Lt. Col. (Ret) Jim “WAM” Harkins, participated the final military flight of the storied F-4 Phantom II at Holloman AFB, , Dec. 21, 2016. The F-4 Phantom II entered the Air Force inventory in 1963 and was the primary multi-role aircraft in the USAF throughout the 1960s and 1970s. The F-4 flew bombing, combat air patrol, fighter escort, reconnaissance and the famous Wild Weasel anti-aircraft missile suppression missions. The final variant of the Phantom II was the QF-4 unmanned aerial targets flown by the 82nd at Holloman AFB.

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