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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4C-23-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:64-0783 USAF
    Construction Number:1091
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4C-23-MC sn 64-0783 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru - Kokomo, Indiana

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    Dates

    Event

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

    8 July 1965

    First flight.

    6 August 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-0783.

    1965

    Transferred to 4453rd Combat Crew Training Wing, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

    Circa January 1966

    Transferred to 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam.
    Operated with markings: GA

    Circa January 1969

    Base of operations changed.
    Phan Rang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam.

    Circa 1970

    Transferred to 58th Tactical Fighter Wing, Eglin AFB, FL.

    Circa 1971

    Base of operations changed.
    Deployed to Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.

    Circa 1979

    Transferred to 122nd Tactical Fighter Squadron (ANG), 159th Tactical Fighter Group, NAS-JRB New Orleans, LA.

    By November 1981

    To 426th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, 58th Tactical Fighter Training Wing, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Markings added: LA

    1986

    Transferred to 113th TFS, 181st TFG, Indiana ANG, Hulman Field, IN.

    1987

    Transferred to 196th TFS, 163rd TFG, California ANG, March AFB, CA.

    28 May 1987

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    May 1987

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    May 1987

    Loaned to Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru-Kokomo, IN.
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    24 June 1999


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Photographed during a rain shower

    5 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Fresh from restoration, but markings havent been applied yet

    15 May 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely
    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
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    Grissom Air Museum
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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