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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4A-4-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:148261 USN
    Construction Number:0033
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4A-4-MC sn 148261 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aviation Historical Park, NAS Oceana (Main Gate), Virginia Beach, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

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

    14 December 1960

    First flight.

    22 March 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 148261.

    1962

    Redesignated as F-4A-4-MC.

    By 1964

    Transferred to VF-101, NAS Oceana, VA.

    16 October 1964

    Written off.
    Written off at NAS Key West, FL, USA, while with VF 101.Nose gear collapsed during landing, aircraft caught fire.

    September 1983

    Placed on display with Aviation Historical Park, NAS Oceana (Main Gate), Virginia Beach, VA.
    Preserved at NAS Oceana, Virginia, USA, seen since September 1983, over the years wearing different serials and markings. Was serialledas 152310 with VF-171 markings between 1983 and 1985. In Oct 1989, the correct serial was givenback. Since 1990 was wearing VF-41 markings with fake serial 2689/101. In 2002 it showed a different scheme on each side.
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    By September 1990

    Markings Applied: 101, 41, 2689, 152689
    False Bu No 152689, in markings of VF-41 USS Theodore Roosevelt.

    22 September 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: NAS Oceana

    Markings Applied: NAVY, VF-32, 2295
    Displayed as F-4B 152295 of VF-32 on two separate occasions, by 2011 on the left side and by 2015 on the right.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

    23 September 2011


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: At Naval Air Station Oceana (KNTU) in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

    By September 2011

    Markings Applied: VF-143, AG-143
    By September 2011 was displayed as F-4B 152249 in VF-143 colors on the right side.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

    23 September 2011


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: At Naval Air Station Oceana (KNTU) in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

    9 October 2015


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum
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