A-7As VA-147 taking off from NAS Lemoore 1967

Two U.S. Navy LTV A-7A Corsair II aircraft (BuNo 153220, 153223) of Attack Squadron VA-147 Argonauts taking off from Naval Air Station Lemoore, California (USA), on 15 April 1967. VA-147 made the first deployment of the Corsair II assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 2 (CVW-2) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CVA-61) from 4 November 1967 to 25 May 1968. The squadron flew its first combat mission over Vietnam on on 4 December 1967, losing only one plane during the deployment. The A-7A 153223 was later assigned to VA-153 and crashed into Gulf of Tonkin after launching from the USS Oriskany (CVA-34) on 8 September 1971. The pilot ejected and was rescued.