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This plane entered service with the Navy on 2/25/60 based out of NAS Moffett Field, CA, with Attack Squadron 192 (VA-192). While there it served aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard for a couple tours, and then the squadron transferred to NAS Lemoore Field, CA in Jan 1962, and took sea duty with the Bon Homme Richard two more times until the plane was assigned to NAS Lemoore (with no squadron noted) on 3/25/65. In May 1965 it was assigned to MCAS El Toro, CA, with HQ & maintenance Squadron 15 (HMS-15), and with Detachment N it deployed on the USS Hornet on 7/1/65 until 2/9/66 when it was assigned to NAS Atsugi, Japan. On 3/11/66 the plane transferred to NAS Cubi Point, Philippines. On 4/9/66, the plane went on board the USS Intrepid with VA-94 for combat over Vietnam. Later that month the squadron changed to the USS Hancock. On 5/2/67 the plane was back at NAS Atsugi until departing for NAS Cecil Field, FL, to join VA-34 on 10/3/67. On 1/8/68 the plane was assigned to VA-66, also at Cecil, and deployed immediately on board the USS Intrepid for combat over Vietnam until ending deployment on 4/16/68. On 6/5/69 VA-66 again deployed to Vietnam, this time aboard USS Forrestal until August 26th when the plane transferred to VA-12 aboard the USS Shangri La for operating over Vietnam. On 3/18/70, while still fighting the war in South Vietnam, VA-12 transferred to USS Independence. On 1/20/71 the plane joined VA-305 at NAS Point Mugu, CA. On May 25, 1971 the plane was sent to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ as 3A0337 until the Navy struck IT off strength in July 1974. It was then salvaged at NAS Fallon, NV, where a pilot who had flown the plane in Vietnam found it dismantled a couple decades later. On Oct 23, 2012 he acquired it for his personal museum at Wasta, SD, restoring it and marking it as it appeared during the Vietnam War while operating off of the USS Hancock. (Credit Joe Baugher for the information)

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This plane entered service with the Navy on 2/25/60 based out of NAS Moffett Field, CA, with Attack Squadron 192 (VA-192). While there it served aboard the USS Bon Homme Richard for a couple tours, and then the squadron transferred to NAS Lemoore Field, CA in Jan 1962, and took sea duty with the Bon Homme Richard two more times until the plane was assigned to NAS Lemoore (with no squadron noted) on 3/25/65. In May 1965 it was assigned to MCAS El Toro, CA, with HQ & maintenance Squadron 15 (HMS-15), and with Detachment N it deployed on the USS Hornet on 7/1/65 until 2/9/66 when it was assigned to NAS Atsugi, Japan. On 3/11/66 the plane transferred to NAS Cubi Point, Philippines. On 4/9/66, the plane went on board the USS Intrepid with VA-94 for combat over Vietnam. Later that month the squadron changed to the USS Hancock. On 5/2/67 the plane was back at NAS Atsugi until departing for NAS Cecil Field, FL, to join VA-34 on 10/3/67. On 1/8/68 the plane was assigned to VA-66, also at Cecil, and deployed immediately on board the USS Intrepid for combat over Vietnam until ending deployment on 4/16/68. On 6/5/69 VA-66 again deployed to Vietnam, this time aboard USS Forrestal until August 26th when the plane transferred to VA-12 aboard the USS Shangri La for operating over Vietnam. On 3/18/70, while still fighting the war in South Vietnam, VA-12 transferred to USS Independence. On 1/20/71 the plane joined VA-305 at NAS Point Mugu, CA. On May 25, 1971 the plane was sent to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ as 3A0337 until the Navy struck IT off strength in July 1974. It was then salvaged at NAS Fallon, NV, where a pilot who had flown the plane in Vietnam found it dismantled a couple decades later. On Oct 23, 2012 he acquired it for his personal museum at Wasta, SD, restoring it and marking it as it appeared during the Vietnam War while operating off of the USS Hancock. (Credit Joe Baugher for the information)

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