‘Restored’ F-4C gets new Home

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

On 20JUL2021, an old F-4C Phantom-2 found a new home in front of the headquarters of the 116th Air Control Wing (ACW), Georgia Air National Guard, on Robins Air Force Base (AFB).

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia ANG photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Maintenance personnel, who normally maintain Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft, ‘restored’ the old F-4C.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Note the bird spikes. Photo by Rodney Speed.

The 116th ACW used to be known as the 116th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW), which flew the Phantom-2 from 1983-1986.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

The 116th used to be based on Dobbins Air Reserve Base, and this F-4C used to be a gate guard on Dobbins.  The 116th is now based on Robins AFB.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Roger Parsons.

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