F-4G serial numbers

[+ravenclaw_007 7,633]

i try to make the template for my F-4G Decals but now i encounter a problem , there a many double serials end number for example

 

69-0303 and 69-7303 , both show like this on the aircraft

 

there are 19 numbers like this ( if i counted correct ) , what is best to do in this case just make them double ???

i thought of making the decals based on the squadrons the aircraft was flying but i turnd out that the aircrafts moved from one squadron to an other

 

any ideas how to solve this ??? any way in the numbers list the full number would show up , so you could select what ever number you like

Edited July 27, 2017 by ravenclaw_007

[+daddyairplanes 10,238]

unless you have photos to show otherwise, i would have the decal in game doubled up, but the drop down with 4 numbers as you discussed. however you may want to look up those doubled serials,  sometimes the whole number was used and depending on the number sometimes it was incorporated into a Wing King marking with certain numbers emphasized.

 

also i suggest skin and individual decal folder by squadron, esp with a small a population as the G model (wouldnt suggest  this for the E!). unit marking can still be a 2 level, just have a default and one for the fancy boss bird. plug in what known  serials you have per skin, guestimate based on historical info on the rest. but thats my two cents

[+ravenclaw_007 7,633]

my plan was actually to make the decals based on the squadrons , but as i mention above i found out that a particular aircrafts was used by many squadrons what gives you a real headache

 

i only can go picture by picture to get the numbers from a squdron so i have an other problem some serial numbers dont show up , unless somebody has a list of all aircrafts used by a squdron

[Wrench 9,847]

or go page by page on Joe Baugher's site??  That is time consuming as ALL hell (and I've done it plenty of times!)

[Blade 353]

This is from my ever-expanding archives:

 

561 TFS, 37 TFW. Deployment to Jever in Sep 1981:

69-0245 69-7201 69-7260 69-7303 69-7560 69-7571 69-7572 69-7580 69-7231 69-7272 69-7566 69-0274

 

563 TFS, 37 TFW. Deployment to Wildenrath in Sep 1981:

69-0240 69-0261 69-7208 69-7216 69-7219 69-7234 69-7258 69-7302 69-7546 69-7581 69-7582 69-7587 69-0274 (this last one had yellow markings, obviously a 561 TFS bird, see last serial above)

 

561 TFS, 37 TFW. Deployment to Jever in June-July 1984:

69-0238 69-0246 69-0267 69-0297 69-7201 69-7209 69-7223 69-7257 69-7298 69-7301 69-7560 69-7561 69-7571 69-7572 69-7588 69-7251 69-7290

 

561 TFS, 35 TFW. Deployment to Jever in Nov-Dec 1989:

69-0251 69-0261 69-7260 69-7287 69-7300 69-7303 69-7550 69-0281

 

561 FS, 57 WG. Deployment to Incirlik (Provide Comfort II) in Jan-Oct 1994:

69-0247 69-0253 69-0278 69-7232 69-7291 69-7295 69-0241 69-7579 69-0248 69-0265

 

Desert Storm:

 

23 TFS, 52 TFW, Incirlik:

69-0228

69-0244

69-0247

69-0260

69-0269 (it is possible that this plane was still painted in Euro I camo)

69-0274

69-0285

69-7209

69-7228

69-7291

69-7546

69-7556

69-7562

69-7582

 

81 TFS, 52 TFW, Sheikh Isa:

69-0242

69-0245

69-0248

69-0251

69-0253

69-0270 (it is possible that this plane was still painted in Euro I camo)

69-0278 (possibly with 23 TFS markings)

69-0286

69-0293

69-0587

69-7210

69-7212 (possibly with 23 TFS markings)

69-7234

69-7237

69-7267

69-7268

69-7286

69-7293

69-7556

69-7558

69-7559

69-7566 (it is possible that this plane was still painted in Euro I camo)

69-7571

 

561 TFS, 35 TFW, Sheikh Isa:

69-0207

69-0243

69-0246

69-0265

69-0273

69-0561

69-7201

69-7216

69-7231

69-7233

69-7263 (with one-piece canopy shield)

69-7303

 

Yep, planes were indeed moved between squadrons.

[+daddyairplanes 10,238]

well joe baugher will tell you who an a/c was lost with or last served,  not so good for aircraft history thru lifetime

 

i know of 3 Wings that flew the G model (3d at Clark, 52d at Spang, and 35th/37th George AFB; last went a name only change sometime in 80s) plus the Fighter Weapons School at Nellis and Idaho ANG.  between them one can pin some down although again it would be time consuming. i would go about it a search for each "xxxth TFS F-4G" and see what hits you get for each era.

 

also iirc the two foward deployed wings started with Weasels in one squadron, then spread them later to create a whole wing of hunter killer weasel teams. yes i know im not making that any easier for you!

 

 

edit : Blade posted before me, wow on what you posted sir

Edited July 27, 2017 by daddyairplanes

[+ravenclaw_007 7,633]

 

This is from my ever-expanding archives:

 

Thanks that is something very helpfull 

[+ravenclaw_007 7,633]

the first batch of F-4G are 116 aircraft and they came into service from 1978 on , does anybody know at what time frame the second batch of 18 F-4G came in to service

 

just a info i like to have for making the first decals

Edited July 28, 2017 by ravenclaw_007

[+EMCON360 215]

Second batch of 18 F-4Gs modified at the Ogden Air Logistics Center and fitted from the outset with the AN/APR-47:
69-0244, 69-0249, 69-0260, 69-0264, 69-0278, 69-0290, 69-0298, 69-0303, 69-0305, 69-0307, 69-7252, 69-7261, 69-7267, 69-7268, 69-7274, 69-7297, 69-7551, and 69-7557.
Quote From joebaugher.com

He Doesn't Quote Other Source:

Wild Weasel The Sam Suppression Story - Larry Davis

Squadron Signal Vol 6060 Pg 64 States "In The Mid-1980s The F-4G Had Gone Through A Performance
Update Program Or PUP. The F-4G PUP Used The APR-47 Which Offered A Much Quicker And More Accurate
Radar Homing And Warning Computer."

From looking at blades list i can see some of the airframes but Davis also says they were intergrated
with F-4E's to form hunter killer teams the most notable being 52nd TFW at Spangdahlem,AFB Germany
and 90th TFS at Clark,Philippines. Makes it pretty tough to find all attached units as they did
move them around.

[+ravenclaw_007 7,633]

yap this i know , but at what year did the first aircraft of this second batch enter service ???

 

i have the first 116 decals done in white and black and will use them for the time from 1978 up to 1985 i think i will use the full 134 decals for the time from 1985 up to the service end

[+EMCON360 215]

1985 would be my best guess too,the only people who would know exact dates are unit historians and USAF Historical Division, Dept. of the Air Force:

Maxwell AFB,Ala.   

Edited July 29, 2017 by EMCON360

[+yakarov79 11,086]

years ago there was discussion on some other forum (arcforum or something similiar can't find it anymore)  and some guys were caliming that last batch  was spmething between 82-84.

so guess 85 will be more or less correct.

[Blade 353]

Just to create some more confusion... 

 

It seems that the last batch of 18 F-4Gs were converted no sooner than 1989. At least some of them were formerly assigned to the 51st TFW (as F-4Es) in South Korea. When the 51st transitioned to the F-16 in 1988-89, their Phantoms were handed over to the RoKAF, except for FY69 ones, which were sent back to the States for F-4G conversion (see the links below).

 

Here is 69-7551 (included in the list of the last 18 above), still as an F-4E of the 36th TFS sometime during the late '80s:

 

 

The links below will get you to two photos showing FY69 F-4Es being ferried back to the States for F-4G conversion. They were taken in January 1989 over the Pacific. Everything I'm stating here can be found in the captions below the images.

 

Here is 69-0290 (included in the list of the last 18 above).

 

And here is 69-0303 (included in the list of the last 18 above).

 

Maybe we can try to track down the remaining 15 in the list for more proof.

[+ravenclaw_007 7,633]

mmhhhh.... so it would be better to use the complete 134 serials for the F-4G_90 only