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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4N Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:153030 USN
    Construction Number:1557
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Midway Museum, San Diego, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4H-1 by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    From Unknown to 2004

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 153030 and operated with these markings: SH-37.

    Redesignated as F-4B-27-MC.

    Converted to a F-4N.

    16 October 1978


    Photographer: Phillip Dawe
    Notes: 153030/SH-37 - F-4N Phantom II - US Marine Corps / VMFAT-101 - MCAS Yuma

    25 August 2004

    Was flown from NAS Point Mugu to NAS North Island and this was the last flight of a US Navy F-4.

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    Became the property of the museum but with the intention to display at the USS Midway Museum. The airframe was not transferred to Pensacola.
    View the Location Dossier

    Loaned to USS Midway Museum-Restoration Facility, North Island NAS, San Diego, CA.
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    December 2004

    Loaned to USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA.
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    27 February 2009


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    20 April 2009


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: USS Midway, San Diego, CA.

    7 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 October 2012


    Photographer: Bert Voskuil

    12 October 2012


    Photographer: Bert Voskuil

    2 June 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed on the USS Midway on the Waterfront at San Diego, California
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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