A-4B Skyhawk

The Museum’s A-4B Skyhawk was accepted by the United States Navy on October 21, 1958 where it served with several Navy squadrons through the years, including with VA-125 at Naval Air Station Lemoore, and with VC-1 at the former Naval Air Station Barber’s Point on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. On May 16, 1964, the Museum’s A-4 Skyhawk was involved in a mid-air collision with an Erco 415C Ercoupe, sheeting the tail off of the Ercoupe , and ultimately killing the pilot of the Ercoupe. After being retired, the A-4 went on display at the U.S.S. Intrepid Museum in New York City, before being subsequently loaned to the Tillamook Air Museum in December 1997. In august 1998, the A-4 was set atop a stanchion outside the Museum adjacent to Highway 101 as a gate guard. In August 2022, after nearly 25 years in the coastal weather, the airplane was brought down from its pedestal and into the Museum where it underwent restoration.