<p>Two U.S. Navy Douglas A-4C <i>Skyhawk</i> (BuNo 149557, 149583) from Attack Squadron 144 (VA-144) "Roadrunners" in flight. VA-144 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 14 (CVG-14) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Constellation</i> (CVA-64) for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 21 February to 10 September 1963.<br></p>
149557 was later shot down by a SA-2 missile over North Vietnam on 9 February 1966 while still in service with VA-144. 149583 was later converted to an A-4L and retired to the MASDC as 3A0455 on 7 December 1975. It was then sold to Malaysia for conversion to an A-4PTM/TA-4PTM.
USN
1963
U.S. Navy photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv64-63/058.htm">[1]</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv64-63/index_007.htm">USS <i>Constellation</i> (CVA-64) 1963 cruise book</a> available at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/index.html">Navysite.de</a>