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    Airframe Family: Vought A-7 Corsair II
    Latest Model:GA-7D Corsair II
    Last Military Serial:68-8223 USAF
    Construction Number:D-009
    Compressed ID:Vought GA-7D sn 68-8223 USAF cn D-0...
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 728, Danville, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-7D-2-CV by Vought at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    1968

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 68-8223.

    From 1968 to 1978

    Transferred to 6510th Test Wing Edwards Air Force Base, CA.

    From 1978 to 1984

    To Technical Training Command, Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL.

    Converted to a GA-7D.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By May 1993

    Loaned to City of Danville, Danville, IL.

    May 1993

    To Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 728, Danville, IL.
    Placed on display by Post 728 to honor Chanute AFB and personnel from 1917 to 1993.
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    5 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    5 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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