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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:A-4F Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:155033 USN
    Construction Number:13849
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-4F sn 155033 USN cn 13849...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    1968

    Constructed as an A-4F.

    30 August 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 155033.

    From 1968 to 1969

    Transferred to USS Coral Sea, Vietnam.
    Operated in combat from the Coral Sea.

    20 June 1969

    To Attack Squadron 164 (VA-164), NAS Fallon, NV.

    Deployed aboard USS Hancock for combat in South Vietnam.

    From 8 August 1970 to 1975

    Transferred to Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.

    30 July 1975

    Transferred to Composite Squadron 7 (VC-7), NAS Miramar.
    Flown as an aggressor aircraft.

    30 March 1978

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 43 (VF-43), NAS Oceana, VA.

    From Circa 1980 to Circa 1986

    Transferred to Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron (Blue Angels), NAS Pensacola, FL.

    July 1985


    Photographer: Charlene Aro
    Notes: Photographed at Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA.

    October 1986

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    October 1986


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Taken at an unidentified airport. It was assigned to the Blue Angels in 1980.

    Markings Applied: Blue Angels 3

    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 October 2011


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     A-4 Skyhawk Association
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    National Naval Aviation Museum
    WikiMapia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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