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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4N Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:151510 USN
    Construction Number:0700
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4N sn 151510 USN cn 070...
    Latest Owner or Location:USN NAS Fallon, Fallon, Nevada

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4B-20-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    19 September 1964

    First flight.

    7 October 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 151510.

    By June 1967

    Transferred to VF-33.
    Operated with markings: AE-206, USS AMERICA

    Circa 1973

    Transferred to VF-32.
    Operated with markings: AB-200, USS JOHN F KENNEDY

    30 March 1976

    Converted to a F-4N.

    October 1976

    Transferred to VF-111, NAS Miramar, CA.
    Operated with markings: NM-204

    29 September 1977

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 8F0060.

    By 1987

    To Luke Air Force Base Airpark, Luke AFB, Phoenix, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 1987

    Markings Applied: LA, 63 411
    Displayed in the markings of USAF F-4C 63-7411.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    By April 1997

    Loaned to USN NAS Fallon, Fallon, NV.
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    Markings Applied: 155800, VF-96
    Displayed as an F-4J 155800 which was flown by Lt. Randy Cunningham and Lt. JG William Driscoll and damaged and crashed into Gulf of Tonkin May 10, 1972 after shooting down 3 MiG-17s over North Vietnam, becoming first aces of the Vietnam War. Both crew ejected safely.
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    By March 2012

    Markings Applied: VF-161, NAVY, NF-100

    March 2012


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum

    March 2012


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum

    By October 2012

    Markings Applied: 461, VF-154, 151014, USS Coral Sea, NK
    In the markings of a F-4B serving with VF-154 that was shot down by ground fire on Dec 2, 1966 over North Vietnam.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

    9 October 2012


    Photographer: Bert Voskuil

    20 July 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    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 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Air History.org
    National Naval Aviation Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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