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F-4 Phantom II/Bu. 157307



Bureau #: 157307
Construction #: -
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s):
  F-4J Phantom II
  F-4S Phantom II
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2006

History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as 157307.
- BOC: December 18, 1970.
- SOC: November 28, 1988.
- Allocated to VF-31, Oceana, NAS, VA, by June 22, 1971.
— Deployed aboard U.S.S. Saratoga, 1972.
–— Shot down North Vietnamese Mig-21 with Sidewinder, June 21, 1972.
—— Pilot: Cdr. S.C. Flynn, USN, VF-31 XO
—— RIO: Lt. W.H. John
- Transferred to VF-33, Sept. 12, 1975.
- Transferred to VF-74, May 6, 1977.
- Transferred to VF-103, Sept. 17, 1979.
- Transferred to VF-171, Oct. 21, 1981.
- Transferred to Naval Air Rework Facility, North Island, CA, April 8, 1983.
— Converted to S-Model.
- Transferred to VMFAT 101, MCAS Yuma, AZ, December 27, 1983.
- Transferred to VFMA-232, Honolulu, HI, May 11, 1987.
- Transferred to NASM, November 29, 1988.
— Flight hours: 5,075
— Landins: 6,804 (1,337 were arrested)
— Catapult launches: 1,163
National Air & Space Museum, Washington D.C., November 28, 1988-2006.
- Displayed at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.



Source(s):
National Air & Space Museum
Photo Source(s):
Bill Kistler
Dave Hackett

Research Assistance:

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