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    Airframe Family: Grumman A-6 Intruder / EA-6 Prowler
    Latest Model:A-6E Intruder
    Last Military Serial:155684 USN
    Construction Number:I-410
    Compressed ID:Grumman A-6E sn 155684 USN cn I-410...
    Latest Owner or Location:Grumman, Saint. Augustine, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-6A.

    1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 155684.

    1970

    Converted to an A-6C.

    From 1970 to 1971

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 145 (VA-145), NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
    Operated with markings: NE-517

    From 1970 to 1971

    Deployed aboard USS Ranger for combat in Vietnam.

    1971

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 165 (VA-165), NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
    Operated with markings: NG

    1973

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 34 (VA-34), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AB-522

    Circa 1976

    Converted to an A-6E.

    1976

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 35 (VA-35), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AJ-502

    1983

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron (All Weather) 224 (VMA (AW)-224), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: WK-02

    From 1983 to 1984

    To Marine Attack Squadron (All Weather) 332 (VMA (AW)-332), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Markings added: EA-02

    From 1985 to 1986

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron (All Weather) 242 (VMA (AW)-242), MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

    May 1986

    Base of operations changed.
    MCAS El Toro, CA.

    From 1986 to 1991

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron (All Weather) 224 (VMA (AW)-224), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: WK-02

    1990

    Markings Applied: WK-502

    19 May 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Chicago OHare ANG/AFR Base open house

    From Circa August 1990 to Circa February 1991

    Deployed to Sheikh Isa Air Base Bahrain for combat in Operation Desert Storm.

    By April 1995

    To Grumman, Saint. Augustine, FL.
    Salvaged.

    1995

    Destroyed.
    Dumped into the Atlantic Ocean as an artificial reef.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     A-6 Intruder Units of the Vietnam War by Rick Morgan
    Desert Storm by Jakub Cikhart
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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