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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:QRF-4C Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:AF390 USAF
    Construction Number:4396
    Compressed ID:McDonnell QRF-4C sn AF390 USAF cn 4...
    Latest Owner or Location:82nd ATRS, 53rd WEG, Tyndall AFB, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RF-4C-53-MC by McDonnell Douglas at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
    This was the last RF-4C built.

    29 November 1973

    First flight.

    16 January 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 72-0156.

    By 1977

    Transferred to 18th TRS, 363rd TRW, Shaw AFB, NC.
    Operated with markings: JO

    By 1980

    Transferred to 91st TRS, 67th TRW, Bergstrom AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: BA

    By 1982

    Transferred to 67th TRW, Bergstrom AFB, TX.

    By 1983

    Transferred to 91st TRS, 67th TRW, Bergstrom AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: BA

    By February 1988

    Markings Applied: 91 AMU, BA

    By 1990

    Transferred to 12th TRS, 67th TRW, Bergstrom AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: BA

    Circa June 1990


    Photographer: Unknown

    7 August 1992

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number FP882.

    25 January 2011

    Contracted to BAE Systems Inc, Mojave Airport, Mojave, CA for work on the airframe.
    View the Location Dossier

    By September 2011

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n AF390 as a QRF-4C.

    4 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Parked on the BAE ramp at the Mojave Airport, CA.

    Circa 2011

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

    10 July 2013

    Shot down.
    Expended in a missile test over the Gulf of Mexico.
    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
     Airliners.Net
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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