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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:QF-4E Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:74-1043 USAF
    Construction Number:4825
    Compressed ID:McDonnell QF-4E sn 74-1043 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:82nd ATRS, 53D EVG, Tyndall AFB, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4E-60-MC by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    9 April 1976

    First flight.

    After April 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 74-1043.

    After April 1976

    Transferred to 57th FWW, Nellis Air Force Base, NV.

    From 1979 to 1985

    Transferred to 336th TFS, 4th TFW, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, NC.
    Operated with markings: SJ

    January 1989

    Transferred to 704th TFS, 924th TFG, AFRES, Bergstrom AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: TX

    Circa October 1990


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    3 April 1991

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP641.

    Leased to BAE Systems Inc, Mojave Airport, Mojave, CA.
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    August 2008

    Converted to a QF-4E.

    After August 2008

    Transferred to 82nd ATRS, 53D EVG, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    December 2016

    This QF-4E was one of the last F-4s to fly in USAF service when the QF-4Es were retired in December 2016.
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    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    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
    Internet Sources
     U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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