F-4C-15-MC s/n 63-7418

F-4C-15-MC s/n 63-7418

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*1967-71: USAF 4454th CCTS (4453rd CCTW).
*USAF 58th TFTW.
*Michigan ANG 171st FIS.
*1981-86: Indiana ANG 113th TFS.
*5/1987: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard. Or in 5/1975?
*3/1995: Salvaged. 

F-4C 63-7418 was assigned to the unit in January 1964 to serve as the "lead-the-force" aircraft, that is, an aircraft that flies an accelerated schedule to evaluate the aircraft and it's diferent systems sooner that would be possible under normal scheduling conditions. While assigned to the unit 63-7418 was the first USAF F-4 to reach 1,000 flight hours, the first to reach the 2,000 flight hour mark (circa December 1967), via approximately 1,200 missions--the equivalent of flying non-stop for 83 days during which the aircraft traveled 1,000,000 miles / 1,609,300 km (40 trips around the globe). Making the 2,000th flight hour was Lt. Col. John C. Holley, 4455 CCTS Commander, pilot, with the aircrafts's crew chief, non-pilot Sgt. Herbert Bencosky.

 18 MAY1987 AMARC received from 196th TRS/163rd TRG March AFB, CA

181 FIG  AUGUST 1984

Davis Monthan  AFB