Warbird Information Exchange

Just thought yall might like a few of these------------
us navy photo
DESCRIPTION; A Vought A-7A Corsair II (BuNo. 153223) of attack squadron VA-147 Argonauts en route to North Vietnam in 1968/69. VA-147 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61) during the deployment from 26 Oct 1968 to 17 May 1969 to Vietnam. The aircraft is armed with 227 kg (500 lb) Mk 82 bombs and AIM-9D Sidewinder air-to-air missiles (photographed from a VA-165 A-6 Intruder).

US NAVY PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; A Vought A-7B-2-CV Corsair II aircraft (BuNo 154433) from U.S. Naval Reserve attack squadron VA-204 River Rattlers, Reserve Carrier Air Wing 20 (CVWR-20), is launched from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) on 15 September 1985. A-7B 154433 was retired to AMARC as 6A0200 on 12 September 1986.

US NAVY PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Three U.S. Navy LTV A-7E Corsair II aircraft of attack squadron VA-15 Valions, Carrier Air Wing Six (CVW-6), operating from the aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66) during that carrier's 1976 deployment to the Mediterranean.




US NAVY PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Four U.S. Navy Vought A-7E Corsair II aircraft of attack squadron VA-66 Waldos flying in formation on 27 April 1983. VA-66 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing Seven (CVW-7) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) for a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 27 April to 2 December 1983.

US NAVY PHOTO
Camera Operator: PH2 CARL DUVALL
DESCRIPTION; An A-7E Corsair II aircraft lands on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70) at sunset.
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I've got a question for all of you out there...

How many A-7's and such semi-modern jets are still out there? Are many on sticks around the US?

I'm only curious because eventually the A-7's, F-14's, F-101's are going to be the 70 year old airplanes that the WWII planes are to us now.

It pains me to see pictures of WWII planes being chopped up. It pains me as well to see modern airplanes being chopped up these days. Eventually (50 years from now) there will be people just like us, I'm sure, that will be crying about us chopping up numerous Jets like the ones I've mentioned.

Basically what I'm getting at is, are we saving enough cold-war-esque airplanes to satisfy future generations that we did enough to safe some?

Just a thought.

Peace,

David

P.S. Great pictures by the way.

your right our grand kids will be saying to us why didnt you save these
but various government regulations will stop these aircraft making they're way into private hands.
even down here the larger collections aren't saving the cold war aircraft(in our case the mirage 3-o or the f111-c).

btw that last pick is a cracker

Been looking at the F-14 Tomcat and currently excluding IRAN's airframes, there are 70 or so remaining. Of those only about 10 are indoors. The rest are pole or stand displays. The rouge government of Iran is actually preserving a large number of these planes for posterity, by trying to keep them airworthy and pointed at us! They have also made them easier to operate....Hmmmm

F-16's will enter the drone program in 2010, and the early "A" and perhaps B airframes will become targets, replacing the F-4 which has been used up. There are about 150? F-4 airframes in AMARC, all too used up or parted out for drone use. These planes and the remaining F-4's currently preserved comprise a healthy population of Phantoms.

A-7's are dissapearing too, with few A-7's making it out of AMARC. F-8's are more or less gone, with the remaining population being whats left.

F-100, 101, 102, 104, 105 and 106 could be pretty accurately assesed...

Should we do a census for 2010>