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VMA-214 Black Sheep A-4M Model, 1/27th Scale, Mahogany, Marines

$319.00

  • Length – 18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran Owned Business
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

1 in stock (can be backordered)

Description

VMA-214 Black Sheep A-4M Model

Fly with the VMA-214 Black Sheep in this hand crafted A-4 Skyhawk Model. Each piece is carefully carved from wood and hand painted to provide a piece you’ll love.

  • Length – 18 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran Owned Business
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

Marine Attack Squadron 214 (VMA-214) is a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of AV-8B Harrier (V/STOL) jets. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and is under the command of Marine Aircraft Group 13 (MAG-13) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).

The squadron is best known as the Black Sheep of World War II fame and for one of its commanding officers, Colonel Gregory “Pappy” Boyington, whose memoirs also inspired the 1970s television show Baa Baa Black Sheep, later syndicated as Black Sheep Squadron, which dramatized the squadron’s exploits during the war.

Mission
Provide offensive air support, armed reconnaissance, and air defense for Marine expeditionary forces.

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*1975-77: VMA-223 as WP-15.
*1977: VMA-214.
*1978-79: VMA-214 as WE-12.
*1980: VMA-214.
*1980: VMA-211 as CF-12.
*1982: VMA-311 as WL-9.
*1983: VMA-311.
*1983: VMA-214.
*1984-86: VMA-311.
*1986: VMA-211.
*1987: VMA-214.
*1987-88: VMA-311 as WL-09.
*1988-89: VMA-214.
*1989: VMA-211.
*1990-91: VMA-133.
*1991: NAS Dallas, TX as 7D-01.
*1991-92: VMA-133 as ME-07.
*1992-94: VMA-131 as QG-06.
*6/1994: Put into storage at the AMARC bone yard.
*1/2005: Salvaged.

Additional information

Weight 3.5 lbs
Dimensions 18 × 13 in

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