Nice light on this A-4F from VF-126 as it turns final for 24R

BANDIT 23 sits on the VF-126 line

Owned by the Flying Leathernecks Museum

There are striking color schemes and... there are striking color schemes. This one belongs to both categories I think! A-4F NJ-700 of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 127 "Cyclones" at homebase NAS Fallon. The hot rod was stored with 309th AMARG at Davis Monthan from 14 September 1992 onwards with inventory code 3A0679. Sadly, the airframe did not survive its storage period as it was scrapped by Fritz Enterprises in January 2005.

An A-4F of Strike Fighter Squadron 127 "Cyclones" prepared for a new mission over the Fallon ranges. This airframe once served the Blue Angels as number 4, and arrived with VFA-127 early 1989. Already before VFA-127 was disestablished on 23 March 1996, the A-4 was transferred to the Naval Fighter Weapons School (NFWS) at Miramar and served as code 54 from '91 to '92. Then it was transferred to Fighter Squadron 43 "Challengers" at Oceana with code AD-25. From Apr'94 onwards the Skooter was stored at AMARC where it was eventually scrapped in Jan'05 'Bullet/Elk', 3A0766 AMARC arr 7apr94/07jan05

'BANDIT 20' A-4F on very short final to runway 26

Brown camo A-4F on VF-126's line

Another A-4F from VF-126 is ready to tangle with some F-14's on the ranges near NAF El Centro

'BANDIT 24' A-4F taxis out for a morning mission to try and spoil a Tomcats day

A-4F with the Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment on static display at the 1977 El Toro Open House/Air Show

Seen landing at NAF El Centro, VF-126 'Bandit' A-4F during February 1990

Withdrawn and stored in 1995, this Skyhawk was transferred to Argentina in 1995 for parts and display.

Pictured on display at the magnificent Museum of Flight.

This aircraft served with the Navy for twenty years begining in 1967 over Vietnam with VF-113 aboard the USS Enterprise and ending by flying with Blue Angels in their final year with A-4s. Now displayed in the Slot position of the diamond formation of A-4s in the atrium of the National Naval Aviation Museum.