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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:TA-4J Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:159795 USN
    Construction Number:14494
    Compressed ID:Douglas TA-4J sn 159795 USN cn 1449...
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans Memorial Park of Collegedale, off Apison Pike, Collegedale, Tennessee

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TA-4J.

    Circa November 1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 159795.

    26 November 1975

    Transferred to Naval Plant Representative Office, Long Beach, CA.

    11 December 1975

    Transferred to Training Squadron 25 (VT-25), NAS Chase Field, TX.

    28 February 1977

    Transferred to Naval Air Rework Facility, NAS Pensacola, FL.

    21 January 1981

    Transferred to Training Squadron 7 (VT-7), NAS Meridian, MS.
    Operated with markings: A-735

    From 1 March 1988 to 31 March 1998

    Transferred to Commander, Training Air Wing 1 (TW-1), NAS Meridian, MS.
    Operated with markings: A-743

    From By January 1999 to Circa 2015

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    By 2015

    Loaned to Veterans Memorial Park, Collegedale, TN.

    To Veterans Memorial Park of Collegedale, off Apison Pike, Collegedale, TN.
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    Markings Applied: VT-7, CTW-1
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    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 2010 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
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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