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    Airframe Family: Douglas A4D/A-4 Skyhawk
    Latest Model:TA-4J Skyhawk
    Last Military Serial:158136 USN
    Construction Number:14173
    Compressed ID:Douglas TA-4J sn 158136 USN cn 1417...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a TA-4J.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 158136.

    From 1971 to 1973

    To VT-7.

    From 1973 to 1976

    Transferred to VC-2.
    Operated with markings: JE-02

    From 1977 to 1980

    Transferred to VC-2.

    From 1980 to 1983

    Transferred to VA-45.

    From 1984 to 1985

    Transferred to VA-45.
    Operated with markings: AD-615

    1985

    Transferred to VF-45.
    Operated with markings: AD-601

    From By 1987 to 1988

    Transferred to VAQ-33.

    From 1988 to 1990

    Transferred to TW-2.

    1991

    Transferred to TW-2.
    Operated with markings: B-146

    By November 1995

    Transferred to VT-7, NAS Meridian, MS.
    Operated with markings: A-701

    5 November 1995


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Cecil Field Airshow

    Circa 1997


    Photographer: John Winter via Fargo Air Museum

    From 8 September 1999 to 16 September 2003

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 3A0852.

    16 September 2003

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
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     The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
    Max Sabin
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