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    Airframe Family: North American A3J/A-5 Vigilante
    Latest Model:RA-5C Vigilante
    Last Military Serial:156632 USN
    Construction Number:316-25
    Latest Owner or Location:Orlando Sanford International Airport, Sanford NAS, Orlando, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RA-5C.

    28 May 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 156632.

    8 June 1970

    Transferred to RVAH-3, Albany.

    18 November 1971

    Transferred to RVAH-5, Albany.

    1 November 1974

    Transferred to RVAH-3, Key West.

    27 November 1974

    Transferred to RVAH-6, USS Forrestal.

    4 May 1977

    Transferred to RVAH-7, Key West.

    12 July 1978

    Transferred to RVAH-3, Key West.

    2 August 1979

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    18 December 2001

    Placed on display with NAS Sanford Memorial Park/Sanford Airport Memorial Committee, Sanford NAS, Orlando, FL.
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    16 February 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Sanford Municipal Airport in Florida.

    16 February 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Sanford Municipal Airport in Florida.

    25 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: NAS Sanford Memorial Park / Sanford Airport

    To Orlando Sanford International Airport, Sanford NAS, Orlando, FL.
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