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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:A-7E-10-CV Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:158657 USN
    Construction Number:E-350
    Compressed ID:Vought A-7E-10-CV sn 158657 USN cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Johnson County Industrial / New Century Air Center Airport, Olathe, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-7E-10-CV by Vought at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 158657.

    From By 1975 to May 1980

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 27 (VA-27), NAS Alameda, CA.
    Operated with markings: NK-405

    May 1980

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 56 (VA-56), NAS Yokosuka, Japan.
    Operated with markings: NF-414

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 25 (VA-25), NAS Lemoore, CA.

    February 1984

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 22 (VA-22), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NH-300

    From 1984 to 1986

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 56 (VA-56), NAS Yokosuka, Japan.
    Operated with markings: NF-413

    Circa May 1986

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 22 (VA-22), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NH-305

    By April 1988

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 146 (VA-146), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NG-305

    By October 1994

    Transferred to Naval Surface Warfare Center, NAS Millington, TN.
    Operated with markings: STRIKE, 22

    From 1994 to 1996

    Transferred to Naval Air Technical Training Center, NAS Memphis, TN.

    Circa 1996

    To Old Olathe Naval Air Museum, Johnson County Industrial/New Century Air Center Airport, Olathe, KS.
    Museum is now closed, plane is owned by the airport and across from the Army National Guard.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 2000

    To Johnson County Industrial/New Century Air Center Airport, Olathe, KS.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 156857, 7K
    Middle numbers of the BuNo were accidentally swapped during repainting.

    8 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    25 November 2024


    Photographer: James Bissell
    Notes: A-7E 158657 in storage at Bissell Auto and Body in Saint Louis, MO.


    Photographer: James Bissell
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