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Lt. Col. (Ret) Jim “WAM” Harkins, one of thousands of pilots across the services to fly the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, stands on the flightline of Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., next to an F-4 painted in the markings of the aircraft flown by Col. Robin Olds during the Vietnam War. Harkins and other pilots of the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron Detachment 1 led the final military flight of the storied aircraft at Holloman AFB, N.M., Dec. 21, 2016. The final variant of the Phantom II was the QF-4 unmanned aerial targets flown by the 82nd at Holloman AFB. The F-4 Phantom II entered the U.S. Air Force inventory in 1963 and was the primary multi-role aircraft in the USAF throughout the 1960s and 1970s. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)
| Date Taken: | 12.20.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 02.21.2017 08:38 |
| Photo ID: | 3177861 |
| VIRIN: | 161220-F-LW859-007 |
| Resolution: | 4650x2865 |
| Size: | 8.79 MB |
| Location: | ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO, US |
| Web Views: | 377 |
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