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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4C-21-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:63-7704 USAF
    Construction Number:0848
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4C-21-MC sn 63-7704 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:General Mitchell International Airport, Green Field / General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-21-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    15 February 1965

    First flight.

    9 March 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7704.

    Circa 1965

    Transferred to 558th TFS, 12th TFW, MacDill AFB, FL.

    Circa 1965

    Transferred to 558th TFS, 12th TFW, Cam Ranh Air Base, South Vietnam.
    Operated with markings: XT

    By 1967

    Transferred to 480th TFS, 366th TFW, Da Nang AB, South Vietnam.
    Operated with markings: CS

    14 May 1967

    Shot down MiG-17 with SUU-16 pod / 20mm cannon. Crew for this flight was Capt. James T. Craig, Jr. (Pilot) and 1st Lt. James T. Talley (WSO). Callsign was Speedo 03.

    1968

    Transferred to 356th TFS, 475th TFW, Misawa AB, Japan.
    Operated with markings: UK

    1970

    Transferred to 80th TFS, 347th TFW, Yokota AB, Japan.
    Deployed at: Osan AB, South Korea.

    Transferred to 67th TFS, 18th TFW, Kadena AB, Okinawa.
    Operated with markings: ZG

    Transferred to 35th TFW, George AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: GA

    1979

    Transferred to 58th TFTW, Luke AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: LA

    1982

    Transferred to 122nd TFS, 159th TFG, Louisiana ANG, NAS New Orleans, LA.
    Operated with markings: Coonass Militia

    1987

    Transferred to 114th TFTS, 142nd TFG, Oregon ANG, Kingsley Field, Klamath Falls, OR.

    2 March 1987

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP0042.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Milwaukee County, Milwaukee, WI.

    March 1992

    Placed on display with Milwaukee ANG (formerly), Green Field/General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, WI.
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    By October 1995

    Markings Applied: 64-0751, CA
    This Phantom is marked as 64-0751, an F-4C-23-MC belonging to the 480th TFS, which was lost in Vietnam on 9 November 1967 with Medal of Honor recipient Lance Sijan.

    21 August 2005


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    5 July 2006


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

    15 August 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    To General Mitchell International Airport, Green Field/General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, WI.
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    29 September 2017


    Photographer: Jeanine Faulkner
    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
    Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings by Patrick Martin
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    USAF F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965-68 by Peter E. Davies
    Internet Sources
     Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Jeanine Faulkner
    Max Sabin
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