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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:EF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:64-0741 USAF
    Construction Number:1023
    Last Civil Registration:N403FS
    Compressed ID:McDonnell EF-4C sn 64-0741 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Mojave Airport, Mojave, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-23-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    19 May 1965

    First flight.

    11 June 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-0741.

    Converted to an EF-4C.
    Wild Weasel flak suppression aircraft.

    To 557th TFS, 12th TFW, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam.
    Markings added: XT

    By 1967

    Transferred to 12th TFW, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam.

    By 1968

    Transferred to 557th TFS, 12th TFW, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam.
    Operated with markings: XT

    December 1968


    Photographer: USAF via Fargo Air Museum Archives
    Notes: Original Caption: KE 36056 - U.S. Air Force F-4C in flight over South Vietnam, Dec 1968. (Photo by A1C R.E. Brown, III, USAF) U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO

    By 1970

    Transferred to 17th TRS, 86th TFW, Zweibrucken Air Base, West Germany.

    By 1978

    Transferred to 52nd TFW, Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany.

    From 1981 to 1986

    Transferred to 163rd TFS, 122nd TFW, Indiana ANG, Fort Wayne ANGB, IN.

    11 February 1986

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX403FS (F-4C, 64-741) issued.

    9 April 1986

    To Tracor Flight Systems Inc/United States Air Force, Mojave, CA with new c/r N403FS.

    9 April 1986

    To United States Air Force Owner, Newport Beach, CA keeping c/r N403FS.

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

    Loaned to 95 ABW/MU, Edwards AFB, CA.

    To Mojave Airport, Mojave, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 414

    1997


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Tracor Flight Systems, Mojave Airport, CA.

    April 1999


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Mojave Airport, CA

    2008


    Photographer: Andy West

    1 January 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX403FS (F-4C, 64-741) issued.

    15 May 2013

    Civil registration, N403FS, cancelled.

    26 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Preserved at the entrance to Mojave Airport, California
    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
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Max Sabin
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