• A-7 Corsair II Officially a Warbird
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[quote=warbirdnews][img]http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/1920_ADSC_2409.jpg[/img] On October 17th, 2014 The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) held an official retirement ceremony for its Vought A-7 Corsair IIs at Araxos Air Base, home of 116 Combat Wing. Operating the world’s last airworthy Corsair IIs, 336 Squadron decommissioned fifteen A-7E and two TA-7Cs at the event after thirty-nine years of active service.The Hellenic Air Force acquired sixty A-7Hs and five TA-7Hs from Ling Temco Vought between 1975 and 1980. Between 1993 and 1994 the HAF acquired additional aircraft, fifty A-7Es and TA-7Cs freshly retired from the US Navy after the first Gulf War. Greece operated a fleet of 133 Corsair IIs which made them the largest international operator of the type. Portugal and Thailand were the other overseas A-7 customers. The A-7 Corsair II saw service in five HAF squadrons, flying a total of 355,000 sorties and 440,000 flight hours. [img]http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/1920_ADSC_2395.jpg[/img][/quote] [URL="http://www.warbirdsnews.com/warbirds-news/a-7-corsair-ii-officially-warbird-haf-finally-retires-service.html"]source[/URL]
That black Corsair looks rad as hell.
The most enthusiastic of killing machines.
[QUOTE=Mikkelmann;46359575]The most enthusiastic of killing machines.[/QUOTE] It looks more surprised to me. :o
[QUOTE=jonu67;46361983]It looks more surprised to me. :o[/QUOTE] :0
[IMG]http://www.warbirdsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/1920_ADSC_9138.jpg[/IMG] Capt. Jack Sparrow, Fighter Pilot.
If I ever won the lottery I'd love to just collect and restore old war jets like these.
[QUOTE=Axsisel;46359509]That black Corsair looks rad as hell.[/QUOTE] I saw that exact same Corsair at Fairford a couple months back. [img_thumb]http://i.cubeupload.com/IvlmFH.jpg[/img_thumb] It is indeed rad as hell.
Gotta say the corsair is one of the most cool looking jets in existence.
Pretty badass for its time, and it pioneered technologies commonly found in many modern jets. The HUD is one of them.
The craft sure looks surprised at the prospect.
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