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VMA-131, Marine Aircraft Group 49 (the Diamondbacks) retired its last four OA-4Ms on 22 June 1994. Trainer versions of the Skyhawk remained in Navy service, however, finding a new lease on life with the advent of "adversary training", where the nimble A-4 was used as a stand-in for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 in dissimilar air combat training ...
Last US Navy A-7E barrier crash, aboard USS John F. Kennedy. 24 January LTV A-7E Corsair II , BuNo 158830 , 'AC 403', of VA-72 has the dubious distinction of being the last of the type in US Navy service to need a barricade landing aboard a carrier when the nose gear was damaged on catapult launch from the USS John F. Kennedy , at start of ...
During the A-4G Skyhawk era the Squadron was designated VF-805 conforming with USN squadron designations. The 'VF' signaled the Fleet Defense role of the Skyhawk. V=Fixed Wing, F=Fighter. Over the life of the aircraft there were a number of different squadron aircraft paint schemes. [3] VC-724 Squadron (six A-4G plus 4 TA-4G, withdrawn from use ...
JACKSON, Ohio — A small plane crash near an airport in southern Ohio has claimed the lives of three people, authorities said. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said a preliminary investigation ...
The last production A-4 Skyhawk in its rollout scheme, Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum, 2012. 158148: Quonset Air Museum, Quonset State Airport (former NAS Quonset Point), North Kingstown, Rhode Island. [114] 158182: Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum, Horsham, Pennsylvania. [115] 158195: Museum of Flying, Los Angeles, California. [116]
The driver of the Nissan, a 66-year-old woman, and her two passengers, an 85-year-old woman and a 31-year-old woman, escaped with no injuries. Witnesses to the crash described a chaotic scene.
The crash was the result of the aircraft missing the last arresting cable, while ignoring a wave-off command. Two Grumman F-14 Tomcats struck and destroyed (BuNos. 161138 and 160385 ), three F-14s, nine LTV A-7 Corsair IIs , three S-3A Vikings , one Grumman A-6 Intruder and one Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King damaged. [ 43 ]
The crash in Marietta, a city of about 13,000 on the West Virginia border, occurred around 7:15 a.m., the Ohio State Highway Patrol said. No one was hurt on the ground, but vehicles were damaged ...