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    Airframe Family: North American A3J/A-5 Vigilante
    Latest Model:RA-5C Vigilante
    Last Military Serial:156638 USN
    Construction Number:316-31
    Compressed ID:NA RA-5C sn 156638 USN cn 316-31
    Latest Owner or Location:USN NAS Fallon, Fallon, Nevada

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RA-5C.

    18 August 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 156638.

    20 August 1970

    Transferred to RVAH-5, USS Enterprise.

    15 October 1970

    Transferred to RVAH-1, NAS Albany Ga.

    28 December 1971

    Transferred to RVAH-3, NAS Albany Ga.

    24 September 1972

    Transferred to RVAH-12, USS Constellation.

    Circa 1972


    Photographer: Bruce Trombecky
    Notes: Photo taken at NAS Miramar. Taken while serving with Reconnaissance Attack Squadron (RVAH) 12 while flying off of the USS Enterprise.

    30 March 1973


    Photographer: USN via Fargo Air Museum Archives

    29 July 1974

    Transferred to RVAH-3, NAS Key West FL.

    28 November 1974

    Transferred to RVAH-6, USS Forrestal.

    3 June 1977

    Transferred to RVAH-5, NAS Key West FL.

    9 August 1977

    Transferred to RVAH-1, NAS Key West FL.

    17 January 1979

    Transferred to RVAH-3, NAS Key West FL.

    2 August 1979

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
    SOC.

    After August 1979

    To NWC, NAS China Lake Ca.

    By 1999

    To USN NAS Fallon, Fallon, NV.
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    By October 2012

    Markings Applied: 207, RVAH-6, USS Constellation

    9 October 2012


    Photographer: D.R. de Pruis

    20 July 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Sid Nanson
    Robert Nichols
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