File:Douglas A-4F VA-164 1970.jpg
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A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4F Skyhawk (BuNo 155033) of attack squadron VA-164 Ghost Riders, assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19), in 1970. Official NMNA description: "Accepted by the U.S. Navy on 30 August 1963, the museum aircraft served in a number of attack squadrons, including Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 533 and Attack Squadron (VA) 125 before joining VA-153, which took the aircraft into combat on board the carrier Coral Sea (CVA 43) during 1968-1969. The aircraft then joined VA-164, making its second combat cruise in Hancock (CVA 19). Joining VMA-223 in 1970, the aircraft served at Marine Corps Air Stations (MCAS) Yuma, Arizona, El Toro, California, and Kaneohe, Hawaii, until assigned to Composite Squadron (VC) 7 at NAS Miramar, California, in 1975. For the following years it flew as an aggressor aircraft with that squadron and VF-43, after which it was assigned to the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, flying with the Blue Angels until 1986." |
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| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1987.244.001 1987.244.001 |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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| current | 16:04, 27 July 2009 | 2,128 × 1,234 (347 KB) | Cobatfor (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=A U.S. Navy Douglas A-4F ''Skyhawk'' (BuNo 155033) of attack squadron VA-164 ''Ghost Riders'', assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21) aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Hancock'' (CVA-19), in 1970. |
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