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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:A-7B-4-CV Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:154538 USN
    Construction Number:B178
    Latest Owner or Location:Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1968

    Constructed as an A-7B-4-CV by Vought at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 154538.

    By 1971

    Transferred to VA-215 Barn Owls.

    1971


    Photographer: US Navy
    Notes: BuNo 154538 marked as NM-414 from squadron VA-215 Barn Owls during Vietnam War deployment aboard USS Oriskany.

    1983

    Transferred to VA-204 River Rattlers.

    Transferred to VA-305 Lobos.

    15 January 1986

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 6A159.

    30 April 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Ex-Navy-A-7B at ARM / DMI Dross Metals, Tucson, AZ

    To Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Stored externally at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California

    18 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: Yanks Air Museum in Chino, CA, USA.
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