March 2017 - Pilots of the 82nd Aerial
Target Squadron Detachment 1 led the final military flight of the
storied aircraft at Holloman AFB, New Mexico on December 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. It was also flown by thousands
of Navy and Marine Corps aviators.
U.S. Air Force video by Andrew
Breese, Airman Magazine Video edited by USA
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