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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:TA-4S Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:651 RSiAF
    Construction Number:12293
    Compressed ID:Douglas TA-4S sn 651 RSiAF cn 12293...
    Latest Owner or Location:Singapore Air Force Museum, Paya Lebar Airport (west side), Bedok, Singapore

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TA-4B.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145047.

    17 October 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 3A283.

    Converted to a TA-4S.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Republic of Singapore with s/n 651.

    June 2001

    Placed on display with Singapore Air Force Museum, Paya Lebar Airport (west side), Bedok, Singapore.
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    30 April 2008


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: Preserved at the Singapore Air Force Museum in Paya Lebar, April 2008

    13 November 2024


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Nose of TA-4S 651 at the Singapore Air Force Museum, showing its 2-cockpit-layout
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     MASDC (1983 Aviation Press ISBN 0 907898 02 8) by Peter Blanchard, Philip Chinnery and Martyn Swann
    World Military Out of Service 2015 by Andy Marden
    World Military Out of Service 2015 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aerodata Quantum+
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
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