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A-7D aft fuselage looking forward, showing main landing gear and rear of wing stations
Port aft-quarter view of LTV A-7D Corsair II (AF Serial No. 70-0970) at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, showing the “MB” tail code, US national insignia, horizontal stabilizer, main landing gear assembly, and underwing stores including a rocket pod and external fuel tank.
A-7D aft fuselage
Descriptive / Archival Starboard aft-quarter view captured in image_e61671.jpg of LTV A-7D Corsair II (AF Serial No. 70-0970) at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, detailing the “MB” tail code (Myrtle Beach AFB), Tactical Air Command badge, Southeast Asia camouflage scheme, and a large underwing external fuel tank.
Forward fuselage of the NMUSAF's A-7D
Port forward-fuselage view of LTV A-7D Corsair II (AF Serial No. 70-0970) on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, featuring South East Asia camouflage scheme, pilot name stencil (“PILOT MAJ C. A. CLARKE”), 354th Tactical Fighter Wing crest, maintenance data blocks, and nose gear door markings.

 

A-7D Bibliography:

“Vulcan Gun for A-7D”  Aviation Week & Space Technology  June 5, 1967  p.72

[Photo:  “USAF/LTV Aerospace A-7D”]  Aviation Week & Space Technology  July 1, 1968  front cover

“USAF A-7D Carries Variety of Ordnance”   Aviation Week & Space Technology  July 1, 1968  p.20-21  4 photos

“News Digest”   Aviation Week & Space Technology  September 30, 1968

[Photo:  “A-7D Corsair Tested with Maverick Missiles”]  Aviation Week & Space Technology  June 1, 1970  p.53

“A-7D Refueling System Tested”   Aviation Week & Space Technology  June 8, 1970  p.57  3 photos

Art Hanley   “Four For One: The Genesis of Vought’s A-7X Strikefighter”   Airpower  January 1987  p.12-25  16 illustrations

Joe Cupido  “A-7 Update”  Air Forces Monthly  July 1988  p.15-18  12 photos

David F. Brown   “Sluf”   Air Forces Monthly May 1992  p.20-27  18 photos

Patrick Martin Tail Code The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings
Schiffer Publishing 1994 ISBN: 0-88740-513-4

A-7D 70-1051 40th TFS / 355th TFW p.91

 

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