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    Airframe Family: Grumman A-6 Intruder / EA-6 Prowler
    Latest Model:EA-6A Intruder
    Last Military Serial:156984 USN
    Construction Number:I-453
    Compressed ID:Grumman EA-6A sn 156984 USN cn I-45...
    Latest Owner or Location:Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation, Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, Iowa

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an EA-6A.

    1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 156984.

    By 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 156984.

    By 1973

    To VMCJ-1.
    Markings added: RM-4

    By 1974

    Markings Applied: RM-614

    1975

    Markings Applied: RM-534

    1975

    Markings Applied: RM-624

    By 1977

    Transferred to VMAQ-2.
    Operated with markings: CY-1

    By 1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 156984.

    By 1986

    Transferred to VAQ-209.
    Operated with markings: AF-702

    Circa 1993

    Transferred to VAQ-33.
    Operated with markings: GD-102

    By October 2002

    To Mid America Museum of Aviation and Transportation, Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, IA.
    View the Location Dossier

    2011


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum

    25 October 2015


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum
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