Description

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]