Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4E-40-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:68-0490 USAF
    Construction Number:3668
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4E-40-MC sn 68-0490 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:HVF West, Tucson, AZ

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4E-40-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    5 November 1969

    First flight.

    10 December 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 68-0490.

    By 1970

    To 525th TFS, 36th TFW, Bitburg AB, West Germany.
    Markings added: BU

    By 1975

    Transferred to 526th TFS, 86th TFW, Ramstein AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: RS

    By September 1980

    Transferred to 512th TFS, 86th TFW, Ramstein AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: RS

    Circa September 1980


    Photographer: Unknown

    Transferred to 347th TFW, Moody AFB, GA.
    Operated with markings: MY

    By October 1990

    Transferred to 113th TFS, 181st TFG, Indiana ANG, Hulman Field, IN.
    Operated with markings: HF

    October 1990


    Photographer: Ben Knowls
    Notes: Photo taken at Hulman Field, Indiana

    By March 1992

    Transferred to 20th TFS, 35th TFW, George AFB, CA.
    Operated with markings: GA

    By October 1994

    Transferred to 20th FS, 49th FW, Holloman AFB, NM.

    Circa October 1994


    Photographer: Charles T. Robbins
    Notes: Likely taken at Holloman AFB, New Mexico

    21 January 1997

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP1052.

    8 August 2017

    To HVF West, Tucson, AZ.

    After 8 August 2017

    Scrapped.
    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
    Internet Sources
     Air History.org
    AirFighters.com
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=338579][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - McDonnell F-4E-40-MC Phantom II, s/n 68-0490 USAF, c/n 3668[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=338579
    Copyright 1993-2025 ww.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.