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    Airframe Family: North American A3J/A-5 Vigilante
    Latest Model:RA-5C Vigilante
    Last Military Serial:151629 USN
    Construction Number:283-35
    Compressed ID:NA RA-5C sn 151629 USN cn 283-35
    Latest Owner or Location:Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo, Colorado

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    Dates

    Event

    1965

    Constructed as a RA-5C.

    January 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 151629.

    From January 1965 to 1966

    To RVAH-7.
    Markings added: NG-105

    From 1967 to 1971

    Transferred to RVAH-3.
    Operated with markings: GJ-314

    1 September 1971

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 4A0016.

    After September 1971

    To National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    15 January 1987

    To Pueblo Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo, CO.
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    14 August 2007


    Photographer: Simon Wallwork
    Notes: This Vigilante is RA-5C Bu.151629. Its preserved in Pueblo Memorial, CO.

    22 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    22 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely
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