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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:A-4L Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:145077 USN
    Construction Number:12323
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-4L sn 145077 USN cn 12323...
    Latest Owner or Location:NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A4D-2N.

    1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145077.

    1960

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 125 (VA-125), NAS Lemoore, CA.

    From 1960 to 1963

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 153 (VA-153), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NL-311

    September 1962

    Redesignated as A-4C.

    From 1963 to 1967

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 112 (VA-112), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: AJ-513

    From November 1966 to Circa September 1967

    Deployed for combat in Vietnam aboard USS Kittyhawk.

    From 2 October 1967 to 1970

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 44 (VA-44), NAS Cecil Field, FL.

    February 1970

    Converted to an A-4L.
    Converted for the U.S Naval Reserve.

    From 1970 to 1971

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 203 (VA-203), NAS Cecil Field, FL.
    Operated with markings: AF-301

    1974

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 205 (VA-205), NAS Atlanta, GA.

    1975

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 204 (VA-204), NAS Memphis, TN.

    Transferred to Aircraft Ferry Squadron 31 (VRF-31), NAS Norfolk, VA.
    Operated with markings: SH-00

    By 1977

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 204 (VA-204), NAS Memphis, TN.

    4 January 1978

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    1978

    Transferred to Naval Air Technical Training Center, NAS Memphis.

    By September 1999

    In the inventory of NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Flying Warrior: My Life as a Naval Aviator During the Vietnam War by Jules Harper
    Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     A-4 Skyhawk.org by Skyhawk Association
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Forgotten Jets by Nathan Decker
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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