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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4C-23-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:64-0776 USAF
    Construction Number:1079
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-23-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    1 July 1965

    First flight.

    29 July 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-0776.

    By 1967

    Transferred to 389th TFS, 366th TFW, Da Nang AB, South Vietnam.

    23 April 1967

    Shot down a NVAF MiG-21. Maj. Robert D. Anderson / Capt. Fred D. Kjer 366th TFW / 389th TFS (based at DaNang AB, Vietnam) AIM-7 vs MiG-21.

    22 May 1967

    Shot down 2 NVAF MiG-21s. AIM-9 vs MiG-21 and SUU-16 20mm external gun-pod vs MiG-21. Pilot / WSO at time were LtCol Robert F. Titus and 1Lt. Milan Zimmer with 366th TFW / 389th TFS based at DaNang AB, Vietnam.

    Transferred to 35th TFS, 347th TFW, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea.

    Transferred to 67th TFS, 18th TFW, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan.

    From 1976 to 1980

    Transferred to 170th TFS, 183D TFW, Illinois Air National Guard, Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport, IL.

    From 1980 to 1989

    Transferred to 123D TFS, 142D TFW, Oregon ANG, Portland International Airport, OR.
    Operated with markings: Miss Piggy, x3 MiG kill stars, OREGON

    13 August 1983


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Helena, Montana.

    13 August 1983


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Helena, Montana airport.

    October 1988


    Photographer: Unknown

    24 October 1989

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    After 24 October 1989

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    To Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Loaned to Museum of Flight, Seattle, WA.

    July 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    July 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Air History.org
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
    Nate Wilburn
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