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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:A-7D-10-CV Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:71-0334 USAF
    Construction Number:D-245
    Latest Owner or Location:Sam Wise Youth Complex, Altoona, Iowa

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    Dates

    Event

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

    1972

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 71-0334.

    1972

    Transferred to 76th Tactical Lfighter Squadron, 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, England AFB, LA.
    Operated with markings: EL

    1977

    Transferred to 146th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 112tactical Fighter Group, Pennsylvania ANG, Pittsburg, PA.

    1980

    Transferred to 149th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 192nd Tactical Fighter Group, Virginia ANG, Richmond, VA.

    By March 1989

    Transferred to 124th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Iowa ANG, Des Moines, IA.
    Operated with markings: IA

    21 July 1992

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AE0183.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Loaned to City of Altoona, Altoona, IA.

    January 1996

    To Sam Wise Youth Complex, Altoona, IA.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 25 June 2004

    Markings Applied: IA, AF 71 334

    25 June 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    25 June 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    25 June 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    13 August 2022


    Photographer: Chris Johnson

    13 August 2022

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    Photographer: Chris Johnson

    13 August 2022

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    13 August 2022


    Photographer: Chris Johnson
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