The Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II is a carrier-based subsonic light attack aircraft design that was
introduced to replace the A-4 Skyhawk in US Naval service and based on the successful supersonic F-8
Crusader aircraft produced by Chance Vought.
The A-7 was one of the first combat aircraft to feature
a head-up display (HUD), doppler-bounded inertial navigation system (INS), and a turbofan engine.
It initially entered service with the United States Navy during the Vietnam conflict and was then
adopted by the United States Air Force to replace their A-1 Skyraiders that were borrowed from
the Navy as well as with the Air National Guard. It was exported to Greece (in the 1970s),
Portugal and Thailand (in the late 1980s).
Below is a partial list of airframes that survived military service.
