North American A-5/RA-5 Vigilante series






Last updated on: May 22, 2013

156 total Vigilantes were built, bringing coolness back to carrier decks for many years. Below are all of them in order of Bureau Numbers, including the recon variants.

This is a work in progress and any help would be appreciated. Information on these planes is rather difficult to locate online and this work will remain incomplete unless you the readers offer to help me. Please feel free to pass along any information that you might have.

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XA-5A prototype 145157
*Originally XA3J-1.
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*Redesignated YA-5A-1.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-14.
*RVAH-13.
*9/1971: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1978: Sent to be expended on the Tolicha Park Range, NV.
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XA-5A prototype 145158
*Originally XA3J-1.
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*Redesignated YA-5A-1.
*6/3/1959: Crashed near Columbus, OH when hydraulic and electrical system failure caused loss of control.
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A-5A 146694
*Conversion tester for A-5B models.
*1/9/1963: Crashed near Columbus, OH. Details?
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A-5A 146695
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-1.
*RVAH-7.
*11/12/1973: Written off at NAS Key West, FL.
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A-5A 146696
*1959: Used for ejection seat tests.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-13.
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-1.
*5/1972: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1972: Sent to the NMIMT at Socorro, NM for explosives tests. Scrapped there.
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A-5A 146697
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*Was displayed at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*1975: Salvaged.
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A-5A 146698
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-6.
*RVAH-13.
*VAH-3.
*1974: Stricken off.
*Abandoned in a field at NAWC in disrepair before repaired by the Aviation Boatswainmate School.
*Was on display outside of Naval Air Warfare Center, Lakehurst, NJ since 1982.
*Early 1990s: Destroyed during transit to new home a the Victory Air Museum, NJ. While being hauled beneath a helicopter, it started to gyrate and they had to cut it loose. More details?
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A-5A 146699
*NEWF, at Kirtland AFB, NM.
*5/27/1964: Destroyed in tests at NEWF, at Kirtland AFB, NM.
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A-5A 146700
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*3/17/1961: Crashed at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
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A-5A 146701
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-13.
*RVAH-9.
*5/1972: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Sent to be expended on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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A-5A 146702
*Converted to RA-5C.
*1974: RVAH-9 as "AG-901".
*RVAH-13 as "AG-603".
*RVAH-7.
*8/3/1979: Written off at NAS Jacksonville, FL.
*1980: Salvaged at NAS Jacksonville, FL.
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A-5A 147850
*Converted to RA-5C.
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*RVAH-12.
*5/5/1972: Crashed at NAS Albany, GA.
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A-5A 147851
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*1/11/1981: Struck off charge at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
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A-5A 147852
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*1/1974: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*4/1979: Salvaged at NAS China Lake, CA..
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A-5A 147853
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-1.
*VAH-3.
*Was a test rig at NAS Jacksonville, FL.
*4/1974: Sent to be a ground instructor at Sheppard AFB TX.
*6/8/1976: Written off at NAS Jacksonville, FL.
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A-5A 147854
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-12.
*5/14/1968: Crashed somewhere in the Mediterranean off the USS Independence.
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A-5A 147855
*8/1961: NASWF Kirtland AFB, NM.
*8/29/1961: Crashed near NASWF Kirtland AFB, NM.
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A-5A 147856
*VX-3.
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-14.
*VAH-3.
*RVAH-9.
*6/8/1976: Written off at NAS Jacksonville, FL.
*1970s: Expended as a target at Eglin AFB, FL? Or scrapped at NAS Jacksonville in 1980?
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A-5A 147857
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-1.
*RVAH-14.
*RVAH-13.
*1/1974: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*4/1979: Salvaged at NAS China Lake, CA.
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A-5A 147858
*5/1963: Bailed to NASA at Edwards AFB, CA for tests.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-14.
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-13.
*12/13/1971: Struck off charge at NAS Albany, GA.
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A-5A 147859
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-14.
*RVAH-9.
*RVAH-1.
*3/1974: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Sent to be expended on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
*Sent to NAS China Lake, CA for tests?
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A-5A 147860
*VAH-3.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-11.
*RVAH-3.
*5/1977: Salvaged at NAS Key West, FL.
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A-5A 147861
*VAH-7.
*VAH-3.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-3.
*6/1974: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*4/1979: Salvaged at NAS China Lake, CA..
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A-5A 147862
*VAH-3? Or VAH-13?
*1/9/1962: Crashed into the sea off USS Franklin D. Roosevelt.

A-5A 147863
*VAH-3.
*VAH-7.
*9/27/1964: Crashed due to hydraulics leak off the coast of Brazil while operating from the USS Enterprise. Location wrong?
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A-5A 148924
*VAH-7.
*1/6/1965: Written off at NAS Sanford, FL.
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A-5A 148925
*VAH-7 as "GL-401".
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-3 as "GJ-203".
*RVAH-14 as "AB-604".
*5/1974: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*10/1978: Salvaged at the Socorro, NM bone yard.
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A-5A 148926
*VAH-3.
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-6.
*11/27/1962: Crashed into Tokyo Bay. Details?
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A-5A 148927
*11/27/1962: Written off at NAS Sanford, FL. Details?

A-5A 148928
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-7.
*1/1/1970: Crashed for unknown reasons near NAS Cubi Point, Philippines. 2 crewmen killed.

A-5A 148929
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-14.
*5/9/1975: Written off at NAS Jacksonville, FL.
*Expended as a target at Eglin AFB, FL. After 1980?
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A-5A 148930
*VAH-3.
*9/5/1963: Crashed near NAS Sanford, FL.
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A-5A 148931
*RVAH-7.
*5/5/1964: Crashed into the Med near USS Enterprise.

A-5A 148932
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*1966-67: RVAH-11 as "AA-602".
*7/29/1967: Destroyed in a mass fire onboard USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin.

A-5A 148933
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-12.
*Used for Project Snare tests.
*VAH-3.
*5/1978: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Sent to be expended on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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A-5A 149276
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-13.
*1966-67: RVAH-11 as "AA-601".
*RVAH-14?
*RVAH-6?
*7/31/1976: Struck off charge at NAS Key West, FL.
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A-5A 149277
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-1.
*VAH-3.
*3/1972: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Sent to be expended on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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A-5A 149278
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-1.
*5/5/1968: Shot down by ground fire over Ha Tinh Province, North Vietnam. 2 crewmen became POWs.

A-5A 149279
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-7?
*RVAH-14.
*9/3/1965: Crashed into the sea off USS America. Ramp strike.
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A-5A 149280
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-9.
*VAH-3.
*9/9/1968: Crashed at sea off USS Ranger.
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A-5A 149281
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-12.
*1/1974: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*10/1978: Sent to the NMIMT at Socorro, NM for explosives tests.
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A-5A 149282
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-11?
*RVAH-17.
*2/20/1963: Crashed into the Atlantic off USS Enterprise.

A-5A 149283
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-7?
*1966-67: RVAH-11 as "AA-606".
*1967-68: RVAH-11 as "NH-606".
*5/18/1968: Shot down by ground fire over Vinh Son, Nghe An Province, North Vietnam. 2 crewmen became POWs.
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A-5A 149284
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*1966-67: RVAH-11 as "AA-603".
*7/29/1967: Destroyed in a mass fire onboard USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin. Wreck pushed overboard.
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A-5A 149285
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-5.
*6/21/1966: Crashed at sea near USS America. Details?
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A-5A 149286
*VAH-1.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-7.
*9/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard. Or was it in 9/1963?
*10/1978: Sent to the NMIMT at Socorro, NM for explosives tests.
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A-5A 149287
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-1.
*RVAH-7?
*6/19/1969: Crashed near NAS Albany, GA after pilot tried a risky loop maneuver and lost control.
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A-5A 149288
*VAH-1.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-7.
*10/6/1966: Crashed into the sea off California during operations from the USS Enterprise, after a collision with A-3B 147650. Or 1965?

A-5A 149289
*VAH-1.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-6.
*VAH-3.
*RVAH-12.
*9/1970: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*2/1980: Struck off charge at the AMARC bone yard.
*Currently displayed at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.
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A-5A 149290
*RVAH-1.
*9/19/1963: Written off on the USS Independence. Details?

A-5A 149291
*Converted to RA-5C.
*1969: RVAH-7 as "NK-120".
*RVAH-13.
*9/1970: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Sent to be expended on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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A-5A 149292
*VAH-1.
*VAH-3.
*9/8/1964: Crashed near NAS Sanford, FL. Details?

A-5A 149293
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-5.
*11/25/1968: Shot down by ground fire 20 miles northwest of Vinh, Nghe An Province, North Vietnam. 2 crewmen became POWs.
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A-5A 149294
*VAH-1.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-6.
*10/1970: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Sent to be expended on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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A-5A 149295
*VAH-1.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-3.
*9/1971: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Sent to be expended on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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A-5A 149296
*Converted to RA-5C.
*VAH-3?
*RVAH-6.
*3/5/1974: Crashed at sea near NAS Key West, FL due to an inflight fire. Both crewmen were killed.
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A-5A 149297
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-7.
*1968: RVAH-5 as "NK-125".
*RVAH-6?
*4/1972: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*10/1978: Sent to the NMIMT at Socorro, NM for explosives tests.
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A-5A 149298
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-1.
*8/1979: Salvaged at NAS Jacksonville, FL.
*Sent to the NMIMT at Socorro, NM for explosives tests? Or not?
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A-5A 149299
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-9.
*RVAH-6.
*9/20/1977: Struck off charge at NAS Key West, FL.
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A-5B 149300
*4/29/1962: First flight.
*1963: VAH-3.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-12.
*1/3/1975: Withdrawn from use at NAS Jacksonville, FL. Or 10/1974?
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A-5B 149301
*1963: VAH-3.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-7.
*2/16/1974: Struck off charge at NAS Key West, FL. Or 1978?

A-5B 149302
*Delivered as YA-5C.
*1963: VAH-3.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-12.
*8/17/1967: Crashed due to unknown circumstances over the Gulf of Tonkin. 2 crewmen killed.
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A-5B 149303
*Delivered as YA-5C.
*1963: VAH-3.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-14.
*10/30/1969: Written off.

A-5B 149304
*Delivered as YA-5C.
*1963: VAH-3.
*VAH-7.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-3.
*RVAH-11?
*9/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*10/1978: Sent to the NMINMT at Socorro, NM for explosives tests.
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A-5B 149305
*Delivered as YA-5C.
*1963: VAH-3.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*1966-67: RVAH-11 as "AA-605".
*7/29/1967: Destroyed in a mass fire onboard the USS Forrestal.
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A-5B 149306
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-5.
*12/9/1964: Suffered a navigational error and crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin off USS Ranger. 2 crewmen killed.
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A-5B 149307
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-5.
*8/1970: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Salvaged at the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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A-5B 149308
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-9.
*RVAH-6?
*11/14/1964: Crashed near NAS Sanford, FL.

A-5B 149309
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-6.
*8/19/1966: Crashed after crew ejected into the Gulf of Tonkin due to combat damage.

A-5B 149310
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-5.
*10/1970: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*4/1979: Salvaged at NAS China Lake, CA.
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A-5B 149311
*Converted to RA-5C.
*1965: RVAH-9 as "AC-503".
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-6.
*8/1970: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard. Or 6/1974?
*10/1978: Sent to the NMIMT at Socorro, NM for explosives tests.
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A-5B 149312
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-9.
*1/16/1966: Crashed due to engine explosion while landing on the USS Ranger in the Gulf of Tonkin. 2 crewmen killed.
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A-5B 149313
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-3.
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-9.
*RVAH-6?
*1/1971: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*6/1986: Salvaged at the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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A-5B 149314
*VAH-3.
*Converted to RA-5C.
*6/14/1967: Crashed on a training flight near NAS Sanford, FL. 1 crewman killed.
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A-5B 149315
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-9.
*VAH-3.
*10/3/1967: Crashed near NAS Sanford, FL. Details?
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A-5B 149316
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-13.
*2/2/1970: Crashed at sea near USS Forrestal. Details?

A-5B 149317
*Converted to RA-5C.
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-12.
*1/1971: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*8/1986: Salvaged at the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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RA-5C 150823
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*6/8/1976: Written off at NAS Jacksonville, FL. Salvaged there.
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RA-5C 150824
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*1967: RVAH-11 as "AA-601".
*RVAH-7.
*11/18/1976: Struck off charge at NAS Key West, FL.
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RA-5C 150825
*RVAH-13?
*RVAH-6.
*1/23/1970: Crashed at sea off USS Forrestal. Details?
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RA-5C 150826
*RVAH-13.
*5/19/1967: Shot down by ground fire over Hanoi, North Vietnam. 2 crewmen became POWs.
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RA-5C 150827
*RVAH-3.
*12/15/1965: Crashed near NAS Sanford, FL. Details?

RA-5C 150828
*RVAH-6?
*RVAH-1.
*9/20/1964: Crashed into the sea near USS Saratoga. Details?
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RA-5C 150829
*RVAH-13.
*RVAH-12.
*4/1971: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Sent to be expended on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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RA-5C 150830
*RVAH-6.
*10/22/1966: Shot down by an SA-2 over Thai Nguyen City, Thai Nguyen Province, North Vietnam. 2 crewmen killed.
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RA-5C 150831
*VAH-3.
*RVAH-11 as "NH-605".
*RVAH-7.
*3/1979: Written off at NAS Jacksonville, FL. Later scrapped there.
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RA-5C 150832
*RVAH-12.
*8/1971: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Salvaged on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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RA-5C 150833
*RVAH-9 as "AC-xx4".
*RVAH-14.
*9/9/1969: Crashed at sea off USS John F. Kennedy. Details?
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RA-5C 150834
*RVAH-3 as "GJ-205".
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-7 as "NH-601".
*RVAH-13.
*12/1973: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*10/1978: Sent to the NMIMT at Socorro, NM for explosives tests.
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RA-5C 150835
*RVAH-3.
*RVAH-6 as "AE-405".
*RVAH-5 as "xx-405".
*10/17/1965: Crashed at sea near USS America. Details?
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RA-5C 150836
*RVAH-5.
*10/16/1965: Crashed at sea near USS America after a collision with F-4B 15228.
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RA-5C 150837
*RVAH-5.
*1/26/1972: Struck off charge at NAS Key West, FL.
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RA-5C 150838
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*7/1970: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Salvaged on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.

RA-5C 150839
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-13.
*Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*8/1970: Salvaged at NAS China Lake, CA?
*Cockpit currently at the Aviation Warehouse in El Mirage, CA?
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RA-5C 150840
*VAH-3.
*1966-67: RVAH-11 as "AA-604".
*8/1970: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Salvaged on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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RA-5C 150841
*RVAH-3.
*RVAH-6?
*RVAH-5.
*1/26/1972: Struck off charge at NAS Jacksonville, FL.
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RA-5C 150842
*RVAH-6.
*3/31/1969: Shot down by ground fire 20 miles south of Route 8 in Khammouan Province, Laos. 2 crewmen killed.

RA-5C 151615
*RVAH-1.
*10/20/1965: Shot down by ground fire over Haiphong, North Vietnam. 2 crewmen became POWs.

RA-5C 151616
*RVAH-1.
*9/3/1964: Crashed near NAS Sanford, FL. Or not? Or so and repaired?
*6/7/1972: Crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin due to damage?

RA-5C 151617
*RVAH-6.
*RVAH-6.
*8/6/1970: Written off at NAS Key West, FL. Or not until 11/1976?
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RA-5C 151618
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-6?
*5/7/1972: Shot down by ground fire over Than Hoa City, Than Hoa Province, North Vietnam. 2 crewmen became POWs.
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RA-5C 151619
*RVAH-1.
*7/20/1965: Sank into the Gulf of Tonkin after the arrester cable broke while landing on USS Independence. 2 crewmen killed.

RA-5C 151620
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-12.
*3/5/1970: Crashed near NAS Albany, GA. Details?
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RA-5C 151621
*RVAH-13.
*12/23/1964: Written off.

RA-5C 151622
*RVAH-5.
*10/1974: Sent to be a ground instructor at NAS Key West, FL.
*7/1/1975: Stricken off charge at NAS Key West, FL.
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RA-5C 151623
*RVAH-7.
*2/12/1967: Shot down by ground fire off the coast of Ninh Binh Province, North Vietnam.

RA-5C 151624
*RVAH-13 as "NH-604".
*12/20/1965: Shot down by ground fire 15 miles northeast of Haiphong, North Vietnam. 2 crewmen killed.
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RA-5C 151625
*RVAH-13.
*2/3/1966: Shot down by ground fire off the coast of Nghe An Province, North Vietnam. 2 crewmen became POWs.

RA-5C 151626
*RVAH-1.
*RVAH-12.
*10/25/1968: Written off aboard USS Forrestal. Details?
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RA-5C 151627
*RVAH-13.
*3/9/1967: Shot down by ground fire 15 miles northeast of Than Hoa City, Than Hoa Province, North Vietnam. 1 crewman became POW.
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RA-5C 151628
*10/1970: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Salvaged on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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RA-5C 151629
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-3.
*RVAH-7.
*9/1971: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*Currently on display at Fred E. Weisbrod Aircraft/International B-24 Museum in Pueblo, CO.
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RA-5C 151630
*VAH-3.
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-13.
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-3.
*8/13/1974: Crashed into the sea off Naples, FL due to an engine bay fire. Pilot was killed.
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RA-5C 151631
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-14.
*2/19/1969: Crashed at sea near USS John F. Kennedy. Details?
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RA-5C 151632
*RVAH-13.
*12/22/1965: Shot down by SAM 5 miles east of Hai Doung Railroad Bridge in Hai Doung Province, North Vietnam. 1 crewman killed, 1 crewman became POW.

RA-5C 151633
*RVAH-7 as "xx-102".
*12/15/1965: Crashed into Gulf of Siam off USS Enterprise after crew ejected due to combat damage.
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RA-5C 151634
*RVAH-12. Or RVAH-17?
*8/13/1967: Shot down by ground fire over Tuyen Quang City, Tuyen Quang Province, North Vietnam. 2 crewmen became POWs.
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RA-5C 151726
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-14.
*8/1971: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*7/1996: Salvaged at the Socorro, NM bone yard.
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RA-5C 151727
*RVAH-13?
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-12.
*Used for Project Snake tests.
*1/26/1972: Written off at Rota, Spain, possibly after a hard landing on the USS Independence.
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RA-5C 151728
*RVAH-3.
*12/6/1967: Crashed near Miami, FL. Details?

RA-5C 156608
*RVAH-5?
*RVAH-3?
*RVAH-7 as "NE-610".
*RVAH-12?
*RVAH-6.
*RVAH-13.
*11/20/1979: Made the last Vigilante flight ever.
*Currently on display as a gate guard at NAS Memphis, TN.
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RA-5C 156609
*RVAH-11.
*RVAH-3.
*RVAH-12.
*5/21/1973: Crashed into the South China Sea off the coast of South Vietnam after a bad launch off the USS Constellation.
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RA-5C 156610
*RVAH-11?
*RVAH-12 as "NG-601".
*10/31/1978: Written off at Rota, Spain, presumably after a hard carrier landing on the USS Saratoga. Wreck still there as late as 1993.
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RA-5C 156611
*RVAH-11.
*7/22/1970: Lost at sea during operations with USS Independence in the Mediterranean Ocean, when the tailhook broke on landing and aircraft slid off deck into the water. Both crewmen were killed.

RA-5C 156612
*RVAH-1.
*RVAH-9.
*RVAH-6.
*RVAH-12.
*Currently on display at NAS Key West, FL.
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RA-5C 156613
*RVAH-1.
*RVAH-3?
*RVAH-5?
*RVAH-13.
*1980: Salvaged at NAS Jacksonville, FL.
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RA-5C 156614
*RVAH-11.
*RVAH-6.
*7/11/1974: Crashed into the sea after an unsuccessful night catapult launch off the USS Forrestal in the Mediterranean.
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RA-5C 156615
*RVAH-7?
*RVAH-9?
*RVAH-1 as "NK-xxx".
*1975: RVAH-6 as "NH-6xx".
*11/16/1979: Struck off charge at NWC, at NAS China Lake, CA.
*Currently being restored at the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA.
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RA-5C 156616
*RVAH-1.
*6/7/1972: Crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin after crew ejected due to combat damage.
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RA-5C 156617
*RVAH-1.
*11/18/1976: Struck off charge at NAS Key West, FL.
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RA-5C 156618
*RVAH-9?
*RVAH-1.
*RVAH-7.
*Currently on display as a gate guard at NAS Memphis, TN? Or salvaged at NAS Jacksonville in 1980? Help?
Photo of RA-5C 156618

RA-5C 156619
*RVAH-12.
*VAH-3.
*RVAH-11.
*1/12/1978: Crashed near NAS Albany, GA. Details?
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RA-5C 156620
*VAH-3?
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-6 as "NE-611".
*RVAH-1.
*RVAH-13.
*RVAH-7?
*1/13/1979: Struck off charge at NAS North Island, CA.
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RA-5C 156621
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-3.
*RVAH-9?
*Was on display in Pensacol, FL.
*Was on display on the USS Intrepid Museum, NY.
*Currently displayed at the Empire State Aerosciences Museum in Schenectady, NY.
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RA-5C 156622
*RVAH-1 as "xx-602".
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-7 as "NH-611".
*RVAH-3?
*2/1979: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Salvaged on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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RA-5C 156623
*RVAH-6?
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-11.
*2/2/1975: Lost at sea during operations with USS Saratoga. Details?
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RA-5C 156624
*RVAH-6.
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-6.
*RVAH-9.
*RVAH-12?
*Currently displayed at the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, FL.
Photo of RA-5C 156624

RA-5C 156625
*RVAH-6?
*RVAH-5.
*1975: RVAH-7 as "NH-612".
*4/1979: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Salvaged on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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RA-5C 156626
*RVAH-6.
*RVAH-5.
*6/19/1978: Struck off charge at NAS Key West, FL.
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RA-5C 156627
*RVAH-6.
*RVAH-9.
*RVAH-13.
*RVAH-3.
*RVAH-7.
*RVAH-1?
*3/1979: Left at NAS Cubi Point, Philippines to be used as a spare parts supply for RVAH-7.
*Towed to the “top of the hill” overlooking Subic Bay. Later defaced by citizens with paint cans! Still there? Taken away in 1991?
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RA-5C 156628
*RVAH-14.
*RVAH-9.
*RVAH-12.
*2/1979: Sent to NWC China Lake, CA?
*Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard?
*5/1986: Salvaged on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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RA-5C 156629
*RVAH-1.
*9/27/1970: Crashed after a bad landing attempt on the USS Ranger off the coast of California. 2 crewmen killed.
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RA-5C 156630
*RVAH-3?
*RVAH-1.
*3/1/1972: Crashed near NAS Albany, GA.
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RA-5C 156631
*RVAH-5?
*RVAH-7.
*11/1979: Sent to NWC China Lake, CA for Armament Electonics Tests. Later scrapped there.
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RA-5C 156632
*RVAH-3?
*RVAH-6.
*1974: RVAH-5 as "xx-601".
*8/1979: Sent to NWC China Lake, CA for Armaments Electronics Tests.
*Currently displayed on a pylon at NAS Sanford Memorial Park at Orlando-Sanford APT, FL since 5/2003.
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RA-5C 156633
*RVAH-3.
*RVAH-13.
*12/28/1972: Shot down by a MiG-21 with an Atoll AAM over Hanoi, North Vietnam. 1 crewman killed, 1 crewman became POW.
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RA-5C 156634
*RVAH-8?
*RVAH-5.
*10/17/1971: Crashed into the Gulf of Tonkin during a training flight off USS Enterprise. 2 crewmen killed.
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RA-5C 156635
*RVAH-6?
*RVAH-3 as "GJ-304".
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-13.
*1/1979: Written off at Rota, Spain after suffering landing damage onboard the USS Nimitz. Or 2/7/1978?
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RA-5C 156636
*VAH-3?
*RVAH-5?
*RVAH-6.
*RVAH-9.
*RVAH-12.
*6/1979: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*5/1986: Salvaged on the Tolicha Peak Range, NV.
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RA-5C 156637
*RVAH-9?
*RVAH-5.
*RVAH-13.
*NATC, at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
*7/23/1973: Caught fire and crashed into Chesapeake Bay off NAS Patuxent River, MD.
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RA-5C 156638
*RVAH-6 as "NH-612".
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-1?
*8/1979: Sent to NWC China Lake, CA for Armament Electronics Tests.
*Currently on display at NAS Fallon Airpark, NV. Since 1999?
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RA-5C 156639
*RVAH-1.
*RVAH-13.
*RVAH-12.
*RVAH-9?
*6/1979: Sent to NWC China Lake, CA for tests. Later scrapped there.
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RA-5C 156640
*VAH-3?
*RVAH-1.
*RVAH-12.
*6/1979: Sent to NWC China Lake, CA for Armament Electronics Tests. Later scrapped there.
*Surely didn't crash in Florida in 1967? No?
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RA-5C 156641
*RVAH-5?
*RVAH-7?
*RVAH-3.
*8/3/1979: Struck off charge at NWC China Lake, CA.
*Currently on display at the USS Midway Museum, CA, since 7/2005.
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RA-5C 156642
*RVAH-11.
*8/1979: Sent to NWC China Lake, CA for tests.
*1980: Salvaged at NAS Jacksonville, FL.
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RA-5C 156643
*RVAH-9?
*RVAH-12?
*RVAH-13.
*RVAH-1.
*Currently on display at NAS Patuxent River, MD.
Photo of RA-5C 156643

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For their assistance in various parts of this project, I would like to give thanks to the following individual people...

Joseph F. Baugher for the bureau number list.
Tom Bispo
John Huckno
Tjalling Boelman
Ken Simmons
Ron Picciani
Steve Ewing
Tim Canady
Michael Thompson
Boom Powell
Louis P. Rottman
Johan Visschedijk
Johan A. (Hans) Engels
Brad Jones