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Aircraft:
LTV A-7E Corsair II
- Reg: 160714 photos
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Serial #:
E-492
- Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
- Photo Date: Apr 24, 2016
- Uploaded: Dec 26, 2017
- Pensacola Naval Air Station - KNPA, USA - Florida
Notes:
The A-7 Corsair II, built by LTV Aerospace Corporation (the same company that produced the venerable F-8 Crusader), was the aircraft that replaced the A-4 Skyhawk as Naval Aviation's front line light attack aircraft. First flying in September of 1965, A-7s served over Vietnam and into the Gulf War. The aircraft on display flew with one of the last two A-7 squadrons, and was delivered to the Museum following its final combat cruise by then-Commander (later Admiral) Mark Fitzgerald, leader of the first Navy strike on Baghdad during Operation Desert Storm. A-7E Corsair II (Bureau Number 160714) was delivered to the fleet on 24 March 1978 and first assigned to Attack Squadron (VA) 174. After serving in that squadron for a brief period, the aircraft joined VA-81, embarking in the carrier Forrestal (CV-59) for three cruises during the period 1979-1981. In the latter year, the squadron operated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea following Israeli retaliatory attacks against Syrian missile batteries in Lebanon. During the cruise lasting from March to September 1981, the squadron also flew reconnaissance missions over Libyan ships in the Gulf of Sidra during a Freedom of Navigation exercise. Transferring to VA-83 in 1981, BuNo 160714 served with the "Rampagers" into the mid-1980s, deploying in Forrestal and Saratoga (CV-60). Transferred to VA-46, one of the last two A-7 squadrons in the Navy, the aircraft deployed to the Arabian Gulf on board John F. Kennedy (CV-67) in 1990 and logged 37 combat missions during Operation Desert Storm, including the first combat strike over Baghdad on 17 January 1991. The aircraft was flight delivered to the Museum by the last commanding officer of VA-46, then-Commander (later Admiral) Mark P. Fitzgerald.
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The A-7 Corsair II, built by LTV Aerospace Corporation (the same company that produced the venerable F-8 Crusader), was the aircraft that replaced the A-4 Skyhawk as Naval Aviation's front line light attack aircraft. First flying in September of 1965, A-7s served over Vietnam and into the Gulf War. The aircraft on display flew with one of the last two A-7 squadrons, and was delivered to the Museum following its final combat cruise by then-Commander (later Admiral) Mark Fitzgerald, leader of the first Navy strike on Baghdad during Operation Desert Storm. A-7E Corsair II (Bureau Number 160714) was delivered to the fleet on 24 March 1978 and first assigned to Attack Squadron (VA) 174. After serving in that squadron for a brief period, the aircraft joined VA-81, embarking in the carrier Forrestal (CV-59) for three cruises during the period 1979-1981. In the latter year, the squadron operated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea following Israeli retaliatory attacks against Syrian missile batteries in Lebanon. During the cruise lasting from March to September 1981, the squadron also flew reconnaissance missions over Libyan ships in the Gulf of Sidra during a Freedom of Navigation exercise. Transferring to VA-83 in 1981, BuNo 160714 served with the "Rampagers" into the mid-1980s, deploying in Forrestal and Saratoga (CV-60). Transferred to VA-46, one of the last two A-7 squadrons in the Navy, the aircraft deployed to the Arabian Gulf on board John F. Kennedy (CV-67) in 1990 and logged 37 combat missions during Operation Desert Storm, including the first combat strike over Baghdad on 17 January 1991. The aircraft was flight delivered to the Museum by the last commanding officer of VA-46, then-Commander (later Admiral) Mark P. Fitzgerald.Camera
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- Reg: 160714 photos
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Aircraft:
LTV A-7E Corsair II
- Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
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E-492
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Pensacola Naval Air Station - KNPA
- USA - Florida
