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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:A-4E Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:152072 USMC
    Construction Number:13450
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-4E sn 152072 USMC cn 1345...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5), Cubi Point, Philippines

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-4E.

    Circa 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 152072.

    By 1970

    Transferred to Naval Air Warfare Center, NAS Patuxent River, MD.

    From February 1970 to 1971

    Transferred to Air Test Evaluation Squadron 5 (VX-5), Naval Air Facility, China Lake, CA.

    From 1974 to After February 1981

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 322 (VMA-322), NAS South Weymouth, MA.
    Operated with markings: QR-52

    2 November 1979


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: A-4E Skyhawk of Marine Attack Squadron VMA-322 seen at Tyndall AFB, Florida in November 1979.

    From 1983 to 1987

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 131 (VMA-131), NAS/JRB Willow Grove, PA.
    Operated with markings: QG-15

    27 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Dayton, OH

    From 1987 to 1989

    Transferred to Fleet Composite Squadron 1 (VC-1), NAS Barbers Point, HI.

    From 20 July 1990 to 1992

    Transferred to Fleet Composite Squadron 5 (VC-5), Cubi Point, Philippines.
    Operated with markings: UE-01

    June 1992

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Marine Corps.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     A-4 Skyhawk Association
    China Lake Alumni
    China Lake Alumni
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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