F-4G 69-0254 and 69-7254 in the radar calibration docks April 1982 (photo courtesy of Scott Wilson)
F-4G 69-0254 and 69-7254 in the radar calibration docks April 1982 (photo courtesy of Scott Wilson)
10th May 2007
George AFB - Phantoms!
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This photo, also kindly contributed by Scott Wilson, shows F-4E 67-0327 which was photographed while Scott was based at GAFB. She proudly displays a Previous | NextThe photographs above were all taken during a visit to Mojave Airport in October 2002 and show that the former George based F-4E trainers have found a new role - as aerial targets for use with live missiles at Tyndall and Holloman AFBs. Both aircraft - F-4Es 74-0652 and 74-0653 - still carry very faded badges on their intakes which look very like that worn by 21st TFTS machines just ten years ago. The F-4s are brought out of storage at Davis-Monthan, their protective spraylat removed, their systems charged and restored to flying condition, then flown to Mojave to be converted to QF-4E drones. Once converted they will be piloted to either the 475 WEG at Tyndall AFB in FL or Holloman AFB in NM where they will be flown as targets in live missile tests. Their service lives will end in flames over the Mexican Gulf or perhaps on a crash landing short of the runway back at Tyndall AFB. Ten years after the closure of George AFB and the retirement of the F-4 the trusty Phantom still serves her country.

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From Bill Shirk at 2009-03-03 04:20:09 : I was in the 37th CRS and worked at these Cal Docks as did my wife, she was in the 562nd. We were WCS Mechanics. Thanks for the memorys.

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