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A-4M Skyhawk II

This aircraft was part of a multi aircraft relocation project. The aircraft was disassembled and transported from MCAS Miramar and reassembled in Irvine CA for the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum. Just a little history on this aircraft: Bureau Number 160264. This aircraft was the last of 2,960 A-4s built. Initially delivered to VMA-331 in March 1979, it was reassigned to Naval Weapons Center, China Lake for missile testing. It was returned to the Marine Corps with VMA-223 in December of that year. .One of only two A-4s wired to carry and deliver AGM-65E Maverick missiles, it was sent to Air Development Squadron 5 (VX-5) at NAF China Lake in October 1981. In September 1983 it was transferred to Naval Air Test Center in Patuxent River, MD. It returned to China Lake, participating in various test programs until February 1991. In March 1991 it was returned to the USMC with VMA-124 at NAS Memphis until retired from service and assigned to this museum in 1994. This aircraft is on loan from the National Museum of the Marine Corps.