{"id":34,"date":"2026-03-16T03:04:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/2\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-03-16T03:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:04:42","slug":"a-7d-walk-around","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/a-7d-walk-around\/","title":{"rendered":"A-7D walk around"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36\" style=\"width: 980px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a-7d-closeup-rear-fuselage-1.jpg\" alt=\"A-7D aft fuselage looking forward, showing main landing gear and rear of wing stations\" width=\"980\" height=\"559\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Port aft-quarter view of LTV A-7D Corsair II (AF Serial No. 70-0970) at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, showing the &#8220;MB&#8221; tail code, US national insignia, horizontal stabilizer, main landing gear assembly, and underwing stores including a rocket pod and external fuel tank.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35\" style=\"width: 980px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a-7d-aft-fuselage-1.jpg\" alt=\"A-7D aft fuselage\" width=\"980\" height=\"572\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Descriptive \/ Archival Starboard aft-quarter view captured in image_e61671.jpg of LTV A-7D Corsair II (AF Serial No. 70-0970) at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, detailing the &#8220;MB&#8221; tail code (Myrtle Beach AFB), Tactical Air Command badge, Southeast Asia camouflage scheme, and a large underwing external fuel tank.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96\" style=\"width: 980px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-96 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a-7d-forward-fuselage-1.jpg\" alt=\"Forward fuselage of the NMUSAF's A-7D\" width=\"980\" height=\"807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a-7d-forward-fuselage-1.jpg 980w, https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a-7d-forward-fuselage-1-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/a-7d-forward-fuselage-1-768x632.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Port forward-fuselage view of LTV A-7D Corsair II (AF Serial No. 70-0970) on display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, featuring South East Asia camouflage scheme, pilot name stencil (&#8220;PILOT MAJ C. A. CLARKE&#8221;), 354th Tactical Fighter Wing crest, maintenance data blocks, and nose gear door markings.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>A-7D Bibliography:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cVulcan Gun for A-7D\u201d\u00a0 Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology\u00a0 June 5, 1967\u00a0 p.72<\/p>\n<p>[Photo:\u00a0 &#8220;USAF\/LTV Aerospace A-7D&#8221;]\u00a0 Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology\u00a0 July 1, 1968\u00a0 front cover<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;USAF A-7D Carries Variety of Ordnance&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology\u00a0 July 1, 1968\u00a0 p.20-21\u00a0 4 photos<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;News Digest&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology\u00a0 September 30, 1968<\/p>\n<p>[Photo:\u00a0 &#8220;A-7D Corsair Tested with Maverick Missiles&#8221;]\u00a0 Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology\u00a0 June 1, 1970\u00a0 p.53<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A-7D Refueling System Tested&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology\u00a0 June 8, 1970\u00a0 p.57\u00a0 3 photos<\/p>\n<p>Art Hanley\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Four For One: The Genesis of Vought&#8217;s A-7X Strikefighter&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Airpower\u00a0 January 1987\u00a0 p.12-25\u00a0 16 illustrations<\/p>\n<p>Joe Cupido\u00a0 &#8220;A-7 Update&#8221;\u00a0 Air Forces Monthly\u00a0 July 1988\u00a0 p.15-18\u00a0 12 photos<\/p>\n<p>David F. Brown\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Sluf&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Air Forces Monthly May 1992\u00a0 p.20-27\u00a0 18 photos<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Martin <strong>Tail Code The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings<\/strong><br \/>\nSchiffer Publishing 1994 ISBN: 0-88740-513-4<\/p>\n<p>A-7D 70-1051 40th TFS \/ 355th TFW p.91<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/pages\/2025\/08\/f8u-f-8-crusader\">F8U \/ F-8 Crusader &#8211; Christopher M. Reed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; A-7D Bibliography: \u201cVulcan Gun for A-7D\u201d\u00a0 Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology\u00a0 June 5, 1967\u00a0 p.72 [Photo:\u00a0 &#8220;USAF\/LTV Aerospace A-7D&#8221;]\u00a0 Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology\u00a0 July 1, 1968\u00a0 front cover &#8220;USAF A-7D Carries Variety of Ordnance&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Aviation Week &amp; Space Technology\u00a0 July 1, 1968\u00a0 p.20-21\u00a0 4 photos &#8220;News Digest&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 Aviation Week &amp; Space [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christophermreed.net\/aviation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}