Aircraft: A-4F Skyhawk Custodian: VA-164 BuNo: 154210 modex: NP-402 Location: USS Hancock Date: 20 March 1972 Description: left side view of Ghost Riders Skyhawk BuNo 154210, NP-402 chained to the Hancock's flight deck. An elephant painted on 402's nose indicated missions in Laos. 402 was assigned to XO Cdr. Stan Arthur (later Adm. Stan Arthur). Photo credit: photo by Kazuo Nagata contact:

NP-402 was known as the "Bingo King" -- as it liked to Bingo to Da Nang or points south (such as Saigon).

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