![]() In the Spring of 2005, the State of Utah awarded Funding to the Aerospace Heritage Foundation of Utah for the aircraft to be relocated to a new pedestal on the Museum grounds. The aircraft was placed on static display at the Officers’ Club. At Hill, the aircraft flew flight test and weapons missions until March 1988 when it was dropped from the active Air Force inventory and transferred to museum status. In October 1980, the aircraft was transferred to Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, then was transferred to McDonnell-Douglas before moving to the Ogden Air Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base in August 1981. During its service at Eglin, the F-4C was deployed to Edwards Air Force Base before going back to McDonnell-Douglas in October 1977. The aircraft returned to McDonnel-Douglas in May 1967 where it spent two years before being relocated to the Air Force Armament Test Center at Eglin Air Force Base in March 1969. Originally it was retained by the manufacturer for flight testing but was assigned to the Air Force Missile Development Center, Air Force Systems Command at Holloman Air Force Base in December 1966. The F-4C was accepted into the USAF in March 1965. Once assigned to Hill Air Force Base, the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing flew F-4s from 1976 until 1980 when the unit’s F-16 conversion was complete. ![]() By 1966, the first F-4C was inducted into Hill Air Force Base maintenance shops. ![]() In 1962, the Ogden Air Materiel Area was designated as the System Support Manager for the USAF’s new F-4 aircraft, which included support to allied countries for this airframe in the subsequent decades. ![]()
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