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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:GF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:63-7507 USAF
    Construction Number:0516
    Latest Owner or Location:American Legion Post 46 - Central Iowa All Veterans Memorial, Marshalltown, Iowa

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4C-18-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    15 April 1964

    First flight.

    15 May 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7507.

    Circa May 1964

    Transferred to 559th Tactical Fighter Squadron/12th Tactical Fighter Wing, MacDill Air Force Base, FL.
    Operated with markings: XN

    Base of operations changed.
    Cam Ranh Air Base, South Vietnam.

    By 1968

    Transferred to 80th Tactical Fighter Squadron/347th Tactical Fighter Wing, Yokota AB, Japan.
    Deployed part time at Osan AB, South Korea.

    By September 1971

    Transferred to 4546th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron/479th Tactical Fighter Wing, George AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: GB

    May 1973

    Transferred to 92nd Tactical Fighter Squadron/81st TFW, RAF Bentwaters, England.

    1973

    Transferred to 78th Tactical Fighter Squadron/81st TFW, RAF Woodbridge, England.

    September 1973

    Transferred to 401st Tactical Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base, Spain.

    1980

    Transferred to 93rd Tactical Fighter Squadron/915th Tactical Fighter Group (AFRES), Homestead AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: FM

    Circa 1984

    Transferred to 114th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron/142nd Fighter Group (ANG), Kingsley Field, OR.

    1986

    Transferred to Sheppard AFB, TX.
    Assigned as ground trainer.

    Converted to a GF-4C.

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

    March 1993

    Loaned to American Legion Post 46-Central Iowa All Veterans Memorial, Marshalltown, IA.
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    25 September 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 December 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    27 December 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    27 December 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    27 December 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    26 August 2023


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    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 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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