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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4S Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:153879 USN
    Construction Number:2461
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4S sn 153879 USN cn 246...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4J-32-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 153879.

    By 1975

    Transferred to VMFA-235 Death Angels.
    Operated with markings: DB-9

    16 January 1975


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: BuNo 153879 at MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

    By 1976

    Transferred to VF-194 Red Lightnings.
    Operated with markings: NL-211

    25 November 1976


    Photographer: Bruce R. Trombecky/U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation
    Notes: BuNo 153879 with the experimental camouflage at NAS Miramar, CA, USA.

    Transferred to VF-121 Pacemakers.
    Operated with markings: NJ-151

    April 1980

    Converted to a F-4S.

    By 1986

    Transferred to VF-151 Vigilantes abd USS Midway.
    Operated with markings: NF-210

    24 March 1986

    Took off from USS Midway as the last F-4 in history launched from an aircraft carrier.

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    Loaned to USS Midway Museum-Restoration Facility, North Island NAS, San Diego, CA.
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    Loaned to USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA.
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    8 October 2012


    Photographer: D.R. de Pruis

    29 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: BuNo 153879 on board USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA, USA.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Naval Aviation Museum
    Old Wings by Aad van der Voet
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Marcin Rogowski
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