497th TFS Night Owls F-4d Model, 1/42 (18\") Scale, Mahogany For Sale

$497th TFS Night Owls F-4d Model, 1/42 (18\$
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497th TFS Night Owls F-4d Model, 1/42 (18\") Scale, Mahogany:
$383.00

497th TFS Night Owls F-4d Model

Fly with the Night Owls of the 497th in this hand crafted F-4d model. Each piece is carefully carved from wood and hand painted to provide a piece you\'ll love.

Length - 18 inches
Made from Mahogany
US Veteran Owned Business
The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

World War II
Operational training unit, June 1942 - October 1943; replacement training, October 1943 - April 1944.

Cold War
Air defense of West coast, 1953-1955.
Air Defense of Southwest Europe, 1958-1964. In the early 1960s Headquarters, United States Air Force (USAF) implemented Project Clearwater. Clearwater was designed to return overseas Convair F-102 squadrons stationed overseas to the United States to reduce \"gold flow\" (adverse balance of payments). This resulted in the 497th being reduced to a paper unit and its planes dispersed to Air Defense Command interceptor squadrons in the US.[5] Although had originally intended to inactivate the unit, it was instead transferred to Tactical Air Command as a paper unit.
Vietnam War

497 TFS McDonnell F-4C Phantom II 63-7589 rolls out for takeoffat Ubon RTAFB[6]
Combat in Southeast Asia, 1965-1974; Defense of South Korea, 1974-1988.[1]
Current mission[edit]
Combat training in Southeast Asia, 1991-present[1]