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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4F-55-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:37+57 Luftwaffe
    Construction Number:4488
    Latest Owner or Location:White Sands Missile Range

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4F-55-MC by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    Circa 1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 72-1167.
    S/n allocated for production administrative purposes, aircraft did not initially serve with US forces.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Luftwaffe with s/n 37+57.

    By August 1982

    Transferred to JBG-36, Hopsten, FRG.

    11 August 1982


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF St Mawgan Airshow

    Transferred to 20th FS, 49th FW, Holloman AFB, NM.
    Serving with Luftwaffe training squadron at Holloman AFB, NM. In US markings.

    Markings Applied: HO
    Black, red, yellow fin stripe. Serving with Luftwaffe training squadron at Holloman AFB, NM.

    October 1997


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Holloman AFB

    Withdrawn from use.

    To White Sands Missile Range.
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     Jacqueline Fischer
    Robert Nichols
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