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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:A-7D-6-CV Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:69-6241 USAF
    Construction Number:D-071
    Compressed ID:Vought A-7D-6-CV sn 69-6241 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Brooke County Veterans Memorial Park, Weirton, West Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-7D-6-CV by Vought at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    January 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 69-6241.

    January 1971

    Transferred to 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC.

    From April 1971 to 1977

    Transferred to 356th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC.
    Operated with markings: MB

    From September 1972 to May 1974

    Deployed to Korat RTAFB,Thailand for combat over Vietnam.

    1973


    Photographer: USAF
    Notes: Korat RTAFB,Thailand

    From 1977 to 1993

    Transferred to 162nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 178th Tactical Fighter Wing, Ohio ANG, Springfield, OH.
    Operated with markings: OHIO, AF 69 241

    June 1978


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Active duty at Springfield, OH

    1984

    Transferred to 4451st Test Squadron, 4450th Tactical Group, Nellis AFB, NV.
    Operated with markings: LV

    1989

    Transferred to 146th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Pennsylvania ANG, Pittsburg, PA.
    Operated with markings: Pennsylvania, PT, AF 69 241

    1992

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.
    Struck off charge at Pittsburgh IAP Air Reserve Station, PA. after cracks were found in airframe.

    By 1993

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    December 1993

    Loaned to Brooke County Veterans Memorial Park, Weirton, WV.
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    9 October 2014


    Photographer: Carlos Aleman
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