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    Airframe Family: Grumman A-6 Intruder / EA-6 Prowler
    Latest Model:EA-6B-60-GR ICAP I Prowler
    Last Military Serial:159909 USN
    Construction Number:P-56
    Compressed ID:Grumman EA-6B-60-GR ICAP I sn 15990...
    Latest Owner or Location:NAS Patuxent River, Lexington Park, Maryland

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an EA-6B-60-GR ICAP I.

    By 1977

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 159909.

    By August 1977

    To VAQ-135.
    Markings added: AJ-611

    11 August 1977


    Photographer: Bruce Trombecky
    Notes: Photo taken at NAS North Island, San Diego, CA

    Markings Applied: SD-536 VX-23

    By September 1988

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 159909.

    By September 1988

    Transferred to VMAQ-2.
    Operated with markings: CY-02

    By September 2011

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 159909.

    By September 2011

    Transferred to VX-23.
    Operated with markings: SD-536

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    By January 2021

    Placed on display with NAS Patuxent River, Lexington Park, MD.
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