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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:NF-4E Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:66-0291 USAF
    Construction Number:2341
    Latest Owner or Location:HVF West, Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4E-31-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    11 August 1967

    First flight.

    27 October 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 66-0291.

    By June 1971

    To USAF Air Demonstration Squadron, 57th FWW, Nellis AFB, NV.
    Markings added: U.S. AIR FORCE, 4
    Flew as Thunderbird No.4 in the early 1970s.

    By 1976

    Transferred to 61st TFS, 56th TFW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: MC

    1976


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Note the Bicentennial decal.

    Converted to a NF-4E.

    1977

    Transferred to Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards AFB, CA.

    1977

    Transferred to 6512th Test Squadron, 6510th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: ED

    September 1987


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX on transient pad. I have a note says this is one of the original 8 Thunderbird aircraft.

    By 1988

    Transferred to 412th TW, Edwards AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: ED

    9 June 1988


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX.

    1989

    Transferred to 6512th Test Squadron, 6510th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: ED

    21 March 1991

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP626.

    30 April 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: 66-0291 was part of The Thunderbirds from 1969 - 1973. As FP626 it was an AMARC resident from 1991 until being scrapped in 2011, here at Area 20, Row 03, ARMAC, Tucson, AZ

    May 2011

    To HVF West, Tucson, AZ.

    After 9 May 2011

    Scrapped.
    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
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
    Tom Tessier
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