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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:QF-4E Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:AF121 USAF
    Construction Number:3179
    Compressed ID:McDonnell QF-4E sn AF121 USAF cn 31...
    Latest Owner or Location:53rd WEG, Tyndall AFB, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4E-35-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    23 September 1968

    First flight.

    Circa October 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 67-0337.

    By January 1971

    To 4501st TFRS, 1st TFW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Markings added: MC

    By April 1978

    Transferred to 13th TFTS, 56th TFW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: MC

    Circa April 1978


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Photo taken at MacDill AFB, FL

    Transferred to 31st TFW, Homestead AFB, FL.

    Transferred to 308th TFS, 31st TFW, Homestead AFB, FL.

    Transferred to 21st TFTS, 35th TFW, George AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: GA

    13 November 1989

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP380.

    18 January 1991

    To TFSI, Mojave, CA.

    26 March 1997

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n AF121 as a QF-4E.

    By October 2001

    Transferred to 53rd WEG, Tyndall AFB, FL.


    Photographer: Unknown

    25 October 2001

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Crashed Oct 25, 2001 in Gulf of Mexico with 53rd WEG.
    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
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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