Morning training sortie at the NAF. By 1994 the aircraft was SOC.

Taxiing to runway 8 for departure

A former adversary aircraft in maintenance at Chase Field. The Skyhawk was delivered to the US Navy in 1967, was modified to TA-4J in 1970 and was moved to VA-45. That squadron was redesignated to VF-45 in 1985. It served the adversary squadron up to early 1989 before it was moved to Training Wing THREE. Following its assigned at Chase Field, it was transferred to TW-1 at NAS Meridian (MS) up to late 1989. After its training service, it was scrapped at that location in 1999.

Delivered to the US Navy in 1970 and stored at AMARC with inventory code 3A836 on 1 July 1996 . It was moved to HVF West, Tucson (AZ) on 8 September 2021 and subesequently scrapped. It is seen here with Training Wing THREE and USS Lexington (CV-16) titels (the then dedicated US Navy training carrier) on a busy ramp of homebase Chase Field.

Delivered to the US Navy in 1967 and stored at AMARC with inventory code 3A649 on 14 May 1992 . It was moved to Lamb-Depollution,Tucson (AZ) on 20 September 2019 and subesequently scrapped. It is seen here with Training Wing THREE on a busy ramp of homebase Chase Field.

TA-4J turning tight for 24R

July/73: TOS USN and assigned to Training Squadron 24 (VT-24), Training Wing 3 (TW-3), NAS Chase Field, TX. November/76 to June/83: Made six deployments to NAS Pensacola. 20 July 1987: became the TW-3 Commander's plane. 22 Sep 1992: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage and disposal.

TA-4J ex-VFA-127, still wearing it's aggressor style camouflage awaiting it's turn at the EOR. Aircraft was scrapped Oct 2019

Tatty looking camouflage on this TA-4J turning final to 26