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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:TA-4B Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:144889 USMC
    Construction Number:12135
    Compressed ID:Douglas TA-4B sn 144889 USMC cn 121...
    Latest Owner or Location:Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A4D-2.

    Circa 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 144889.

    6 February 1959

    To VA-34.
    Markings added: AC-311

    1960


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Photo taken onboard the USS Saratoga (CV-60) during a Mediterranean cruise.

    26 September 1962

    Transferred to NARTU South Weymouth, MA.
    Operated with markings: 7Z-26, NAVY

    1 July 1966

    Transferred to VSF-1, USS Intrepid (CV-11).

    14 March 1967

    Transferred to VSF-3, NAS Alameda, CA.

    14 June 1968

    Transferred to VA-831, NAS Cecil Field, FL.

    25 September 1968

    Transferred to VA-44.

    27 February 1969

    Transferred to VA-106.

    Circa May 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 144889.

    1 May 1969

    Transferred to VMA-134, MARTD Los Alamitos, CA.

    2 May 1969

    Converted to a TA-4B.

    30 January 1970

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 3A0166.

    22 May 1970

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     A-4 Skyhawk.org by Skyhawk Association
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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