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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:A-4C Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:148463 USN
    Construction Number:12656
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-4C sn 148463 USN cn 12656...
    Latest Owner or Location:Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Great Lakes NS, Chicago, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A4D-2N.

    Circa 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 148463.

    From Circa 1961 to 1963

    To VA-66.
    Markings added: AF-306

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as A-4C.

    By 1963

    Markings Applied: AF-506

    14 January 1963

    Transferred to VA-106.
    Operated with markings: AG-316

    19 September 1963

    Transferred to VA-44.

    28 May 1964

    Transferred to VA-106.

    10 February 1965

    Transferred to VA-44.

    1965

    Transferred to VA-65.

    1968

    Transferred to VA-15.

    16 May 1969

    Transferred to VA-106.

    1 November 1969

    Transferred to NARTU New York, NY.

    1970

    Transferred to VSF-86.
    Operated with markings: NW-601

    By 1973

    Transferred to NARTU Glenview, IL.

    18 August 1973

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    To Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Great Lakes NS, Chicago, IL.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 149959
    This A-4 is marked as the one that John McCain was flying when he was shot down over North Vietnam. The history of that A-4 can be found below.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

    6 April 2014


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum
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     A-4 Skyhawk.org by Skyhawk Association
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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