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Offline ozrocker

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World's last serving A-7 Corsair retired.
« on: October 27, 2014, 02:30:22 PM »
Retired by the Greek Air Force.

http://theaviationist.com/2014/10/27/haf-retirement-a-7/


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Offline mbailey

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Re: World's last serving A-7 Corsair retired.
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2014, 02:57:14 PM »
Man...LOVE the skin on that bird. 

She deserves a long and restful retirement, awesome bird...I use to love watching them take off and land at Willow Grove NAS here in PA....use to see them flying around where i lived at the time.

Thanks for the post Oz  :aok
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Offline aztec

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Re: World's last serving A-7 Corsair retired.
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2014, 03:00:11 PM »
That's a strange flightsuit...crazy Greeks ;)
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Offline Gman

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Re: World's last serving A-7 Corsair retired.
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2014, 04:23:14 PM »
You beat me to it.  Great aircraft, so many firsts with it, one of the first truly modern HUD's.  It's cousin the F8 Crusader is my favorite jet fighter, but I've always like the A7 as well. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7clR5f3IEk

Great video of some A7 strafing runs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xIA6A4Uef8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPfXRQw0_d4
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Offline Arlo

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Re: World's last serving A-7 Corsair retired.
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2014, 07:03:51 PM »
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Offline Nefarious

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Re: World's last serving A-7 Corsair retired.
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2014, 07:13:24 PM »
SLUF!
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Offline ozrocker

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Re: World's last serving A-7 Corsair retired.
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2014, 07:38:23 PM »
It is a nice paint scheme :aok
Badass back in the day.


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Offline Ramesis

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Re: World's last serving A-7 Corsair retired.
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2014, 12:31:41 PM »
The A-7's big brother (F-8) was retired several yrs ago best
I recall
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