Built as an F-4E. Served with the Thunderbirds display team. Converted to an NF-4E test aircraft in 1978. Preserved at Battle Mountain, NV from 1991. Moved to Hamilton Veterans Park, NJ in 2010.

This F-4E was assigned to the Thunderbirds from 1969 through 1973. In 1970 it was #7, the narrators a/c. The #7 F-4E was also the spare aircraft for airshow performances in case one of the six show birds had a mechanical issue. 66-0286 was the third F-4E built and after the Thunderbirds was assigned to the USAF Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB, CA. It is currently on display as a veterans memorial in Battle Mountain, Nevada.

This early F-4E (the third production F-4E) did service testing at Nellis AFB, NV before flying with the USAF Thunderbirds for a time. Last based at Edwards AFB, CA, the aircraft is now part of the National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program. Loaned initially for display in a schoolyard at Battle Mountain Airport, NV, the big fighter has been on this pole in Hamilton Township since 2010.

One of the very early F-4E's sitting in the static display area at the 1986 Edwards show