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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4J-30-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:153839 USN
    Construction Number:2227
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4J-30-MC sn 153839 USN...
    Latest Owner or Location:Sikeston Veterans Park, Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport, Sikeston, Missouri

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    Event

    Constructed as a F-4J-30-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 153839.

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 31 (VF-31), USS Saratoga.
    Operated with markings: AC/107

    From Circa 1970 to Circa 1974

    Transferred to United States Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, Pensacola NAS, FL.
    Operated with markings: 4

    1974

    Transferred to Naval Air Test Center (NATC), NAS Patuxent River, MD.
    Operated with markings: 839
    Aircraft originally operated in Blue Angels paint scheme.

    By April 1985

    Markings Applied: 7T/102
    Standard grey scheme with red wingtips and vertical tail.

    After 1986

    Transferred to Strike Aircraft Test Directorate, NATC, Patuxent River, MD.
    Operated with markings: SD-104
    Assigned as ground Trainer.

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    Loaned to NAS Memphis, TN.

    By October 1998

    Loaned to Sikeston Veterans Park, Sikeston Memorial Municipal Airport, Sikeston, MO.
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    The aircraft was loaded on a gravel barge in Memphis and moved by barge to Marston, Missouri. After unloading it using equipment at the local grain company, it was towed by wrecker up Highway 61 about 30 miles. The Missouri State Highway Patrol led the caravan with additional vehicles from the local power company, highway department, cable TV, telephone company, city police from four different communities and the county sheriff from two counties. (Blue Angels.org).

    Markings Applied: NG/102, USS Enterprise
    Marked as aircraft from VF-96.

    3 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    3 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    3 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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