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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:A-7E Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:156804 USN
    Construction Number:E-004
    Latest Owner or Location:Breyard Veterans Memorial Center Military Museum, Merritt Island, Florida

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-7E.

    Circa 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 156804.

    1971

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 146 (VA-146), NAS Lemoore, CA.

    From Circa 1971 to 1972

    Deployed aboard USS America for combat over Vietnam.

    From January 1973 to 1974

    Deployed aboard USS Constellation for combat over Vietnam.

    1982

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 25 (VA-25), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NE-406

    1982

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 56 (VA-56), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NF-406

    Circa 1984

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 87 (VA-87), NAS Oceana, VA.
    Operated with markings: AE-401

    By October 1993

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    11 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 April 2010


    Photographer: Matt Maranto

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    By March 2015

    Loaned to Breyard Veterans Memorial Center Military Museum, Merritt Island, FL.
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    27 September 2021


    Photographer: Hayman Tam
    Notes: As displayed at the Brevard Veterans Memorial Center.
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