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    Airframe Family: Grumman A-6 Intruder / EA-6 Prowler
    Latest Model:A-6E Intruder
    Last Military Serial:159567 USMC
    Construction Number:I-556
    Compressed ID:Grumman A-6E sn 159567 USMC cn I-55...
    Latest Owner or Location:Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-6E.

    Circa 1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 159567.

    By 1979

    Transferred to Naval Air Test Center (NATC), NAS Patuxent River, MD.
    Operated with markings: 567

    By October 1981

    Markings Applied: 500, NAVAL AIR TEST CENTER

    By October 1985

    Markings Applied: SD-500

    By November 1985

    Markings Applied: 7T-500

    12 March 1986


    Photographer: PH1 Phil Wiggins, USN
    Notes: Several U.S. Navy aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 3 (CVW-3) aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) during a storm on 12 March 1986: (front to back) a Lockheed S-3A Viking from anti-submarine squadron VS-22 Checkmates, a Grumman A-6E Intruder (BuNo 159567) from the Naval Air Test Center, an A-6E from Marine attack squadron VMA (AW)-533 Hawks, a Grumman EA-6B Prowler from electronic countermeasures squadron VAQ-140 Patriots, two A-6Es from VA-75, the other A-6E from VMA (AW)-533 and another two A-6Es from VA-75.

    By 1989

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 159567.

    By 1989

    Transferred to VMA (AW)-332.
    Operated with markings: EA-503

    By July 1991

    Transferred to VMA (AW)-224.
    Operated with markings: WK-503

    September 1996

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Marine Corps.
    Struck off charge at Dahlgren, VA.

    To Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, VA.
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