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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4E-34-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:67-0217 THK
    Construction Number:2848
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4E-34-MC sn 67-0217 THK...
    Latest Owner or Location:Konya Air Base, Konya, Konya Province

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4E-34-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    13 March 1968

    First flight.

    21 May 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 67-0217.

    Circa May 1968

    To 47th TFS, 15th TFW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Markings added: FE

    Circa 1970


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection
    Notes: Photo taken at MacDill AFB, Florida.

    By 1971

    Transferred to 94th TFS, 1st TFW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: FE

    By October 1974

    Transferred to 71st TFS, 1st TFW, MacDill AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: FF

    Transferred to 56th TFW, MacDill AFB, FL.

    By September 1978

    Transferred to 309th TFS, 31st TFW, Homestead AFB, FL.
    Operated with markings: ZF

    By 1980

    Transferred to 334th TFS, 4th TFW, Seymour-Johnson AFB, NC.
    Operated with markings: SJ

    By 1981

    Transferred to 50th TFW, Hahn AB, West Germany.
    Operated with markings: HR

    November 1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Turk Hava Kuvvetleri with s/n 67-0217 and operated with these markings: 1-217.

    By 1999

    Transferred to 131 Filo.

    By June 2015

    To Konya AB, Turkey.
    BDR Trainer.

    By May 2023

    To Konya Air Base, Konya, Konya Province.
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    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
    Euro Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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