This aircraft was retired to AMARC on 12th September 1995 and allotted the Park Code FP0987. It was flown to Tracor Inc. at Mojave, CA., on 16th October 1997 and converted to QF-4G drone configuration. It was later flown to Tyndall AFB, FL., and eventually listed as "Expended", presumably shot down, on 6th June 2001.

Last flights for the F-4G's of the 561FS culminated on this day on the Nellis flightline

Built as F-4E, rebuilt to F-4G, saw a long operational careeer in the USAF, placed in storage at AMARC (with inventory number FP0833) in April 2000, selected for conversion to QF-4G, moved to Mojave for modification and eventually found its way to the 475th Weapons Evaluation Group, 82d Tactical Aerial Targets Squadron where it flew as AF219 from September 2001 onwards. The Phantom was shot down as an aerial target on 8 February 2006 over the Gulf of Mexico.