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MDD F-4E-31-MC Phantom II 66-0284 (1st production "hard-wing" F-4E) in flight right after TO w/ EROS Anti-Collision pod in left front AIM-7 well. First flight was on 30 Jun 67. A/C was sent to AMARG as FP825 on 2 Mar 92 and is now displayed on a pedestal @ Burke Lakefront in Cleveland OH as T-Bird No. 1 (although it was never actually in the Thunderbirds).

I am the Crew Chief on this aircraft which is at American Legion Post 109 in Corona de Tucson AZ. Painted as a Thunderbird which flew as one in late 1973. I would like to use this pic for some history at the Post 109. Trying to collect whatever pic are around. Also have pic when 294 was getting prep for Thunderbird from Edwards colors. on my flickr page.

US Air Force McDonnell F-4E Phantom II, USAF Ser. No. 66-0313 (c/n 2528) As per the Joe Baugher site: www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1966.html [C]redited with shooting down MiG-19 over North Vietnam Oct 6, 1972. To Israel in Oct 1973, Nickel Grass. As 331 with Israeli Defense Force Air Force. Assigned as ground trainer at Holtz Technical School, Tel Aviv, Israel. Preserved as gate guard at Ramon AB with fake serial 119 in Jul 2012. Another photo of the same aircraft in the SDASM's Flickr Commons collection: