<p>A Royal Australian Navy Douglas A-4G <i>Skyhawk</i> lands on the Australian aircraft carrier <i>HMAS Melbourne (R21)</i> in 1980. This <i>Skyhawk</i> was originally delivered to the U.S. Navy as A-4F BuNo 155063. It served in Vietnam on the <i>USS Ranger (CVA-61)</i> with attack squadron VA-155 <i>Silver Foxes</i> from 26 October 1968 to 17 May 1969 (Attack Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2)/NE-416), and on the <i>USS Hancock (CVA-19)</i> with VA-212 <i>Rampant Raiders</i> from 02 August 1969 to 15 April 1970 (CVW-21/NP-4XX).<br>
155063 was then delivered to the Royal Australian Navy in August 1971 as A-4G N13-155063, No. 876. It was unloaded from <i>HMAS Sydney</i> onto RAN lighter <i>AWL 304</i> at Jervis Bay on 11 August 1971, then transported by road to the RAN base Nowra. It served with RAN fighter squadron VF-805 starting on 13 May 1974. "876" was deployed on board <i>HMAS Melbourne</i> for the "Spithead Deployment" from 28 April to 04 October 1977. There, it took part in exercise "Highwood" from 5 to 20 July 1977 in the North Sea. Other exercises included  "Tasmanex '79", "Kangaroo 3", and "Sandgroper '80" (25 August - 5 September 1980) off the Western Austrailian coast. "876" was withdrawn from RAN service on 30 June 1983 and stored for sale.<br></p>
In July 1984 it was delivered to the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) as NZ6217, designated A-4K. It received the "Kahu"-upgrade and was retired by the RNZAF in 2001/2002. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.adf-serials.com/">[1]</a>
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