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ON THE COVER: The last flights of a Phantom in USAF service included a QF-4E, flown by Lieutenant Colonel Ronald King, Commander of the 82nd ATRS Detachment 1, June 3, 2015, who soloed the Phantom for the first time, making him the last pilot to be checked out in the “Rhino.” The last QF-4 shot down in a target mission was QF-4E, serial number 71-237, on May 27, 2015, at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. All QF aircraft, both the QF-4 and QF-16, are obsolete aircraft pulled out of the Boneyard and retrofitted for the target role. (Photo by John Dibbs/planepicture.com)

ON THE COVER: WW II fighters are rare, and a survivor that actually saw combat is ultra rare. That’s why Flight Journal is pleased that photographer John Dibbs let us use his images of Jumpin’ Jacques, which did see combat, for the cover of this issue. (Photo by John Dibbs/planepicture.com)