Built as an F-4E. First flew in 1967. Converted to an NF-4E test aircraft. Stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ in 1992. Left in 1996 and preserved at Cleveland-Hopkins, OH in Thunderbirds colours.

Alongside 153812 is this Air Force Phantom, also masquerading as a Thunderbirds aircraft (it never flew for the team). Ironically, both these Phantoms spent most of their time in service in testing roles, in this aircraft's case at Edwards AFB.

This is the first F-4E for the USAF. It is now preserved in Cleveland, Ohio, in the colours of the Thunderbirds, although it never operated with the Thunderbirds. Its entire life was spent with various USAF test units, from its first flight in 1967 until it went to AMARC in 1992.