Ca. 1971: TOS USMC and assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 542 (VMA-542), MCAS Cherry Point, NC. By 2/81: Deployed aboard USS Tarawa. By 5/81: VMA-513, Detachment B, MCAS Cherry Point. By 9/83: VMA-513, MCAS Yuma, AZ. 22 Sep 83: Crashed running off the runway at MCAS Yuma, pilot ejected safely.