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-4A-2-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:145308 USN
    Construction Number:0009
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4A-2-MC sn 145308 USN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Florida Military Aviation Museum, Fort Meade, Florida

    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 F4H-1F by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    21 July 1959

    First flight.

    After July 1959

    To MAC.
    Your Assistance is Needed: If you know what MAC stands for please let AV know!
    Share Your Information with Everyone by Editting the Documented History

    25 May 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145308.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as F-4A-2-MC.

    By February 1965

    Transferred to NAS Memphis, TN.

    18 February 1965

    Withdrawn from use.
    Assigned as a ground trainer to NATTC Memphis, TN.

    February 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Clearwater Airport, FL

    By 5 April 1992

    Based at Florida Military Aviation Museum, Clearwater, Saint Peterburg, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    2003

    To Florida Military Aviation Museum, Fort Meade, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    29 July 2003


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: This really early Navy F-4A- it is the ninth Phantom built, was dumped at Fort Meade, FL back in 2003


    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia

    Individual Contributors
    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Noah Rechtin
    Max Sabin

    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=8390][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - McDonnell F-4A-2-MC Phantom II, s/n 145308 USN, c/n 0009[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=8390

    Copyright 1993-2025 www.m.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.