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    F-4 flies for final time [Image 15 of 32]

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    F-4 flies for final time

    ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES

    12.21.2016

    Photo by Joseph Eddins    

    Airman Magazine   

    Civilian QF-4E Pilot/Controller Lt. Col. (Ret) Jim “WAM” Harkins, signs a poster for F-4 fans, after exiting his McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II for last time on 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 Aerial Target Squadron Detachment 1 at Holloman AFB. The ceremonial flight was Harkins last in a cockpit for the Air Force; he will now serve as a ground controller for the QF-4's replacement, the QF-16. 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. The F-4 flew bombing, combat air patrol, fighter escort, reconnaissance and the famous Wild Weasel anti-aircraft missile suppression missions. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

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    Date Taken: 12.21.2016
    Date Posted: 02.21.2017 08:38
    Photo ID: 3177875
    VIRIN: 161221-F-LW859-022
    Resolution: 4928x3280
    Size: 6.18 MB
    Location: ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO, US

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