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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:A-7D-17-CV Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:75-0400 USAF
    Construction Number:D-450
    Compressed ID:Vought A-7D-17-CV sn 75-0400 USAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Grimes ANG - Iowa ANG - 132nd FW, Des Moines, Iowa

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-7D-17-CV by Vought at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1975

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 75-0400.

    Transferred to 152nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 162nd Tactical Fighter Group, Arizona ANG, Tucson, AZ.

    1979

    Transferred to 124th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 132nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Iowa ANG, Des Moines, IA.
    Operated with markings: IA, AF 75 400

    29 August 1979


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed a long way from home at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire.

    1986


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Reese AFB, TX.

    By April 1994

    Assigned as ground trainer at Des Moines.

    Circa 1996

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to IA ANG (Des Moines), 132 MXQ, Des Moines, IA.

    Circa 1996

    To Grimes ANG-Iowa ANG-132nd FW, Des Moines, IA.
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    By 29 October 2006

    Markings Applied: IA, AF 75 400

    29 October 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the DesMoines Airport, ANG base

    29 October 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the DesMoines Airport, ANG base

    14 October 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    14 October 2022


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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