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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:A-7A-4c-CV Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:153266 USN
    Construction Number:A-175
    Compressed ID:Vought A-7A-4c-CV sn 153266 USN cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8343 and 11038, Waterford, Rochester, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-7A-4c-CV.

    1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 153266.

    From 1968 to 1970

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 97 (VA-97), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NK-503

    From 29 May 1968 to 31 January 1969

    Deployed aboard USS Constellation for combat in Vietnam.

    1969

    Markings Applied: NK-303

    From 11 August 1969 to 8 May 1970

    Deployed aboard USS Constellation for combat in Vietnam.

    April 1971

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 303 (VA-303), NAS Alameda, CA.
    Operated with markings: ND-312

    1973

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 305 (VA-305), NAS Point Mugu, CA.
    Operated with markings: ND-511

    18 September 1978

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 6A0115.

    To Great Lakes Naval Training Center, Great Lakes NS, Chicago, IL.
    Used as instructional airframe.
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    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    1998

    Loaned to Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 8343 and 11038, Waterford, Rochester, WI.
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    Markings Applied: NK-301

    25 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    25 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    25 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    25 September 2007


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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