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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:A-4C Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:145067 USN
    Construction Number:12313
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-4C sn 145067 USN cn 12313...
    Latest Owner or Location:Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42, Palmdale, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A4D-2N.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145067.

    21 March 1959

    Transferred to BAR M and S, El Segundo, CA.

    18 January 1960

    Transferred to BWR RDT and E, El Segundo, CA.

    21 April 1961

    Transferred to USNMC RD and T and E, NAS Point Mugu, CA.

    1962

    Redesignated as A-4C.

    27 December 1967

    Transferred to USNMC R and T, NAS Point Mugu, CA.

    10 March 1969

    Transferred to NAS R and T, NAS Point Mugu, CA.

    3 April 1971

    Transferred to China Lake.

    10 May 1971

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    To Ridgecrest Museum, Ridgecrest, CA.

    To China Lake.
    Returned to the Navy after the museum closed.

    To Inyokern Airport, Inyokern, CA.
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    Circa March 2001

    To Joe Davies Heritage Airpark, Palmdale Plant 42, Palmdale, CA.
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    August 2004

    Placed on display and dedicated to Major James Stegman.

    5 October 2012


    Photographer: D.R. de Pruis

    26 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exhibited at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42, Palmdale, California
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