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    Airframe Family: McDonnell F-4 Phantom II
    Latest Model:F-4D-33-MC Phantom II
    Last Military Serial:66-8812 USAF
    Construction Number:2799
    Compressed ID:McDonnell F-4D-33-MC sn 66-8812 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-4D-33-MC by McDonnell at Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.

    18 January 1968

    First flight.

    13 February 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 66-8812.

    From 1968 to 1969

    Transferred to 390th TFS, 388th TFW, Da Nang AB, South Vietnam.
    Operated with markings: LF

    By 1976

    Transferred to 18th TFW, Kadena AB, Okinawa.

    By 1979

    Transferred to 8th TFW, Kunsan AB, South Korea.

    By 1982

    Transferred to 457th TFS, 301st TFG, AFRES, Carswell AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: TH

    16 May 1988

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    In the inventory of National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Placed on display with Pate Museum of Transportation, Fort Worth, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pate Museum of Transportation, Cresson, TX

    13 May 2005

    Placed on display with Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler Pounds Field (East Side), Tyler, TX.
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    Placed on display with Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler, TX.

    25 March 2006

    Dedicated on this date in honor of 390th TFS pilot and Distinguished Flying Cross winner Lt. Col. William A. Curnette.

    18 June 2010


    Photographer: Jay Curtiss

    4 April 2016


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Historic Aviation Memorial Museum, Tyler, TX
    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerodata Quantum+
    F-4 Phantom Society - Smoke Trails
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Jay Curtiss
    Max Sabin
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