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The A-7 missions during the Korean Tree Incident that nearly started a nuclear war
The catalyst for this event was a seemingly innocuous plan to trim a tree that was blocking the view of a UN observation post...
During a typhoon, 35 planes (including F-4s, A-6s and A-7s) landed at night on a carrier
Each plane repeated this deadly drama. A few missed the wire and had to go around for a second attempt. But in the end,...
What made the iconic SLUF a great attack aircraft
What did the A-7 Corsair II have that gave it such a great combat record and a devoted pilot community, aka the “A-7 mafia”?...
The mock dogfight where a Phantom II fought alone against 4 hungry A-7 Corsair IIs and got waxed
Roger Ball!
He was the second of two children and was born on 25 January 1940 in Shandon Baptist Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. He,...
US Navy A-7 pilot recalls taking his Corsair II as high as possible during Post Maintenance Check Flights
The Corsair II
The A-7 Corsair II was originally created in response to a 1963 requirement from the US Navy to find an aircraft that...