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F-4C PHANTOM II 64-777
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30MAR88
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QAM made approaches via the United States Consulate in Brisbane for the allocation of an F-4E aircraft. | ||||||||||
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10AUG89
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The United States Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio confirmed that QAM was qualified for the loan of historic property from the U.S. Government. | ||||||||||
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MAR91
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Advice was received from the USAF Museum that F-4C 64-777 had been allocated to QAM ex Davis Monthan, Arizona. (Source: QAMN/V19N2). This aircraft subsequently went to the Cavanaugh Flight Museum at Addison, Texas. | ||||||||||
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02AUG91
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Given
the difficulty of moving the F-4C from Arizona, the USAFM identified USAF
F-4E serial number 67-388 as more suitable for allocation to QAM. At the
time, this aircraft was being decommissioned at Clark Air Force Base in
the Philippines. Earlier, on 15JUN91, Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted producing the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century. On the same day, Typhoon Yunya struck Luzon. Yunya would normally have been an uneventful cyclone had it not coincided with the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. The ash cloud that normally would have been dispersed across the oceans was redistributed over Luzon by the cyclonic winds of the typhoon, greatly exacerbating the damage caused by the eruption. The water-laden ash fell over the evacuated Clark Air Force Base, as well as the rest of Luzon, resulting in downed power lines and the collapse of flat-roofed buildings. In some areas it was practically raining mud. (Source: Wikipedia) |
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10AUG91
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Advice received from the USAFM that F-4E 67-388 had been affected by corrosive fallout from the eruption and was no longer salvageable. | ||||||||||
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10JUN15
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QAM expressed interest in the hulks of the last two ex RAAF F-4Es (69-7212 and 69-7216) remaining at AMARG, Arizona. As of early 2018 there has been no resolution one way or the other. | ||||||||||
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