December 21st. the final flight of a US military F-4 Phantom will occur at Holloman AFB, NM, and is open to the public.
F-4 Phantoms served beginning with the US Navy and ending with the US Air Force. Phantoms equipped combat squadrons for decades, with the final units being VF-202 "Superheats" of the US Navy Reserve, retiring their F-4S models in very early 1988; VMFA-112 "Cowboys" of the US Marine Corps Reserve retiring the F-4S models in 1992; and 561st Fighter Squadron of the active-duty USAF retiring their F-4G models in 1996.
F-4s were used as target drones by the USN and USAF until the USN retired their last QF-4S in 2004, and now the USAF retiring the last of the QF-4E on December 21, 2016.
http://airshowstuff.com/v4/2016/det...inal-flight-and-retirement-ceremony-date-set/
F-4 Phantoms served beginning with the US Navy and ending with the US Air Force. Phantoms equipped combat squadrons for decades, with the final units being VF-202 "Superheats" of the US Navy Reserve, retiring their F-4S models in very early 1988; VMFA-112 "Cowboys" of the US Marine Corps Reserve retiring the F-4S models in 1992; and 561st Fighter Squadron of the active-duty USAF retiring their F-4G models in 1996.
F-4s were used as target drones by the USN and USAF until the USN retired their last QF-4S in 2004, and now the USAF retiring the last of the QF-4E on December 21, 2016.
http://airshowstuff.com/v4/2016/det...inal-flight-and-retirement-ceremony-date-set/