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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:A-4E Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:151186 USN
    Construction Number:13356
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-4E sn 151186 USN cn 13356...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aviation Historical Park, NAS Oceana (Main Gate), Virginia Beach, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-4E.

    Circa 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 151186.

    Circa 1965

    To VMA-332.

    Circa 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 151186.

    Circa 1966

    Transferred to VA-93.

    28 December 1966

    Transferred to VA-164.
    Operated with markings: AH-411

    1967

    Transferred to VA-56.

    By 1968

    Transferred to VA-125.

    1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 151186.

    1968

    Transferred to VMA-121.

    14 October 1968

    Transferred to VMA-223, Chu Lai, South Vietnam.
    Operated with markings: WP-1, BULLDOG 1

    25 January 1970

    Transferred to VMA-311, Chu Lai, South Vietnam.
    Operated with markings: WL-10

    By 1973

    Transferred to VMA-211.

    September 1976

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 151186.

    25 September 1976

    Transferred to VC-2.
    Operated with markings: JE-11

    14 November 1979

    Transferred to VF-43.
    Operated with markings: AD-325

    1990

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    Circa 1990

    To Aviation Historical Park, NAS Oceana (Main Gate), Virginia Beach, VA.
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    By September 1990

    Markings Applied: 20
    In markings of VF-43.


    Photographer: Unknown Contributor

    By September 2006

    Markings Applied: 00
    In markings of VFC-12.

    23 September 2011


    Photographer: Eric Bannwarth
    Notes: At Naval Air Station Oceana (KNTU) in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

    By October 2015

    Markings Applied: 12, NAVY, VFC-12

    9 October 2015


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum

    16 September 2022


    Photographer: Carlos Aleman
    Notes: Painted in VFC-12 colors used on the F/A-18C before being retired
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     A-4 Skyhawk.org by Skyhawk Association
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Max Sabin
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