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Bureau #: 157307 Construction #: - Civil Registration: None Model(s): F-4J F-4S 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, Dec. 27, 1983. - Transferred to VFMA-232, Honolulu, HI, May 11, 1987. - Transferred to NASM, Nov. 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. |
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Source(s): National Air & Space Museum |
Photo Source(s): Bill Kistler Dave Hackett Research Assistance: - |
