| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 148412 |
| Alternate Serial: | AF48-412 |
| Military Code: | IL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | McDonnell F-4 Phantom II |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | McDonnell F-4 Phantom II |
| Aircraft Version: | McDonnell F-4B Phantom II |
| C/n (msn): | 97 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Navy |
| Display Paint: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Lincoln - Logan CountyMap |
| Region / Country: | Illinois, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: - IATA: - Local: AAA Other: - |
| Collection: | Heritage in Flight Museum |
| Photo Date: | 15 November 2015 |
| Photo by: | Alastair T. Gardiner |
| Photo ID: | 225022 |
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After being TOC by the USN, this F-4 was retained by McDonnell-Douglas in St. Louis as an F-4B air frame test aircraft becoming the first aircraft to fire a Phoenix missile. On 11th December 1964 it was damaged and w/o in a deck accident on USS FD Roosevelt, therefore transferred to the Air Training Command at Chanute AFB, IL., assigned as ground trainer and redesignated as GF-4B. Now on display at the Heritage In Flight Museum in false USAF markings. This photo is copyright © Alastair T. Gardiner, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 17 March 2020, and has since been viewed 197 times. |