File:A-4E Skyhawk of VMA-211 in flight on 11 March 1973 (NNAM.1996.253.5459).jpg

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A U.S. U.S. Marine Corps Douglas A-4E Skyhawk (BuNo 149983) of Marine Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211) "Wake Island Avengers" on approach for landing at Yokota Air Base, Japan, on 11 March 1973.

The A-4E 149983 was later in service with Composite Squadron 2 (VC-2) and shot down on 10 December 1976 by a AIM-9 Sidewinder missile fired from a McDonnell F-4J Phantom II off the coast of North Carolina (USA) after the pilot thought the A-4E was a target drone. The Skyhawk pilot ejected safely.
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