When Pilot Lieutenant Jim Lloyd launched from USS Saratoga on a Vietnam War reconnaissance mission, a SAM missile hit his A-7 Corsair, forcing him to eject over enemy territory. Pursued by the ...

The term “Birdcage” refers to early models of the Corsair fighter aircraft ... landings on the converted paddlewheel ...

He received his initial training in the A-7E Corsair II light attack aircraft at NAS Lemoore, Calif. Hoewing served with Attack Squadrons 147, 122 and 94, and completed several western Pacific ...