The A-7D demonstrated its outstanding ground attack capability flying with the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, during the closing months of the Southeast Asia War.

In 1973, the USAF began assigning them to the Air National guard (ANG) and by 1987 they were being flown by ANG units in ten states and Puerto Rico. The A-7D demonstrated its outstanding capability to attack ground targets while flown by the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing at Korat RTAFB, Thailand, during the closing months of the war in Southeast ...

2017年4月26日 · A-7D Corsair II aircraft arrived at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand in October 1972 during the Vietnam War. The aircraft were deployed primarily from the 353d and 356th Tactical Fighter Squadrons, 354th Tactical Fighter Wing …

On 1/22/2024 at 8:52 AM, Joe Hegedus said: I'd always thought that one big reason that the A-7 didn't get much love from the AF leadership had to do with the fact that it was the third airplane in about a 10-year period that as "not invented here", but rather a Navy airplane that was better at the job required than anything the AF had.

The A-7D demonstrated its outstanding ground attack capability flying with the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, during the closing months of the Vietnam War.

Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base is a base of the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) in northeast Thailand, approximately 200 km (125 mi) northeast of Bangkok and about 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the centre of the city of Nakhon Ratchasima in the Nakhon Ratchasima Province (also known as "Khorat" or "Korat"), the largest province in Thailand.

2024年8月16日 · The USAF A-7D began to arrive at Korat Air Base, Thailand during the late summer of 1972, by the end of October 1972, the A-7D had taken over the combat close air support (Sandy) mission from the Douglas A-1E "Skyraider" attack aircraft.

The A-7D demonstrated its outstanding ground attack capability flying with the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, during the closing months of the Southeast Asia War.

2014年10月5日 · The A-7D saw its first combat use with the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing based at Korat Royal Thai Air Base, Thailand. The A-7Ds flew strikes against targets in Laos, Cambodia and North Vietnam. In the two years that the A-7D was in combat over Southeast Asia only four were lost, a real tribute to the toughness of the aircraft and crews.

The 353rd and 355th Tactical Fighter Squadrons (TFS) deployed 72 A-7D's to Korat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, while the 356th TFS remained at Myrtle Beach. This was the first combat deployment of the A-7D into Southeast Asia. This operation was known as Constant Guard VI.