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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:QRF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:68-0567 USAF
    Construction Number:3469
    Compressed ID:McDonnell QRF-4C sn 68-0567 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:82nd ATRS, Tyndall AFB, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4C-38-MC by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    25 April 1969

    First flight.

    2 June 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 68-0567.

    Circa June 1969

    To 1st TRS, 10th TRW, RAF Alconbury, England.
    Markings added: AR

    From 1973 to 1978

    Transferred to 17th TRS, 26th TRW, Zweibrucken AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: ZS

    June 1973


    Photographer: Peter Doll
    Notes: Taken during the 1973 Royal Flush exercise at Florennes, Belgium

    From 1979 to 1987

    Transferred to 1st TFS, 10th TRW, RAF Alconbury, England.
    Operated with markings: AR

    9 July 1984


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: RF-4C Phantom of 10th Tactical Reconnaisance Wing at RAF Alconbury on final approach to RAF Lossiemouth in the Summer of 1984.

    February 1986

    Markings Applied: Starize

    From After 1987 to 1991

    Transferred to 38th TRS, 26th TRW, Zweibrucken AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: ZR

    9 December 1991

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP792.

    14 July 2009

    Converted to a QRF-4C.
    Conversion done by BAE Systems, Mojave, CA.

    After 2009

    Transferred to 82nd ATRS, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    7 November 2012

    Destroyed.
    Shot Down during Weapons Test.
    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
     Max Sabin
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