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| Country:
USA |
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Type: Attack |
| Manufacturer:
LTV |
| Service:
1967 - 1991 |
| First
Flight: 26 September 1965 |
| Production:
1569 |
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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 War 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).
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( A-7D) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 46 ft 1.5 in (14.06 m)
- Wingspan: 38 ft 9 in (11.81 m)
- Height: 16 ft 0.75 in (4.90 m)
- Wing area: 375 ft (34.8 m)
- Airfoil: NACA 65A007 root and tip
- Empty weight: 19,915 lb (9,033 kg)
- Loaded weight: 29,040 lb (13,200 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 42,000 lb (19,050 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 x Allison TF41-A-1 turbofan, 14,500 lbf (64.5 kN)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 606 knots (698 mph, 1,123 km/h at sea level)
- Cruise speed: 465 knots (535 mph, 860 km/h)
- Combat radius: 621 NM (715 mi, 1,150 km)
- Ferry range: 2,485 NM (2,860 mi, 4,600 km (with 4-300 gal external tanks))
- Service ceiling 42,000 ft (12,800 m)
- Rate of climb: 15,000 ft/min (76 m/s)
- Wing loading: 77.4 lb/ft (379 kg/m)
- Thrust/weight: 0.50
Armament
- Guns: 1 x 20 mm (0.787 in) M61 Vulcan gatling gun with 1,030 rounds
- Missiles: 2 x AIM-9 Sidewinder, on one each side of fuselage
- Bombs: 20,000 lb (9,080 kg) on six external hardpoints, compatible with a wide range of general-purpose bombs, including:
- Up to 30 x 500 lb (230 kg) Mark 82 bombs
- Rocket pods
- Paveway laser-guided bombs
- AGM-45 Shrike, AGM-62 Walleye, AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-88 HARM, and GBU-15 electro-optical glide bombs
- 1 x B28, B57, or B61 nuclear bomb
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