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    Airframe Family: Douglas A-3/A3D Skywarrior / B-66 Destroyer
    Latest Model:KA-3B Skywarrior
    Last Military Serial:138965 USN
    Construction Number:116/10826
    Compressed ID:Douglas KA-3B sn 138965 USN cn 116/...
    Latest Owner or Location:Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a KA-3B.

    15 July 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 138965.

    13 August 1957

    Transferred to VAH-4, Whidbey Island.

    1 March 1958

    Transferred to Det C. VAH-4, USS Shangrala.

    5 November 1958

    Transferred to Det L. VAH-8, USS Lexington.

    24 December 1958

    Transferred to VAH-4, Whidbey Island.

    21 May 1959

    Transferred to Det L. VAH-4, USS Lexington.

    December 1959

    Transferred to VAH-4, Whidbey Island.

    8 November 1961

    To Det F. VAH-4, USS Lexington.

    14 May 1962

    Transferred to VAH-4, Whidbey Island.

    6 August 1962

    Transferred to VAH-10, Whidbey Island.

    30 November 1962

    Redesignated as A-3B.

    18 February 1965

    Transferred to VAH-4, Whidbey Island.

    17 May 1965

    Transferred to MASDC, Tucson.

    6 June 1968

    Transferred to NARF Alameda.

    10 June 1968

    Redesignated as KA-3B.

    12 September 1968

    Transferred to VAQ-132, USS Enterprise.

    1 December 1969

    Transferred to VAQ-130, Alameda.

    22 July 1970

    Transferred to VAQ-134, Alameda.

    23 July 1971

    Transferred to VAQ-208, Alameda.

    13 July 1975

    Transferred to MASDC, Tucson.

    To Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    Markings Applied: AF-652 2A110

    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Outside storage at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California

    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Outside storage at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California
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