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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4N Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:153027 USN
    Construction Number:1542
    Latest Owner or Location:HVF West, Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

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

    19 July 1966

    First flight.

    11 August 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 153027.

    By 1967

    To VF-144.

    24 April 1967

    Credited with shooting down MiG 17 over North Vietnam.

    Transferred to VF-32.
    Operated with markings: AB-203

    1972

    Transferred to VF-51.
    Operated with markings: NL-103

    1975

    Transferred to VF-301.
    Operated with markings: ND-114

    29 April 1977

    Converted to a F-4N by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    1977

    Transferred to VF-302.
    Operated with markings: ND-200

    From 1981 to 1982

    Transferred to VF-154, MCAS Miramar, CA.
    Operated with markings: NK-102

    1 May 1981


    Photographer: USN photo by PH2 Robert S. Swinland
    Notes: Original Caption: A right rear view of an McDonnellDouglas F-4N Phantom II aircraft from fighter squadron VF-21 Free Lancers being launched from the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43) on 1 May 1981 (note the launching cable). Waiting to be launched is another F-4N (BuNo 153027) of VF-154 Black Knights. The radome of a Grumman E-2B Hawkeye of airborne early warning squadron VAW-113 Black Eagles is visible in the foreground, whereas a Vought A-7E Corsair II attack aircraft of either VA-27 Royal Maces or VA-97 Warhawks is parked in the background. All planes were part of Carrier Air Wing Fourteen (CVW-14).

    17 November 1983

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 8F0142.

    10 November 2004

    To HVF West, Tucson, AZ.

    After 10 November 2004

    Scrapped.
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     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
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