This is in fact NF-4C 63-7654 which on retirement from its test career at Edwards was placed on display in Gallatin, TN in its white/red colours. It has been prepared at Pensacola with the help of Navy museum staff as 63-7499 which was w/o in 1967 and will be installed as a monument to the 8th TFW's commander on the General "Chappie" James, Jr. Memorial Plaza at the north end of the Pensacola Bay Bridge

Painted as 40-829 / FG 'SCAT XXVII', the personal ride of USAF legend Brigadier General Robin Olds, in which he scored his 3rd and 4th MIG-kill on May 20, 1967

This is actually NF-4C 63-7654 painted as F-4C 63-7499. This a/c has been restored to represent an F-4C from the 433 TFS, 8 TFW when based in Thailand. This a/c will be on display at the General "Chappie" James, Jr. Memorial Plaza at the north end of the new Pensacola Bay Bridge. General James was the Vice Wing Commander of the 8th Fighter Wing in the mid 1960s, flying 78 combat missions over North Vietnam. The National Naval Aviation Museum provided work space and other assistance for the a/c during its restoration.

This F-4D was lost on 9 April 1972, after it was hit by ground fire over Laos.

Note the MiG(?)-kill on the splitter plate.