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| Keywords: A-4Fs VC-7 NMNA.jpg Two Douglas A-4F Skyhawks BuNo 155064 foreground 155033 of composite squadron VC-7 Redtails over California USA in 1975 Official NMNA text 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 U S Navy Museum of Naval Aviation website http //collections naval aviation museum/emuwebdoncoms/pages/common/imagedisplay php irn 16005222 reftable ecatalogue refirn 16013041 1975 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy A-4F Skyhawk 1975 in aviation Fleet Composite Squadron 7 United States Navy Marine Attack Squadron 223 | ||||
