49th TFW, in the course of the year 78 the wing converted to the F-15A/B Eagle for the air superiority role - in memory of Benjamin "Ben" Knowles Jr. Master Sergeant of USAF
Retired to AMARC in August 1988 this F-4D still wore the markings of the Illinois ANG 170th TFS / 183rd TFG, the first ANG unit to fly the mighty Phantom II. Eight years after this photo was taken she was scrapped.