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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4E-40-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:68-0459 USAF
    Construction Number:3611
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4E-40-MC sn 68-0459 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:156th TFS, 17th FW

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4E-40-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    29 August 1969

    First flight.

    15 October 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 68-0459.

    By 1970

    To 525th TFS, 36th TFW, Bitburg AB, West Germany.
    Markings added: BU

    June 1972

    Markings Applied: BT

    By 1976

    Transferred to 22nd TFS, 36th TFW, Bitburg AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: BT

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

    By August 1982

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

    By 1983

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

    1 November 1985

    Transferred to 141st TFS, 108th TFW, New Jersey ANG, McGuire AFB, NJ.
    Operated with markings: NJ

    August 1989


    Photographer: David F. Brown

    1 October 1989


    Photographer: TSgt. Michael Haggerty, USAF via Wiki Commons
    Notes: Original Caption: A U.S. Air Force McDonnell Douglas F-4E-40-MC Phantom II (s/n 68-0459) from the 141st Fighter Squadron, 108th Tactical Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, flies off the right wing of a Norwegian General Dynamics F-16B Fighting Falcon aircraft during exercise Barfrost 89. The 108th TFW was deployed to the Arctic Circle location for a six-day North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) air-land exercise.

    6 October 1991

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Republic of Korea.

    By 2005

    Transferred to 156th TFS, 17th FW.
    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
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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