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    Airframe Family: Grumman A-6 Intruder / EA-6 Prowler
    Latest Model:EA-6A Intruder
    Last Military Serial:147865 USN
    Construction Number:2
    Compressed ID:Grumman EA-6A sn 147865 USN cn 2
    Latest Owner or Location:Cherry Point MCAS, Cherry Point, North Carolina

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a YA2F-1.

    By 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 147865.

    From By 1970 to 1971

    Transferred to VMCJ-2.
    Operated with markings: VMCJ-2, CY-31

    1971

    Markings Applied: VMCJ-2, AA-610

    From 1972 to 1974

    Transferred to VMCJ-3.
    Operated with markings: VMCJ-3, TN-16

    From By April 1978 to 1979

    Transferred to VMAQ-2.
    Operated with markings: VMAQ-2, CY-00

    April 1978


    Photographer: Bruce Trombecky
    Notes: Photo taken at NAS Point Mugu, CA

    Circa 1980

    Converted to an EA-6A.

    21 March 1980

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 5A0030.

    11 December 1981

    To NARF Alameda, CA.

    By July 1989

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 147865.

    By July 1989

    Transferred to VAQ-33.
    Operated with markings: Methuselah, VAQ-33, GD-109

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    April 1992

    Placed on display with Cherry Point MCAS, Cherry Point, NC.
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    29 April 2016


    Photographer: Graham Tanner
    Notes: Taken at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, U.S.A.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2016 by Andy Marden
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     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Max Sabin
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