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Shay
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Does anyone know anything about the dismantled F-4 in the DRMO yard at Wright-Patterson AFB? Looks like it has been used for Aircraft Battle Damage Repair (ABDR). Anyone got a Serial No. for this bird?

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Do you know if those are parts for it in the box behind it?
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That Phantom has been there for awhile in that yard I believe ... Have a friend keeping tabs on it for me to see what happens to it ...
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f4phan wrote:
That Phantom has been there for awhile in that yard I believe ..


Hence the snow.

I took these pictures awhile back, this past December. It has since moved within the yard and the tail now sits beside it but I haven't been able to make out any information on it. Got info on her?

About the same time that this Phantom came into the yard a similarly stripped F-16 also came into the yard and set beside the F-4. The Falcon left some time ago though.

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Do you know if those are parts for it in the box behind it?


It's possible, but no I do not know.

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I will ask around and see if I can find out what the serial # is for you ...
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Good Day Shay,

from the color scheme on the picture linked below I would say that it is A/C SN 64-0724

63-7478

http://www.5053phantoms.com/photos//dis ... ?pos=-6328

64-0724

http://www.5053phantoms.com/photos//dis ... ?pos=-6340

From what I know these aircraft are/were at Wright-Patterson AFB.

63-7478 BDR
64-0724 BDR

64-0763 pres.
64-0829 pres.
64-1047 pres.
66-7554 pres.
66-7626 pres.
69-7263 pres.

If you could identify the AMARC no. ( like AA FP0174 or FP0174 ) somewhere on the air conditioning inlet ( as seen here http://www.5053phantoms.com/photos//dis ... ?pos=-6661 )it would help much. After these numbers aircraft can be identified at http://www.amarcexperience.com/AMARCDB.asp

Unfortunately I do not know any person at WP AFB so I can ask nobody.

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Uwe

Thanks for posting and welcome aboard.

For awhile I kepted looking back and forth between your pictures and mine to try an recognize the patterns of the camoflage.

Next weekend I'm going to go talk to the Base Police at WPAFB and see if they'll let me go in and take pictures in hopes of identifying the F-4. I don't think they'll have a problem with it. They haven't in the past. It's normally the civilians who work in the DRMO yard who make a fuss. Which is good, everybody needs to take an active part in "OPSEC" especially in today's day and age.

I'll post when I find out anything.

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Thanks alot. Nice Forum indeed.

Maybe you can find the aircraft identification plate in the front cockpit, right side forward.

If you get some picture maybe you can send some for the gallery. I´ll make a seperate album for them.


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