3246th Test Wing

The 3246th Test Wing was a flight test component of the Air Proving Ground Center, later Armament Division, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and was activated 1 July 1970 to provide weapon and countermeasures test duties.

This unit is notable for operating the last active-duty USAF F-4D Phantom II (66-8800), relegated to the Eglin target range in July 1992.

[1] Assigned to the 3246th Test Wing was the 3247th Test Squadron, which inherited F-4C/D/E and RF-4C Phantom II aircraft formerly assigned to the Air Proving Ground Center's 4533d Test Wing.

The 3247th aircraft carried AD and ET tail codes, and a white tailband with red diamonds.

This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

F-16A block 15, 80-0573 , from the 3247th Test Squadron, armed with an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile and a cluster weapon in flight on 12 May 1986. Aircraft now on display at Air Force Armament Museum , Eglin AFB, FL.
McDonnell Douglas RF-4C-40-MC Phantom II, 68-0594 , 3247th Test Squadron, Eglin AFB, Florida, in Vietnam-era camouflage.
McDonnell F-4C-23-MC Phantom II, 64-0817 , 3247th Test Squadron, Eglin AFB, Florida. Note ADCOM Gray scheme. Retired about 1990, now on display at Air Force Armament Museum , Eglin AFB.