F-4 Phantoms Phabulous 40th
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"That was one hell of an airplane," retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Bob Pardo recalled later. "For one aircraft to get two airplanes that far out of Vietnam speaks very well of the people who put it together." Pardo, left, presented a commemorative painting of the "Pardo Push" to McDonnell Aircraft when the Phantom was retired by the Missouri Air National Guard in 1988.
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