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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:RF-4C-26-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:65-0886 USAF
    Construction Number:1490
    Compressed ID:McDonnell RF-4C-26-MC sn 65-0886 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:May ANG / Nevada ANG - 152th RG, Reno, Nevada

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4C-26-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    20 May 1966

    First flight.

    16 June 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-0886.

    Circa June 1966

    To 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Mountain Home AFB, ID.
    Aircraft was picked up from the factory by then-Capt. Alexander P. Turner, Jr.

    By 1971

    Transferred to 16th TRS, 363rd TRW, Shaw AFB, SC.
    Operated with markings: JM

    1971

    Transferred to 4416th TEWS, 363rd TRW, Shaw AFB, SC.
    Operated with markings: JM

    Circa 1972

    Transferred to 106th TRS, 117th TRW, Alabama ANG, Birmingham, AL.

    By 1974

    Transferred to 170th TFS, 183rd TFG, Illinois ANG, Abraham Lincoln Capital AP, IL.

    By June 1978

    Transferred to 192nd TRS, 152nd TRG, Nevada ANG, Reno ANGB, NV.

    By 1986

    Transferred to 16th TRS, 363rd TFW, Shaw AFB, SC.

    Transferred to 106th TRS, 117th TRW, Alabama ANG, Birmingham, AL.

    By 1987

    Transferred to 192nd TRS, 152nd TRG, Nevada ANG, Reno ANGB, NV.

    From January 1991 to April 1991

    Flew missions during and just after Operation Desert Storm.

    26 September 1995

    Withdrawn from use.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Loaned to NV ANG (Reno), 152 MXC/CC, Reno, NV.

    October 1995

    Placed on display with May ANG/Nevada ANG-152th RG, Reno, NV.
    View the Location Dossier

    2007


    Photographer: Andy West
    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Air Force Historial Studies Office
    Air History.org
    Flickr
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
    Andy West
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