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The A-7 Corsair II was a light bomber and attack aircraft used primarily by the Navy. It was intended as a complement and eventually a replacement for the [[A-4 Skyhawk]].
The A-7 Corsair II was a light bomber and attack aircraft used primarily by the Navy. It was intended as a complement and eventually a replacement for the [[A-4 Skyhawk]].
[[Image:A-7e-dnst9206556 jpg-s.jpg|right|Two A-7E jets in flight.]]
[[Image:A-7e-dnst9206556 jpg-s.jpg|right|thumb|350 px|Two A-7E jets in flight.]]
==Design==
==Design==
The A-7s combat debut came in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]], where it was effective in attacks on North Vietnamese MiG bases and on the [[Ho Chi Minh Trail]] in [[Laos]]. One shining star on the career of the airplane came when six A-7s with Mark 55 mines, supported only by several [[F-4]]s and two [[EA-6 Prowler]]s, mined [[Haiphong]] [[Harbor]] in 1972. Despite doubts by some military leaders, the aircraft held its own against supersonic jets.
The A-7s combat debut came in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]], where it was effective in attacks on North Vietnamese MiG bases and on the [[Ho Chi Minh Trail]] in [[Laos]]. One shining star on the career of the airplane came when six A-7s with Mark 55 mines, supported only by several [[F-4]]s and two [[EA-6 Prowler]]s, mined [[Haiphong]] [[Harbor]] in 1972. Despite doubts by some military leaders, the aircraft held its own against supersonic jets.
[[Image:A-7 wing.jpg|left|thumb|250 px|A flight of A-7s.]]
Corsairs saw combat again ten years later, in strikes on [[Syria]]n positions in [[Lebanon]] in December 1983.<ref>[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_278.shtml Disaster in Lebanon]</ref> They also saw action against [[Libya]] in 1986, and against [[Iran]]ian targets in the [[Persian Gulf]] during [[Operation Praying Mantis]] in April 1988.
Corsairs saw combat again ten years later, in strikes on [[Syria]]n positions in [[Lebanon]] in December 1983.<ref>[http://www.acig.org/artman/publish/article_278.shtml Disaster in Lebanon]</ref> They also saw action against [[Libya]] in 1986, and against [[Iran]]ian targets in the [[Persian Gulf]] during [[Operation Praying Mantis]] in April 1988.
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[[Category:United States Navy aircraft]]
[[Category:United States Navy]]
[[Category:Military Aircraft]]
[[Category:Military Aircraft]]