Corsair II showed up to replace it, many scoffed. But this “short little ugly fella” (or SLUF, as pilots called it) turned ...

The A-7 Corsair II was designed to replace the A-4 Skyhawk, but ended up flying alongside it in Vietnam and beyond. With a 600 mile combat radius, 15,000 pounds of ordnance, and range that stretched ...

So the Corsair II became the result of a Navy’s specific requirement to replace the older light attack aircraft such as the AD Skyraider and the A-4 Skyhawk.

This particular A-7E Corsair II was manufactured in 1964 and delivered to the U.S. Navy in early 1966, just in time for the escalation of hostilities in North Vietnam.

The burly Corsair entered Navy service as a misunderstood hellion; once tamed, it became ... Vought’s venerable “U-Bird” went on to become one of the best naval fighters of World War II, ...

It shows U.S. Navy A-7E Corsair II (BuNo 157495) belonging to VA-56 “Champions” bursting into flames after a ramp strike on 21 August 1984. The pilot, Lt. Thomas R. Doyle, ...

The A-7 was retired from US Navy service almost immediately after Desert Storm, with the Air National Guard putting the jet out to pasture in 1993. ... Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Castle Air Museum in Atwater has announced it will be getting a new plane to display at its facility. It says a former Navy A-7 Corsair II Attack Jet will arrive at the ...

The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit against an airplane collector demanding the return of the wreckage of a World War II Corsair fighter that the Navy abandoned after it crashed in a North ...

A Cleveland native, Cook Cleland, a World War II Navy flying ace, purchased two Navy Corsair fighter planes and modified them to win the 1947 and 1949 Thompson Trophy races.

A refurbished FG-1D Corsair fighter, like ones that set off from the flight deck of the USS Intrepid during World War II, on display at a new exhibit in Manhattan at the aircraft carrier's museum.