Last operated by VF-201, a Navy Reserve unit then based at NAS Dallas, this F-4N had been in store at AMARC for over five years when photographed in late 1989. She was finally converted to a QF-4N drone, her fate is not difficult to imagine.
When photographed in AMARC in late 1989 this former Homestead AFB based 93rd TFS (AFRES) F-4D had been in store for just under a year. The 'FM' code is probably related to the squadron name 'Florida Makos'.
Her name 'City of Wilmington' is just still visible and she has been in store for less than a year. Previously operated by the AFRES 89th TFS 'Rhinos' this F-4D was traded in for the F-16, and then the C-141. She was scrapped in 1997.
When photographed in AMARC in late 1989 this former Bergstrom AFB based 704th TFS (AFRES) F-4D had been in store for just under a year. Sadly she was sold for scrap nine years later. Her camouflage scheme is non-standard.
No hi-vis colours or artwork for this old warhorse! Last operated by the 'Fly'n Illini' Illinois ANG 170th TFS / 183rd TFG from Springfield IL, she entered AMARC in early 1989 and was sold for scrap nine years later.
Formerly operated by the 121st TFS / 113th TFW District of Columbia ANG, this colourful but technically lo-vis F-4D Phantom had been in AMARC for less than a year. She was sold for scrap in May 1997.
This former CA ANG F-4D had been in store for less than a year when photographed in late 1989. She was spared the smelter and can now be seen displayed on a pylon at Navarro College, Corsicana, TX, painted in Thunderbird markings.
The RF-4B Phantoms operated by the U.S. Marine Corps were perhaps the rarest mark of the classic McDonnell Douglas heavy fighter. This example went into AMARC eleven months before I photographed her in November 1989
Formerly operated by the 179th FIS of the Minnesota ANG, this F-4D had been in store in AMARC for just under a year when photographed in November 1989. The 179th FIS operated the F-4D from 1983 to 1990.