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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:A-4M Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:160036 USMC
    Construction Number:14538
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-4M sn 160036 USMC cn 1453...
    Latest Owner or Location:Prairie Aviation Museum, Bloomington Normal Airport, Bloomington, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-4M.

    November 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 160036.

    From April 1977 to June 1979

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

    From 10 June 1979 to 1987

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: WP-22

    From January 1981 to May 1981

    Deployments to NAS Pensacola, FL, and Iwakuni, Japan.

    From 20 May 1981 to May 1982

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 331 (VMA-331), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.

    October 1981

    Deployed to MCAS Yuma, AZ.

    From May 1982 to December 1982

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 33 (VMA-33), MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

    From 2 December 1982 to May 1987

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: WP-17

    January 1983

    Deployed NAS Atsugi, Japan.

    From January 1983 to March 1983

    Deployed MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

    From March 1983 to May 1983

    Deployed Kadena AFB, Japan.

    October 1984

    Deployed to NAS Pensacola, FL.

    April 1987

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 124 (VMA-124), NAS Memphis, TN.
    Operated with markings: QP-17

    February 1994

    Transferred to Marine Air Group 42 (MAG-42) Detachment, NAS Memphis, TN.

    Circa 1996

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    Loaned to Chevalier Hall/NAS Pensacola, FL.

    Loaned to Hampton Air Park, VA.

    November 2000

    Loaned to Prairie Aviation Museum, Bloomington Normal Airport, Bloomington, IL.
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    By 27 April 2012

    Markings Applied: 6, VMA-223, MARINES, WP 0036

    27 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Popular Mechanics
    Prairie Aviation Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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