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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:A-7D-5-CV Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:69-6208 USAF
    Construction Number:D-038
    Compressed ID:Vought A-7D-5-CV sn 69-6208 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 4324, Wahpeton Municipal Airport / Harry Stern Airport, Wahpeton, North Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-7D-5-CV by Vought at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 69-6208.

    1971

    To 355th TFW, Davis-Monthan AFB, NM.

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

    By August 1979

    Transferred to 124th TFS, 132nd TFW, Iowa ANG, Des Moines ANGB, IA.
    Operated with markings: IA

    27 August 1979


    Photographer: Tony Breese Collection
    Notes: Photo taken at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, in England.

    By May 1988

    Transferred to 174th TFS, 185th TFG, Iowa ANG, Sioux City ANGB, IA.
    Operated with markings: HA

    1 May 1988


    Photographer: Brian C. Rogers
    Notes: Taken at Sioux City ANGB, Iowa. Part of the 174th TFS, 185th TFG, Iowa ANG.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    After 1993

    Placed on display with Sioux City ANGB, IA.

    Loaned to VFW Post 4324, Wahpeton, ND.

    1995

    Placed on display with Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 4324, Wahpeton Municipal Airport/Harry Stern Airport, Wahpeton, ND.
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    6 July 2006


    Photographer: Mike Worrel

    19 April 2019


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings by Patrick Martin
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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