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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4E-34-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:67-0275 USAF
    Construction Number:3011
    Latest Owner or Location:Nationale Militaire Museum Depot., Former Soesterberg Air Base, Soesterberg, Utrecht

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4E-34-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    Circa 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 67-0275.

    Circa 1968

    To 34th TFS, 388th TFW, Korat RTAFB, Thailand.
    Markings added: Sweetie Pie, JV

    By September 1972

    Transferred to 35th TFS, 388th TFW, Korat RTAFB, Thailand.

    12 September 1972

    Shot down a VPAF MiG-21 over North Vietnam. Crew at the time was Lt. Col. Lyle Beckers (pilot ) and 1st Lt. Thomas Griffin (WSO). The kill is unique in the sense that they used a combination of an AIM-9 Sidewinder and the F-4Es M-61A1 Vulcan gun to bring the enemy jet down.

    Transferred to 469th TFS, 388th TFW, Korat RTAFB, Thailand.

    By November 1978

    Transferred to 3rd TFW, Clark AB, Philippines.
    Operated with markings: PN

    Transferred to 50th TFW, Hahn AB, West Germany.

    By 1982

    Transferred to 3rd TFW, Clark AB, Philippines.

    Transferred to 4th TFW, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC.
    Operated with markings: SJ

    By 1987

    Transferred to 563rd TFTS, 37th TFW, George AFB, CA.

    By 1989

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

    From 25 September 1989 to After 15 January 2008

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP310.

    By August 2011

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    August 2011

    Loaned to Militaire Luchtvaart Museum, Kamp van Zeist, Soesterberg, Utrecht.
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    August 2011

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Nationale Militaire Museum Depot., Former Soesterberg Air Base, Soesterberg, Utrecht.
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    15 April 2012


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye

    25 August 2019


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Temporary on display during an event.
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     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Thomas Delvoye
    Max Sabin
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