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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:TA-7C Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:156782 USN
    Construction Number:E-049
    Compressed ID:Vought TA-7C sn 156782 USN cn E-049...
    Latest Owner or Location:Johnson County Industrial / New Century Air Center Airport, Olathe, Kansas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-7C-3-CV by Vought at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 156782.

    By 1975

    Transferred to Naval Air Warfare Center, NAS China Lake, CA.

    1977

    Transferred to Navy Munitions Command.

    1978

    Converted to a TA-7C.

    From April 1988 to After April 1991

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 122 (VA-122), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NJ-200

    After April 1991

    Transferred to Naval Air Warfare Center, NAS China Lake, CA.

    To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    By May 1998

    Loaned to Old Olathe Naval Air Museum, Johnson County Industrial/New Century Air Center Airport, Olathe, KS.
    After museum closed, the plane went to New Century Air Center, displayed across the street from the Army National Guard base.
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    Markings Applied: 425, NAWC, 00

    By 2005

    Loaned to Johnson County Industrial/New Century Air Center Airport, Olathe, KS.
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    8 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    27 March 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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