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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...
Why the “A-7 mafia” was so devoted to the iconic SLUF
The A-7 Corsair II
It was in September 1965 that the A-7A made its maiden flight, and precisely one year later the initial operational squadrons...
The A-7 pilot that took part in the rescue of Lts Cunningham and Driscoll downed after their Epic Dogfight
Suddenly there was a call of ‘you’re on fire! Punch out! Punch out!’ Somewhere a Phantom II crew was struggling to keep their burning...
A-5 vs. A-7: Former US Naval Aviator compares the aircraft technically
‘It came down to a great little airplane, the A-4, being less capable overall than a larger and more efficient airplane, the A-7, which...
A-7 Corsair II pilot once used a $40K AGM-62 Walleye to destroy a $2K broken-down pickup truck blocking a road intersection during the Vietnam...
The AGM-62 Walleye
The Martin Marietta AGM-62 Walleye, although designated as an air-to-ground missile (AGM), was actually an unpowered glide bomb guided to its target...