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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:TA-4J Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:154338 USN
    Construction Number:13726
    Compressed ID:Douglas TA-4J sn 154338 USN cn 1372...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kingsville NAS, Kingsville, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TA-4F.

    Circa 1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 154338.

    By 1968

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 55 (VA-55), NAS Lemoore, CA.

    11 March 1968

    Deployed to Vietnam on board USS Hancock.

    By June 1968

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 22 (VA-22), NAS Lemoore, CA.

    12 June 1968

    Deployed to Vietnam aboard USS Bon Homme Richard.

    By March 1969

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 55 (VA-55), NAS Lemoore, CA.

    13 March 1969

    Deployed to Vietnam on board USS Hancock.

    25 September 1970

    Transferred to Marine Training Squadron 103 (VMT-103), MCAS El Toro, CA.

    Circa 1978

    Converted to an OA-4M.

    By 1980

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 126 (VF-126), NAS Miramar, CA.
    Operated with markings: NJ-611
    Aggressor squadron.

    Circa 1986

    Converted to a TA-4J.

    29 October 1986

    Transferred to Training Squadron 25 (VT-25), NAS Chase Field, TX.

    By 12 June 1994

    Transferred to Training Air Wing 2 (TW-2), NAS Kingsville, TX.
    Operated with markings: B-129, S, TW-2, NAVY

    12 June 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: When still active, on display at Aurora, IL

    By August 1997

    Transferred to Training Squadron 7 (VT-7), Training Air Wing 1 (TW-1), NAS Meridian, MS.
    Operated with markings: A-770, NAVY

    17 August 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Air Show in Elmira, New York.

    17 August 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Air Show in Elmira, New York.

    By October 1999

    To Kingsville NAS, Kingsville, TX.
    Markings added: B/200
    Displayed in front of the Headquarters building.
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    Internet Sources
     A-4 Skyhawk.org by Skyhawk Association
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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