F-4 flies for final time [Image 8 of 32]

ALAMOGORDO, NM, UNITED STATES

12.20.2016

Photo by Joseph Eddins    

Airman Magazine   

Lt. Col. (Ret) Jim “WAM” Harkins, one of thousands of pilots across the services to fly the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, stands on the flightline of Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., next to an F-4 painted in the markings of the aircraft flown by Col. Robin Olds during the Vietnam War. Harkins and other pilots of the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron Detachment 1 led 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 at Holloman AFB. 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. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)

• Date Taken: 12.20.2016
• Date Posted: 02.21.2017 08:38
• Photo ID: 3177861
• VIRIN: 161220-F-LW859-007
• Resolution: 4650x2865
• Size: 8.79 MB
• Location: ALAMOGORDO, NM, US