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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4E-39-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:68-0438 HeAF
    Construction Number:3569
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4E-39-MC sn 68-0438 HeA...
    Latest Owner or Location:337 Mira, 110th Combat Wing, Larissa Air Base

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4E-39-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    6 August 1969

    First flight.

    10 September 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 68-0438.

    Circa September 1969

    To 32nd TFS, Seventeenth Air Force, Soesterberg AB, Netherlands.
    Markings added: CR

    8 July 1970


    Photographer: J. Zwart
    Notes: Photo taken at Soesterberg AB, Netherlands.

    By June 1977

    Transferred to 512th TFS, 86th TFW, Ramstein AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: RS

    Transferred to 50th TFW, Spangdahlem AB, West Germany.

    By August 1983

    Transferred to 526th TFS, 86th TFW, Ramstein AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: RS

    By 1986

    Transferred to 163rd TFS, 122nd TFG, Indiana ANG, Baer Field, IN.
    Operated with markings: FW

    October 1991

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Hellenic Air Force with s/n 68-0438.

    October 1991

    To 338 Mira, 117th Combat Wing, Andravida Air Base.

    By 2002

    Transferred to 337 Mira, 110th Combat Wing, Larissa Air Base.

    27 June 2002

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Flew into mountain during low level navigation flight in thick clouds. Pilot Capt. Kiriakos Karakitsios and 1st Lt. Dimitrios Kostopoulos were killed in the crash.
    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
    Internet Sources
     Air History.org
    AirFighters.com
    Aviation Safety Network
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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