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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:TA-7C Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:156751 USN
    Construction Number:E-018
    Compressed ID:Vought TA-7C sn 156751 USN cn E-018...
    Latest Owner or Location:Russell Military Museum, Russell, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-7C-2-CV by Vought at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1974

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 156751.

    1974

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 174 (VA-174), NAS Cecil Field, FL.
    Operated with markings: AD-451

    1975

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 122 (VA-122), NAS Lemoore, CA.
    Operated with markings: NJ-207

    1977

    Converted to a TA-7C.

    1982

    Transferred to Attack Squadron 174 (VA-174), NAS Cecil Field, FL.
    Operated with markings: AD-371

    1985

    Markings Applied: AD-471

    12 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At open house at Glenview Naval Air Station when this aircraft was still active duty.

    1988

    Transferred to Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 33 (VAQ-33), NAS Key West, FL.
    Operated with markings: GD-120

    By 1996

    To Kenosha Military Museum, Pleasant Prairie, WI.

    5 July 2006


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Kenosha Military Museum, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

    October 2007

    To Russell Military Museum, Russell, IL.
    Museum moved south of the IL/WI border.
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    16 August 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    16 August 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    26 August 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    26 August 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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