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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:TA-4J Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:158137 USN
    Construction Number:14174
    Compressed ID:Douglas TA-4J sn 158137 USN cn 1417...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TA-4J.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 158137.

    June 1993

    Transferred to VT-7, Meridian Naval Air Station, MS.

    Transferred to VC-8, Roosevelt Roads, PR.

    4 April 2003

    Ferry flight.
    Moved from Peurto Rico to Oakland, CA.

    4 April 2003

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    October 2003

    Placed on display with USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA.
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    By 10 September 2010

    Markings Applied: 00 red, SE, NAVY VC-8

    10 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    19 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: D.R. de Pruis

    29 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: On board USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA, USA.

    8 April 2023


    Photographer: Jim Leslie
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