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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:TA-4J Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:158073 USN
    Construction Number:14110
    Compressed ID:Douglas TA-4J sn 158073 USN cn 1411...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TA-4J.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 158073.

    3 March 1972

    To VT-7, NAS Meridian, MS.
    Markings added: 2K-744

    23 August 1982

    Transferred to VT-21, NAS Kingsville, TX.
    Operated with markings: B-128

    1 July 1986

    Transferred to COMTRAWING-2, NAS Kingsville, TX.

    By 1990

    Markings Applied: B-130

    From Circa September 1994 to Circa December 1994

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    By May 1995

    Loaned to Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    March 1998


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX

    2009

    To Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, TX.
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    Markings Applied: AF/02

    24 April 2010


    Photographer: Zane Adams

    5 September 2010


    Photographer: Andrew William Breeden

    19 August 2017


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum, TX.

    19 August 2017


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum, TX.

    30 May 2020


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum.

    26 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Worth - Meacham Field, TX, USA

    26 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Worth - Meacham Field, TX, USA
    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
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     A-4 Skyhawk.org by Skyhawk Association
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Fort Worth Aviation Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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