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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4D-29-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:66-0269 USAF
    Construction Number:1936
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4D-29-MC sn 66-0269 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4D-29-MC by at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    14 December 1966

    First flight.

    30 January 1967

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 66-0269.

    1967

    To 417th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 50th Tactical Fighter Wing, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany.

    1968

    Transferred to 417th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (attached to 50th TFW), Ramstein AB.

    1970

    Transferred to 49th Tactical Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, NM.

    1971

    Transferred to 417th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 49th Tactical Fighter Wing, Holloman AFB, NM.

    1972

    Transferred to 13th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.
    Operated with markings: OY

    1972

    Transferred to 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Udorn RTAFB, Thailand.
    Operated with markings: OY

    12 December 1972

    Flown by LTC James Burson and MAJ Ralph Pickett, this plane shot down a MiG-21 over North Vietnam.

    Circa 1974

    Transferred to 48th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England.

    1975

    Transferred to 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, George AFB, CA.

    1975

    Transferred to 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa.
    Operated with markings: ZZ

    January 1979

    Transferred to 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, Kadena AB, Okinawa.
    Operated with markings: ZZ

    1980

    Transferred to 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, Homestead AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: JF

    1987

    Transferred to 307th TacticalFighter Squadron, 31st Tactical Training Wing, Homestead AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: HS

    21 April 1988

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

    April 1988

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    April 1988

    Loaned to New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, CT.
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    10 October 2015


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the New England Air Museum at Bradley International Airport

    28 March 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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     F-4 Phantom II Production and Operational Data by William R Peake
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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