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F-4

McDonnell Douglas F4D Phantom II, 66-7733, 480th TFS, USAF, Phu Cat AB, 1969 (with 12 x Mk.82 bombs on underwings)

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In 1957 the 480th TFS was established as the 480th FBS equipped with F-100s. In May 1969 the 480th TFS converted to the F-4D and later that year moved to Phu Cat AB, South Vietnam. The squadron was the first to shoot down a MiG-21 and had a total of 9 MiG victories. F-4D 66-7733 was delivered to the 366th TFW in 1969 and then the 480th. After Vietnam the 480th TFS was disbanded and 66-7733 moved from squadron to squadron before being sent to AMARC in 1989 and scrapped in September 1998

Added to archive2021-07-18
Last modified2022-01-24
Leaflet November 2021