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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4D-26-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:64-0965 USAF
    Construction Number:1423
    Last Civil Registration:N424FS
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4D-26-MC sn 64-0965 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Van Zandt County Veterans Memorial, Canton, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4D-26-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    1 April 1966

    First flight.

    2 May 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-0965.

    May 1966

    Transferred to 388th TFW, Hill Air Force Base, UT.
    Operated with markings: HL

    1976

    Transferred to 9th TFS, 49th TFW, Holloman AFB, NM.
    Operated with markings: HO

    1977

    Transferred to 178th FIS, 119th FIG, North Dakota ANG, Fargo ANGB, ND.

    16 September 1978


    Photographer: Jim Tunney
    Notes: Taken at Tyndall AFB during William Tell 1978. North Dakota ANG - The Happy Hooligans

    October 1978


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Taken at Tyndall AFB during William Tell 1978. 178th FIS, 119th FIG, North Dakota ANG - The Happy Hooligans. Note the SEA scheme

    June 1981


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Note the poster over the left engine intake.

    Transferred to 136th TFS, 107th FIG, New York ANG, Niagara Falls Airport, NY.
    According to Joe Baugher this jet flew with the NYANG but I have not been able to find any photos/proof of its time in NY.

    4 October 1990

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP571.

    29 January 1991

    To United States Air Force Owner, Mojave, CA with new c/r N424FS.

    30 October 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX424FS (F4D, 64-0965) issued.

    13 February 2004

    Civil registration, N424FS, cancelled.

    By September 2009

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at BAE Systems Inc, Mojave Airport, Mojave, CA.
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    Loaned to Vanzandtcounty, Canton, TX.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By 4 December 2010


    Photographer: Robert Burger

    By 4 December 2010


    Photographer: Robert Burger
    Notes: Will be painted and moved to the Memorial, hopefull by next summer.

    To Van Zandt County Veterans Memorial, Canton, TX.
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    17 May 2020


    Photographer: Tom Tessier

    17 May 2020


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
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    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    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
     Max Sabin
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