Ca 1968: TOS USN and assigned to Attack Squadron 37 (VA-37), NAS Oceana, VA. 1973: VA-203, Cecil Field, FL. Ca.1980: Retired to NAS Memphis for use as a ground instruction trainer. Sometime over the next several years the plane was taken under the authority of the National Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola, FL. By 1994: Loaned to Black River Technology College for ground instruction at the Pocahontas, AR, airport. By 2004: Restored for static display and now displayed as a gate guardian at the Pocahontas airport.