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Constructed as a F-4C-16-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. |
29 October 1963 |
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First flight. |
3 February 1964 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7424. |
By February 1964 |
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To Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC), McClellan AFB, CA. |
5 February 1964 |
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Damaged.
Aircraft caught fire and burned on the ground with only fourteen hours on the airframe. Heavy damage was sustained by the center wing section and the underside of the aircraft. At that time the Ogden Air Logistics Center Directorate of Maintenance was in need of an F-4 aircraft for hands-on training, so it was agreed by all responsible agencies that the badly damaged aircraft would be turned over to Air Force Materiel Command and that OOALC would repair it. |
After 5 February 1964 |
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To Air Force Materiel Command, OOALC, Hill AFB, UT. |
June 1964 |
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Disassembled.
In June 1964 a recovery team was dispatched from Hill AFB to recover the F-4. With the assistance of McDonnell Douglas employees, the plane was disassembled, crated up, and carried to Utah on three flat-bed trucks. |
Circa 1965 |
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Repaired.
In just over one year, the OOALC Directorate of Maintenance thoroughly repaired and rebuilt the plane, making it the first aircraft to be put through the F-4 Crash Damage Repair Program at Hill. |
25 March 1966 |
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First flight post repairs. |
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A maintenance technician was conducting a preflight checkout of the plane and stepped over into the cockpit to run the canopy down and observe the linkage to make sure it locked properly. The technician did not sit in the ejection seat, but rather stepped onto the seat and squatted down low enough for the canopy to close, then reached around and hit the canopy switch. When the canopy came down the ejection seat accidentally fired, killing the technician instantly. |
October 1983 |
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Loaned to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Edwards AFB, CA.
For support of flight test operations. |
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Markings Applied: MO |
29 August 1985 |
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To OOALC, Hill AFB, UT. |
December 1989 |
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Permanently withdrawn from use. |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
 View the Location Dossier |
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Loaned to 75 ABW/MU, Hill AFB, UT. |
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To Hill Aerospace Museum, Roy, Ogden, UT.
View the Location Dossier |
11 September 2018 |
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Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: In Hill Aerospace Museum. |
11 September 2018 |
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Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: In Hill Aerospace Museum. |
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