It was too slow, too stocky, and too strange. But what the A-7 lacked in speed, it made up for with terrifying precision ...

Long after Vietnam, the A-7 Corsair II kept flying—and fighting. From strafing Cuban-backed forces in Grenada to launching the first-ever HARM missiles in Libya, and finally flying deep strike ...

The Vought A-7 Corsair II may be the most obscure US military jet of the modern era; ... Others play an important role in a vital historical moment, like the P-51 (World War II), F-4 (Vietnam), ...

This particular A-7E Corsair II was manufactured in 1964 and delivered to the U.S. Navy in early 1966, just in time for the escalation of hostilities in North Vietnam.

However the A-7 wasn’t such a revolutionary aircraft like the F-35 is intended to be: in fact the Corsair II was a low risk project since its airframe was similar to the F-8 and was also simpler ...

Goodbye A-7 Corsair II, your ugly gaping mug will be sorely missed. A huge thanks for Giovanni Colla for sharing his great shots with us, please make sure to check out more of his amazing work at ...

Few remember the Vought A-7 Corsair II. ... Carrier-compatible, the A-7 entered service in 1967, at the beginning of the Vietnam War, as an intended replacement for the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.

The restoration team is now working on an LTV A-7 Corsair II. The museum says the light attack aircraft was often deployed on carriers during the Vietnam War, and used for search and rescue ...

The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) has retired the A-7 Corsair II from active service with a ceremony at Araxos airbase. On Oct. 17, the Hellenic Air Force organized a ceremony to celebrate the ...

And now, visitors to the park will also see a Vietnam-era A-7D Corsair II—a single-seat, tactical close-air-support aircraft derived from the U.S. Navy’s A-7.

Goodspeed: From Vietnam to Baghdad, Corsair II delivered. ... one of the airplanes in the air over Baghdad was an A-7E Corsair II that is now on display at the National Naval Aviation Museum.