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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:A-7D-10-CV Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:71-0355 USAF
    Construction Number:D-246
    Compressed ID:Vought A-7D-10-CV sn 71-0355 USAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:HVF West Tucson, AZ

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 71-0355.

    Transferred to 354th TFW, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC.

    By 1972

    Transferred to 355th TFW, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: DM
    0355 served as the squadron commanders aircraft with the 355th for obvious reasons. It wore two MiG kill stars for BG Fred Haeffner who scored the kills during the Vietnam War while flying F-4 Phantoms.

    1972


    Photographer: NDANG
    Notes: Photo taken at Fargo ANGB, North Dakota. BG Haeffner, then commander of the 355th TFW, was a North Dakota native.

    1972


    Photographer: NDANG
    Notes: Close up of BG Haeffner in the cockpit and the two MiG kill stars. BG Haeffner was credited with 1 confirmed kill during the Vietnam War and two probables.

    From By 1978 to 1980

    Transferred to 157th TFS, 169th TFG, South Carolina ANG, T McEntireafb, Columbia, SC.

    1983

    Transferred to 188th TFS, 150th TFG, New Mexico ANG, Kirtland AFB, NM.

    Transferred to 198th TFS, 156th TFG, Puerto Rico ANG, Muniz ANGB, PR.

    19 June 1991

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AE0034.

    18 April 1998

    To HVF West Tucson, AZ.

    28 August 2000

    Seen in scrapyard.
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