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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4D-32-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:66-8714 USAF
    Construction Number:2491
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4D-32-MC sn 66-8714 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4D-32-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
    AN/ARN-92 LORAN-D equipment was fitted to Pave Phantom F-4Ds. They could be identified by a rather prominent towel-rail antenna on the upper rear fuselage behind the rear cockpit. A total of 72 aircraft from blocks 32 and 33 were so equipped. In Vietnam, the primary mission of these Pave Phantom F-4Ds was the seeding of the Ho Chi Minh trail with sensors, which required the precise nighttime navigational capability provided by LORAN.

    9 August 1967

    First flight.

    Circa 17 September 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 66-8714.

    By 1968

    To 13th TFW, 432nd TRW, Udorn RTAFB, Thailand.
    Markings added: OC

    5 February 1968

    Credited with shooting down MiG-21 over North Vietnam with a AIM-4D. The crew for this flight was Capt. Robert G. Hill (pilot) and 1st Lt. Bruce V. Huneke (WSO). They were flying as Gambit-03.

    Transferred to 8th TFW, Kusan AB, South Korea.

    By May 1973

    Transferred to 22nd TFS, 36th TFW, Bitburg AB, FGR.
    Operated with markings: BT
    Red tail band.

    By 1978

    Transferred to 23rd TFS, 52nd TFW, Spangdahlem AB, FRG.
    Operated with markings: SP
    White tail band.

    26 June 1981


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At Greenham Common. Notice the AN/ARN-92 LORAN-D towel-rail antenna on the upper rear fuselage behind the rear cockpit.

    27 June 1981


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Greenham Common IAT

    By September 1983

    Transferred to 457th TFS, 301st TFG, AFRES, Carswell AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: TX, Raider of the 301st

    18 August 1989

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Carswell AFB (TX), 301 MXS/MXM, NAS JRB Fort Worth, TX.

    After August 1989

    To Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    March 1998


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX

    March 1998


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX


    Photographer: Unknown Contributor
    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
    Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings by Patrick Martin
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    USAF F-4 Phantom II MiG Killers 1965-68 by Peter E. Davies
    Internet Sources
     AB Pic
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerodata Quantum+
    Air History.org
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Robert Nichols
    Max Sabin
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