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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4N Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:153030 USN
    Construction Number:1557
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4N sn 153030 USN cn 155...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Midway Museum, San Diego, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4H-1 by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    From Unknown to 2004

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 153030 and operated with these markings: SH-37.

    Redesignated as F-4B-27-MC.

    Converted to a F-4N.

    16 October 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: 153030/SH-37 - F-4N Phantom II - US Marine Corps / VMFAT-101 - MCAS Yuma

    25 August 2004

    Was flown from NAS Point Mugu to NAS North Island and this was the last flight of a US Navy F-4.

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    Became the property of the museum but with the intention to display at the USS Midway Museum. The airframe was not transferred to Pensacola.
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    Loaned to USS Midway Museum-Restoration Facility, North Island NAS, San Diego, CA.
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    December 2004

    Loaned to USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA.
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    27 February 2009


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    20 April 2009


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: USS Midway, San Diego, CA.

    7 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 October 2012


    Photographer: Bert Voskuil

    12 October 2012


    Photographer: Bert Voskuil

    2 June 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed on the USS Midway on the Waterfront at San Diego, California
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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