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Constructed as a F-4E-39-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. |
Circa 1970 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 68-0450. |
By 1972 |
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Transferred to 434th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, George AFB, CA. |
From 12 August 1972 to 6 October 1972 |
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Base of operations changed.
Deployed to Takhi Royal Thai AFB, Thailand. |
1975 |
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Transferred to 20th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, George AFB, CA. |
1978 |
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Transferred to 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, Homestead AFB, FL.
Operated with markings: ZF |
1980 |
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Transferred to 68th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 347th Tactical Fighter Wing, Moody AFB, GA.
Operated with markings: MY |
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Transferred to 457th Tactical Fighter Squadron (AFRES), 301st Tactical Fighter Group, NAS JRB Fort Worth, TX. |
From 8 April 1991 to April 2008 |
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Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP0653. |
From April 2008 to January 2009 |
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Loaned to BAR Systems, Mojave, CA. |
From 1 April 2008 to January 2009 |
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Converted to a QF-4E. |
9 January 2009 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n AF-352. |
9 January 2009 |
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Transferred to 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, Tyndall AFB, FL. |
2016 |
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Assigned to Holloman AFB, NM for storage. |
By July 2018 |
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Awarded by GSA to Northwest Illinois Aerial Combat Museum, Lena, IL. Remained at Holloman. |
30 January 2019 |
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Transported by ground. Delivered to City of Lena, IL.
Arrived by truck at Lena, IL. Placed in front of The Rafters Restaurant until museum can be built across the street from the American Legion Hall downtown, and then it will be placed there on a pylon. |
19 July 2019 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: In the parking lot of The Rafters Restaurant, at the SE edge of Lena, IL |
19 July 2019 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: In the parking lot of The Rafters Restaurant, at the SE edge of Lena, IL |
24 June 2023 |
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Photographer: Jesse Davis
Notes: Looks like this bird has been setting a while, at least four years since the last photos were taken. After seeing pics from 2019 you can really see where the elements have started taking over. It looks like that all of the avionics are still in place. |
24 June 2023 |
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Photographer: Jesse Davis |
24 June 2023 |
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Photographer: Jesse Davis |
28 October 2023 |
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Photographer: Mike Fuller
Notes: Still in Lena IL, in the lot of Rafters Restaurant/Lena Brewing Company. She has been freshly painted sometime in the last 30 days |
28 October 2023 |
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28 October 2023 |
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Photographer: Mike Fuller
Notes: Still in Lena IL, in the lot of Rafters Restaurant/Lena Brewing Company. She has been freshly painted sometime in the last 30 days |
28 October 2023 |
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28 October 2023 |
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