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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:A-7B-3-CV Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:154479 USN
    Construction Number:B-119
    Compressed ID:Vought A-7B-3-CV sn 154479 USN cn B...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-7B-3-CV by Vought at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Circa 1969

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 154479.

    From 1969 to 1972

    To VA-25.
    Markings added: AH-503

    1973

    Transferred to VA-93.
    Operated with markings: NF-300

    By 1976

    Transferred to VA-215.
    Operated with markings: NM-401

    By 1979

    Transferred to VA-304.
    Operated with markings: ND-412

    Transferred to VA-204, NAS New Orleans, LA.
    Operated with markings: AF-411

    11 July 1986

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 6A0182.

    31 July 2002

    To Texas Aviation Historical Society-English Field Air and Space Museum, Amarillo International Airport, Amarillo, TX.
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    February 2008

    To Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, TX.
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    14 January 2012


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum, TX.

    23 July 2015


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Meacham Airport, TX

    19 August 2017


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum, TX.

    19 August 2017


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum, TX.

    26 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Worth - Meacham Field, TX, USA
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    Max Sabin
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