The second prototype of the Chase XG-20 assault glider was rebuilt as the XC-123A, America's first jet transport aircraft, first flown on 21 April 1951. The four J47 turbojets burnt too much fuel, but the XC-123 with two piston engines was ordered into production. C-123 production was eventually taken over by Fairchild. Photo probably taken at Trenton - Mercer, New Jersey. Photo by: Hank Walker / Life

This A-4 saw combat in Vietnam with multiple squadrons, both US Navy and US Marine. It is currently on display at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, AL. In the slide the a/c has a design on the fuselage commemorating the U.S. Bicentennial. VA-204 was the last unit assignment for 147787. After two years as a ground instructional airframe at Naval Air Technical Training Command (NATTC) it was retired in 1978. Slide taken by Mr. R.B. Starianchak.

Ca.6/60: TOS USN as A4D-2N. By 7/60: HMS-14, MCAS Cherry Point. 1962: VMA-222, Cherry Point. 7/62: Redesignated A-4C. VA-94 Deployed to Southeast Asia for combat in Vietnam through 1965. 1966: VMA-211 and deployed to Marine Corp Air Base Chu Lai, Vietnam for combat. Ca.1967: VMA-214 at MCAS El Toro, CA. 1968: VA-873, NAS Alameda, CA. 9/68: VA-95 NAS Alameda. 2/70: Converted to an A-4L and transferred to VA-204, NAS Memphis, TN. 1976: NATC, Memphis, as a ground instruction trainer. 4 Jan 1978: SOC. Ca.1990 to Battleship Alabama Memorial.