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and if memory serves his accident led to the removal of all the nose steering units on A4's.
Not so. I flew TA-4F and J models in the Naval Air Training Command in 1980-81. All the jets had operable nose-wheel steering. On the flight deck of the carrier, we did NOT engage nws, instead were 'steered' on the deck by a sailor with a steering bar hooked into the nosewheel assembly. We had to definitely make sure we did not taxi faster than a man could walk!
I later flew A-4E and F models as an adversary pilot. The 'E' had no nosewheel steering at all (diff brakes), but the 'F' model had nws.
Sluggo
True, The Blue Angels used the F model. Here is a pic of the nose gear on a A4F: