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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4C-16-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:63-7421 USAF
    Construction Number:0358
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4C-16-MC sn 63-7421 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Flugausstellung Peter Junior, Abtei, Hermeskeil, Rhineland-Palatinate

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-16-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    10 October 1963

    First flight.

    Circa January 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7421.

    By 1967

    To 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam.

    By 1968

    Transferred to 36th TFS, 347th TFW, Yokota AB, Japan.
    Operated with markings: GL

    30 December 1968


    Photographer: Toshiro Hara
    Notes: At Yokota AB

    Transferred to 479th TFW, George AFB, CA.

    After 1971

    Transferred to 35th TFW, George AFB, CA.

    By May 1973

    Transferred to 91st TFS, 81st TFW, RAF Bentwaters, England.
    Operated with markings: WR

    September 1973

    Transferred to 401st TFW, Torrejon AB. Spain.
    Operated with markings: TJ

    By June 1981

    Transferred to 182nd FIS, 149th FIG, Texas ANG, Kelly AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: TEXAS

    June 1986

    Withdrawn from use.

    June 1986

    To Bitburg AB, West Germany.
    BDR Trainer.

    To Flugausstellung Peter Junior, Abtei, Hermeskeil, Rhineland-Palatinate.
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    2008


    Photographer: Andy West
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    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
     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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