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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:TA-4J Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:153671 USN
    Construction Number:13609
    Compressed ID:Douglas TA-4J sn 153671 USN cn 1360...
    Latest Owner or Location:Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru - Kokomo, Indiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TA-4F.

    1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 153671.

    1968

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 43 (VA-43), NAS Oceana, VA.

    1971

    Converted to a TA-4J.

    1980

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 45 (VA-45), NAS Cecil Field, FL.

    Transferred to Training Squadron 7 (VT-7), NAS Meridian, MS.
    Operated with markings: 716, A

    1991

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    Loaned to Northern Indiana Aviation Museum, Elkart Municipal Airport, Elkhart, IN.
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    August 2008

    Loaned to Grissom Air Museum, Grissom AFB, Peru-Kokomo, IN.
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    15 May 2011


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