ON THIS DAY IN COANG HISTORY
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW!
THE A-7D Corsair II is replaced with the first of the new F-16s arriving in Colorado in 1991.
Ling-Temco-Vought created the A-7 to meet a US Navy requirement for an attack aircraft to replace the A-4 Skyhawk. The A-7 inherited much of its design from Vought’s supersonic F-8 Crusader fighter.
LTV proposed its A-7 to the Air Force as an attack aircraft to replace the A-1 Skyraider and F-100 Super Sabre. The D-model of the A-7 was built to the Air Force’s requirements, incorporating many advanced systems, including a more powerful engine, a heads-up display (HUD) that projected flight information onto the windscreen, a computerized navigation and bombing system, and a 20 mm rotary cannon.
After extensive service during the Vietnam War, the Air Force turned over most of its A-7Ds to Air National Guard units.
The A-7 pictured is a static display at the 140th Wing, Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colorado. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Chance Johnson)
| Date Taken: | 08.23.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 08.27.2024 15:49 |
| Photo ID: | 8613210 |
| VIRIN: | 150824-Z-JF518-2011 |
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| Location: | AURORA, COLORADO, US |
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