Delivered to the USAF on 20 December 1978, flew most of its carrer with the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing from Holloman AFB (NM), and is seen here as the wing-bird during a deployment to Gilze Rijen. Apparently the Eagle enjoyed the Netherlands as it arrived as RETRO54 at Soesterberg for service with the 32nd TFS from8 January 1992 onwards. After the Wolfhounds, it was moved to the 101st FS and then went into storage at 309th AMARG from 1 October 2007. It received inventory code FH0179. On 31 March 2021, it the aircraft was moved to HVF West, Tucson (AZ) for scrap.

63-7537 painted as 63-535 / HO, in colors of 49th TFW, to honor the November 5th, 1966 MiG-kill of 1Lt Wilbur J. Latham Jr / 1Lt Klaus J. Klause against a MIG-21. The original 63-7535 was lost on July 15th, 1967 during a NVA rocket attack on DaNang AB (Vietnam)

On "Coronet Mescalero" deployment from Holloman AFB to Gilze-Rijen, Netherlands. One of ten which were active on this cloudless day.

This F-4D carries multi color fintip, may have been the 49th TFW commander's aircraft. This aircraft crashed In Germany one year later, on 17 October 1975, while deployed to Bitburg AB with the 7th TFS.

49th Tactical Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem. Later modified to F-105G "Wild Weasel" configuration.