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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:A-4B Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:142100 USN
    Construction Number:11354
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-4B sn 142100 USN cn 11354...
    Latest Owner or Location:USN NAS Fallon, Fallon, Nevada

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A4D-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 142100.

    30 May 1959

    To VA-83.

    21 July 1959

    Transferred to VF-21.
    Operated with markings: AD-360

    31 August 1959

    Transferred to VA-43.
    Operated with markings: AD-360

    6 May 1962

    Transferred to VA-125.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as A-4B.

    6 November 1963

    Transferred to VA-93.
    Operated with markings: NG-11

    1967

    Transferred to VSF-3.
    Operated with markings: AK-116

    5 January 1967

    Transferred to VSF-1, USS Intrepid (CV-11).
    Operated with markings: AK-109

    16 January 1968

    Transferred to NARTU South Weymouth, MA.

    20 October 1969

    Transferred to NARF Jacksonville, FL.

    21 October 1969

    Permanently withdrawn from use.

    By 1988

    To USN NAS Fallon, Fallon, NV.
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    By March 2012

    Markings Applied: 01, VFC-13

    March 2012


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum

    20 July 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     A-4 Skyhawk.org by Skyhawk Association
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Max Sabin
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