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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:TA-4B Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:142928 USN
    Construction Number:11990
    Compressed ID:Douglas TA-4B sn 142928 USN cn 1199...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A4D-2.

    11 May 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 142928.

    1962

    Redesignated as A-4B.

    1968

    Redesignated as TA-4B.
    Degraded to only be used for training.

    1 March 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 3A0200.

    By 1991

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    By 1991

    Markings Applied: 302, 2928, NL
    In markings of VA-153, USS Coral Sea.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    By 2014

    Markings Applied: 88, WE
    In markings of VMA-214 (Marine Attack Squdron), Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, 1962.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Johnny Comstedt
    Robert Nichols
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