McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II, 64-0673 / 898, Pima Air & Space Museum
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Registration: 64-0673
Construction Number: 898
Code Number: 64673 / FG
Model McDonnell Douglas F-4C Phantom II
Operator: Pima Air & Space Museum
Airport: Tucson - Pima Air and Space Museum, USA - Arizona
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 10/1992
Date Submitted: 14/07/2009
Displaying a single red star on the air intake splitter plate shows that this Phantom is a Mig killer. Using the callsign 'Ballot 01' she downed a Mig-17 with a AIM-9 Sidewinder on the 20 May 1967 crewed by Major Phillip P. Combies (Aircraft Commander) and 1Lt. Daniel L. Lafferty of the 433 TFS/8 TFW based at Ubon RTAFB, Thailand during the Vietnam War. This immaculate Phantom hadn't long been out of the paint shop when I was lucky enough to photograph her. She's displayed at Pima courtesy of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
Picture ID:1182727