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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:QRF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:AF373 USAF
    Construction Number:3793
    Compressed ID:McDonnell QRF-4C sn AF373 USAF cn 3...
    Latest Owner or Location:82nd ATRS, 53rd WEG, Tyndall AFB, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4C-42-MC by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    9 April 1970

    First flight.

    Circa 22 May 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 69-0362.

    Transferred to 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing, Bergstrom Air Force Base, TX.

    Converted to a RF-4D-29-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
    Converted to RF-4D prototype.

    From 1984 to March 1991

    Transferred to 4485th TS, 4443rd TEG, Eglin AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: OT

    Circa April 1990


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    28 March 1991

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP636.

    8 October 2009

    To BAE Systems, Mojave, CA.

    After October 2009

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n AF373 as a QRF-4C.

    After October 2009

    Transferred to 82nd ATRS, 53rd WEG, Tyndall AFB, FL.

    11 September 2014

    Shot down.
    Expended during a missile test from Tyndall AFB, FL.
    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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