport, Pratt, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-21-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    12 January 1965

    First flight.

    13 February 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7702.

    Circa 1971

    Transferred to 3rd TFW, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea.

    Transferred to 35th TFW, George Air Force Base, CA.

    Transferred to 4453rd CCTW, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

    1975

    Transferred to 426th TFTS, 58th TFTW, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: LA

    By 1979

    Transferred to 58th TFTW, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: LA

    From Unknown to 1985

    Transferred to 111th TFS, 147th TFG, Texas ANG, Ellington AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: U.S. AIR FORCE, Texans, TEXAS

    By May 1986

    Redesignated as GF-4C.

    3 May 1986


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Sheppard AFB, TX as a training airframe.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By September 2008

    Loaned to City of Pratt, Pratt, KS.

    By September 2008

    To All Veterans Memorial, Pratt Municipal Airport, Pratt, KS.
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    17 March 2009


    Photographer: Andrew William Breeden
    Notes: Memorial Park Pratt

    30 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Pratt Industrial, KS, USA
    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
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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