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On the 10th of June 1998, the USAF's last operational RF-4C (QRF-4C 65-0944) successfully completed it's last mission... i.e. It was destroyed/Shot down, there by bringing to a close 35 years of Recon Rhino's in US markings.
The first Air Force Recon Rhino was YRF-4C 62-12200 (Ironically originally scheduled to become a USN F-4B) which first flew on the 8th August 1963 and went on to become the prototype F-4E. The first unit to receive the new Phantoms was the 33rd Tactical Reconnaissance Training Squadron, 363 TRW at Shaw AFB in September 1964. The first RF-4's for the Air National Guard were received by the Alabama's 106 TRS in February 1971 and the USMC received their Recce version, RF-4B in 1965.
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The 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing received its first RF-4C's in January 1966 whilst based at Mountain Home, eventually moving to Bergstrom AFB, Texas in 1971. Photographed here is the 67 TRW 'Flagship' 69-0376 in the SEA 'wrapround' scheme. |
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Presented below is a rundown on all US unit's that operated the RF-4. A note about unit designations and Tail Codes will be in order...
Designations - We've used the last current designation for the unit's, most units during the RF-4C's service changed designations, from either Tactical Reconnaissance Group (TRG) to Wing (TRW) and also from TRW to plain Reconnaissance Wing (RW)
Tail Codes - On April 1st 1972 the basic USAF maintanance concept changed from squadron to wing level (AFM66-1). As a result tail codes were assigned on a wing basis rather than squadrons. Therefore Tail codes in bold are the wing assigned codes after April 1972.
| 67th
Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 67th Reconnaissance Wing |
Mountain
Home AFB, Idaho Bergstrom AFB, Texas Bergstrom AFB, Texas |
66-71 71-91 91-93 |
KT/KR/KS BA/BB/BC BA |
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| Squadron Tail Colour |
7
TRS KT green |
10
TRS KR yellow |
22
TRS KS yellow |
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| Squadron Tail Colour |
91
TRS BA red |
4/45
1
TRS BB/BA blue |
9/12
2
TRS BC/BA yellow/red |
62
TRTS BA green |
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| Remarks | Formed at March Field in 1947, spent the 1950's in the Far East ending up operating RB-66 & RF-101's from Yokota AB, Japan until 1960. Reformed at Mountain Home in January 1966 with the RF-4C. Relocated to Texas in July 1971. The 67th deployed to Sheikh Isa AB, Bahrain during the Gulf conflict. Redesignated as 67 Intelligence Wing at Kelly AFB, October 1993 with no aircraft assigned. | |||||
| 75th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing | Bergstrom
AFB, Texas |
66-71 |
BA/BB/BC | |||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
91
TRS BA red |
4
TRS BB blue |
9
TRS BC yellow |
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| Remarks | Operated as a replacement training unit during WWII, the 75 TRW reformed at Bergstrom in July 1966 with the RF-4C. Inactivated July 1971 with its aircraft transferred to the 67 TRW. Redesignated the 75th Air Base Wing in 1994 and administers Ogden Air Logistics Center as part of AFMC. | |||||
| 363rd
Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 363rd Tactical Fighter Wing 363rd Tactical Fighter Wing |
Shaw
AFB, South Carolina Shaw AFB, South Carolina Shaw AFB, South Carolina |
65-81 81-82 82-89 |
JL/JM/JO/JP JO SW |
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| Squadron Tail Colour |
4415
CCTS JL white |
33
TRTS JL/JO white |
16
TRS JM/JO/SW black/white |
22/623
TRS JO red |
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| Squadron Tail Colour |
18
TRS JP/JO blue |
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| Remarks | Received it's first RF-4C's in June 1965. Redesignated as a Fighter Wing in October 1981 and recoded 'SW' a year later. Wing started to covert to F-16's in March 1982 but the 16 TRS continued RF-4C operations until December 1989. The 363rd eventually deactivated in late 1993 it's place being filled by the 20th FW. | |||||
| 33rd Tactical Fighter Wing | Eglin AFB, Florida | 67-71 | EG | |||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
4533
TTS(TEST) EG black/white |
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| Remarks | 4533 TTS(TEST) operated in support of the Tactical Air Warfare Center(TAWC) from December 1967 until April 1971, when the RF-4C's were transferred to the 4485 Test Squadron. | |||||
| Tactical
Air Warfare Center |
Eglin
AFB, Florida |
71-77? 78-82 82-91? |
EG ED OT |
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| Squadron Tail Colour |
4485
TS EG/ED/OT black/white |
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| Remarks | The 4485 TS replaced the 4453 TTS(Test) in April 1971. The unit recoded to 'ED' in 1978 and again in 1982 to 'OT' It is assumed that the RF-4's left sometime in the early 1990's. | |||||
| 3246th Test Wing | Eglin
AFB, Florida |
90-90 90-93 |
AD ET |
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| Squadron Tail Colour |
3247
TS AD/ET white/red |
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| Remarks | 3247 TS operated a variety of aircraft among which were several RF-4's. Unit recoded to ET starting in July 1990. | |||||
| Air
Force Special Weapons Center 4490th Test Group |
Kirtland
AFB, New Mexico |
??-?? |
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| Squadron Tail Colour |
?? orange/yellow |
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| Remarks | Operated several Phantoms in the test role (Nuclear?) At least one RF-4C was operated (63-7743) | |||||
| 6510th Test Wing | Edwards AFB, California | 72-91 | ED | |||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
6512
TS ED blue/white |
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| Remarks | 6512 Test Sqn operated various marks of Phantom in the test and evaluation role. | |||||
| Ogden Air Logistics Center | Hill AFB, Utah | ??-?? | ||||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
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| Remarks | The Ogden ALC was the primary rework Center for the F-4. It operated several F-4's among which were at least two RF-4C's. | |||||
| 67 TRW BA | The
final scheme to adorn USAF Tactical RF-4's was the 'Egypt One' scheme.
This was much appreciated by photographers as the previous 'European One'
scheme was extremely hard to capture on film well, except for perfect
weather conditions. Photographed here is RF-4C 69-0376 the 67th TRW's
'Flagship' in September 1990. © Unknown/Peter Greengrass collection |
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| 363 TRW JO | Seen
here is RF-4C 67-0467/JO from the 22 TRS at RAF Alconbury June 1982. In
the 1980's deployments of Continental US RF-4 units were a regular sight
in the UK. © Phil Camp |
363 TRW SW | Shot
again at Alconbury in October 1986 was this RF-4C 67-0463/SW from the
363 TRW based at Shaw AFB. The aircraft is in the then standard tactical
scheme known as 'European One' which replaced the 'SEA wrapround' scheme. © Stuart Freer |
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| 18th Tactical Fighter Wing | Kadena AB, Okinawa | 67-89 | ZZ | |||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
15
TRS ZZ black/yellow |
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| Remarks | Operating from Kadena AB, Okinawa since 1954. The 15 TRS swapped it's RF-101's for RF-4C's in 1967. 15 TRS transferred to 460th TRG at Taegu AB, RoK in October 1989. Currently operating various types, including F-15's and E-3B/C's as the 18th Wing. | |||||
| 432nd
Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 432nd Tactical Fighter Wing |
Udorn
RTAFB, Thailand |
66-74 74-75 |
OO/OZ/UD UD |
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| Squadron Tail Colour |
11
TRS OO black |
14
TRS OZ/UD red |
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| 460th
Tactical Reconnaissance Wing 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Group |
Tan
Son Nhut AB, RSVN Taegu AB, South Korea |
65-71 89-90 |
AE/AC GU |
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| Squadron Tail Colour |
12
TRS AC ?? |
16
TRS AE ?? |
15
TRS GU black/yellow |
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| Remarks | 460 TRW assigned to Ton Son Nhut AB, RSVN February 1966. Unit inactivated August 1971 Reactivated in 1989 as TRG at Taegu AB, RoK and assumed control the 15 TRS. Deactivated 1990 | |||||
| 475th Tactical Fighter Wing | Misawa AB, Japan | 70-71 | UE | |||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
16
TRS UE blue |
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| Remarks | 475th assigned the 16 TRS from 460 TRW March 1970. 16 TRS reassigned to 363 TRW at Shaw AFB February 1971 | |||||
| TAWC OT | RF-4C
69-0362/OT from the 4485 Test Sqn. The 4485th changed tailcodes three
times during it's years as a Phantom operator, EG/ED and finally OT. © unknown/Peter Greengrass collection |
3246 TW ET | Eglin
based RF-4C 66-0464/ET from the 3247 TS. The unit used the AD tailcode
previously. The aircraft were used in the weapons test and evaluation
role. © Unknown/Peter Greengrass collection |
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6510 TW ED | Unusual in that it isn't in the Red/white test scheme is this RF-4C 65-0941 from the Edwards based 6512 Test Sqn shot in April 1984. © Unknown/Peter Greengrass collection |
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| OALC | Being
the primary rework Center for the F-4, the Ogden ALC was assigned an example
of each type on which it could evaluate proposed modification's. Photographed
at Hill AFB is 65-0905. © Unknown/Tim Hunter collection |
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| 10th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing | RAF Alconbury, UK | 65-87 | AR/AS/AT | |||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
1
TRS AR blue |
30
TRS AS/AR black/yellow |
32
TRS AT/AR yellow |
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| Remarks | The 10 TRW converted to RF-4C's in 1965. 30 & 32 TRS deactivated in 1976 followed by the 1 TRS in 1987 when the Wing changed to a TFW and the re-equipped with A-10A. Is now a Air Base Wing administering the USAF Academy at Colorado Springs, with no aircraft assigned. | |||||
| 26th
Tactical Reconnaissance Wing |
Ramstein
AB, Germany Zweibrucken AB, Germany |
65-73 73-91 |
RR ZR |
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| Squadron Tail Colour |
17
TRS ZR red |
38
TRS RR/ZR green/white |
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| Remarks | 38 TRS operated RF-4C's from 1966 to 1991. Moved to Zweibrucken in 1973 when the 86 TFW & 26 TRW swapped bases. The 17 TRS was absorbed by the 26th in 1973 and was deactivated November 1978. | |||||
| 86th Tactical Fighter Wing | Zweibrucken AB, Germany | 70-73 | ZR | |||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
17
TRS ZR red |
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| Remarks | 17th TRS operated under the 86th TFW from January 1970 till January 1973. It remained at Zweibrucken and joined the 26th TRW when the two wings switched bases under "Battle Creek". Since then went on to operate F-16's and currently operates as the 86th Airlift Wing (C-130E's and C-9's) | |||||
| 18 TFW ZZ | One
of several Fighter Wings (as opposed to Recon Wings) that also operated
RF-4C's was the 18th TFW based at Kadena AB. Photographed here is 66-0548/ZZ
from the wings 15th TRS. The squadron moved to Korea in 1989 but disbanded
a year later. © Unknown/Peter Greengrass collection |
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| 460 TRW/G AE/AC/GU | CAN
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| 117th Reconnaissance Wing | Birmingham MAP, Alabama | 71-94 | BH | |||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
106
RS BH Various |
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| Remarks | Operated RF-4C's from 1979 until 1991. Aircraft coded BH from 1986. During and after 'Desert Storm' carried 'Sharks Mouths' and nose art. Presently equipped with KC-135R's as 117th ARW, since October 1994. | |||||
| 187th Tactical Reconnaissance Group | Dannelly
Field ANGB, Alabama |
71-83 |
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| Squadron Tail Colour |
160
TRS Various |
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| Remarks | Swapped it's RF-84's for Phantoms in 1971. on July 1 1983 became a TFG and operated F-4D's. Is now operational with F-16's (see Profile 03 - Vipers 'R' US) | |||||
| 163rd Reconnaissance Group | March AFB, California | 90-93 | ||||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
196
RS Blue/White |
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| Remarks | 163rd operated F-4C's, then E Model Phantoms before switching to the Recon role in 1990. In 1993 converted to KC-135's and redesignated 163rd ARG (Then to ARW in 1995). | |||||
| 124th Reconnaissance Group | Boise Air Terminal, Idaho | 75-91 | ||||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
RWS Blue/Gold |
189
TRTF Blue/Gold |
190
RS Blue/Gold |
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| Remarks | Received it's first RF-4C's in the Fall of 1975, when the 190th FIS converted from F-102's. The 190th shared it's Phantom's with the Reconnaissance Weapons School from March 1983 and in 1984 the 184th activated to assume the training duties. 190th switched to F-4G's in 1991 and now operates the A-10A. The 189th now fly C-130's | |||||
| 183rd Tactical Fighter Group | Springfield MAP, Illinois | 73-75 | ||||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
170
TFS Green |
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| Remarks | Primarily a F-4C/D unit, the 170 TFS operated two RF-4C's during the 1970's. Conversion to F-16's was completed by October 1989. | |||||
| 123rd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing | Standiford Field, Kentucky | 76-89 | KY | |||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
165
TRS KY White/Red/Blue |
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| Remarks | The RF-4C arrived in Kentucky in February 1976 (replacing the unit's RF-101's) The unit flew Phantoms until the first C-130B's arrived in January 1989 and the 123rd became an Airlift Wing (now operating H model Herks) | |||||
| 148th Tactical Reconnaissance Group | Duluth IAP, Minnesota | 75-83 | ||||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
179
TRS Various |
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| Remarks | 179 FIS redesignated to TRS in January 1976 (first RF-4C's arrived late 1975) The 179th flew RF-4's until 1983, when they converted to F-4D's and again became a Fighter Interceptor Sqn. The unit is now a Fighter Wing and operates the F-16A/B ADF (see Profile 03 - Vipers 'R' US) | |||||
| 186th Reconnaissance Group | Key Field, Mississippi | 78-91 | KE5 | |||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
153
RS KE5 Green/Gold |
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| Remarks | Starting in 1978, the 186th flew RF-4's for 13 years. During this time the unit deployed to the UK(Corenet Cyro), Asia(Sentry Tornado) and Italy(Corenet Lake). The unit switched to the Air refuelling role in 1991. | |||||
| 155th Reconnaissance Group | Lincoln MAP, Nebraska | 72-95 | ||||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
173
RS various |
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| Remarks | The 155th TRW converted from RF-84F Thunderflashes in February 1972. The wing is now in the tanking business flying KC-135R's since October 1995. | |||||
| 152nd Reconnaissance Group | Reno-Cannon IAP, Nevada | 75-95 | ||||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
192
RS White/Red/Blue |
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| Remarks | Re-equipped from the RF-101B in 1975. Winners of the Reconnaissance Air Meet (RAM) in 1986 and 1990. Flew 412 sorties during the Gulf conflict 90/91. Switched to the Airlift role in 1995 equipped with C-130's. | |||||
| 117 RW BH | Taxing
out at McConnell AFB, March 1990 after attending The F4 Society's 'PhanCon
90' is 65-0867 from the Alabama ANG's 106 TRS. The 'BH' tailcode stands
for BirmingHam, the units home field. © Steve Hill/EMCS |
187 TRG | The
Alabama ANG operated to Recon phantom units, the 117 TRW at Birmingham
MAP and the 187 TRG at Dannelly Field, Montgomery. RF-4C 63-0746 May 1980 © unknown/Peter Greengrass collection |
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| 163 RG | Getting
a last check before departing on another training mission is a Californian
ANG RF-4C 65-0852. The 163rd are now an Air Refuelling Wing, flying KC-135's. © Unknown/Peter Greengrass collection |
124 RG | RF-4C
64-1071 190 TRS at CFB Cold Lake, April 1991. Most ex ANG Recon units
have since changed to either the Air Refuelling or Airlift role. The 124th
are unique in that they are a Fighter Wing but operate C-130's (189 AS)
as well as A-10A's (190 FS). © Craig Baldwin |
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123 TRW KY | RF-4C
64-1035/KY from the 165 TRS/123 TRW. The unit gave up it's Phantoms in
1989 for C-130's, but eight of it's RF-4C's are still flying under the
Spanish flag out of Torrejon AB. © unknown/Peter Greengrass collection |
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| 148 TRG | 10
January 1979 saw the 179 FIS redesignate to 179 TRS and received there
first RF-4C Phantom's. Markings consisted of a Red band with gold outline
and 'Minnesota' Photographed here in the Wrapround scheme is 65-0942. © Phil Camp |
186 RG KE | Photographed
here in the 'Hill Gray II or Egypt One' scheme is 66-0423 Previous to
receiving this scheme, the 153 TRS carried 'KE' tailcodes and had a large
portion of the tail painted Green/Gold. © Doug Slowiak/Vortex Photo Graphic |
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| 155 RG |
Another
RF-4C at McConnell AFB in March 1990 for 'PhanCon 90' was this example
from Nebraska's 173rd RS 65-0824.
As is common for a lot of ex ANG RF-4C unit's they now fly KC-135's
as the 173 ARS. |
152 RG | This
is where most of the Recon Rhino's ended up - AMARC! In this case 65-0952,
still in the 192nd Reconnaissance Sqn. 'High Rollers' markings. © Doug Slowiak/Vortex Photo Graphic |
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| VMCJ-1 | Iwakuni, Japan | 66-75 | RMxx | |||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
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| Remarks | Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron One received RF-4B's in 1966. They operated a detachment from Da Nang during the Vietnam War. Transferred it's RF-4B's to the then new VMFP-3 in August 1975. | |||||
| VMCJ-2 | MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina | 65-75 |
CYxx | |||
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| Remarks | Assigned to the east coast, VMCJ-2 replaced it's RF-8A's in 1965. Flew RF-4B's among other aircraft until the summer of 1975 when they also transferred the RF-4's to VMFP-3. | |||||
| VMCJ-3 | MCAS El Toro, California | 65-75 | TNxx | |||
| Squadron Tail Colour |
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| Remarks | May 1965 saw this composite squadron receive there first RF-4B's, the first USMC unit to operate this type. In July 1975 the RF-4B's went to the newly commissioned VMFP-3. | |||||
| VMFP-3 | MCAS El Toro, California | 75-90 | RFxx | |||
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| Remarks | VMFP-3 (Marine Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Three) was formed with the RF-4B's of VMCJ-1,2 and 3 in July 1975. The unit operated 3 detachment's in WestPac, Hawaii and CONUS, as well as deployments aboard USS Midway. The unit deactivated September 1990. | |||||
| 10 TRW AR | Sitting
at the last chance area at RAF Alconbury is RF-4C 66-0413/AR from the
10th TRW's 1st TRS. Aircraft is in the standard SEA (South East Asia)
scheme with original White codes. © Unknown/Peter Greengrass collection |
26 TRW ZR | The
38th TRS 'Flagship' in 1990 was RF-4C 69-0383. Of interest is the Green/white
bands on the intake lips and the presentation of the serial, with the
emphasis on the '38' The 26 TRW deployed to the Gulf later in the year
and deactivated in 1991. © Keith Snyder |
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| 53 WEG TD | Photographed
in October 1999 at Tyndall AFB is the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron last
remaining QRF-4C 69-0383/AF-102. AF-102 was w/o after a hard landing and
is in storage at a location known as the 'Swamp' awaiting it's fate. It
was also the first Phantom drone flown NULLO or unmanned, 15 May 1995. © Peter Greengrass |
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| VMCJ-1 RM | RF-4B
153105/RM-603 from VMCJ-1 returning to MCAS Iwakuni in January 1975. In
common with all the composite Squadrons, they turned there Phantoms over
to VMFP-3 in July 1975. © Takafumi Hiroe/GONAVY |
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VMFP-3 RF | When
VMFP-3 deactivated on the 30 September 1990, it brought to the close 25
years of Marine Corps RF-4B Operations. RF-4B 157348 is in the Tactical
Paint Scheme (TPS) which they carried in there final years. © Unknown/Peter Greengrass collection |
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| Squadron Tail Colour |
82
ATS TD4 red tails |
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| Remarks | The 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron operates QF-4 Drones in the Aerial target role. The unit operated five QRF-4C's, four of which were destroyed between 1997 and 1998 (QRF-4C 68-0555 had the 'honour' of being the first Phantom drone to be shot down, 1 April 1997). The fifth one is in storage at Tyndall after a heavy landing. The unit still operates QF-4E/G from Tyndall and Holloman. | |||||
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Air Command