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One shining star on the career of the airplane came when six Navy A-7s with Mark 55 [[mine]]s, supported only by several [[F-4]]s and two [[EA-6 Prowler]]s, mined [[Haiphong]] [[Harbor]] in 1972.

One shining star on the career of the airplane came when six Navy A-7s with Mark 55 [[mine]]s, 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.

Despite doubts by some military leaders, the aircraft held its own against [[supersonic]] jets. Only one Corsair was lost in air-to-air combat, to a [[MiG-21]] in May 1972.<ref>''MiG-21 Units of the Vietnam War'', by Istvan Toperczer, Osprey Publishing, 2001</ref>

[[Image:A-7 wing.jpg|left|thumb|250 px|A flight of A-7s.]]

[[Image:A-7 wing.jpg|left|thumb|250 px|A flight of A-7s.]]

===Libya===

===Libya===

A-7's also saw action against [[Libya]] in 1986; after Libyan air defense operators fired [[surface-to-air missile]]s at a pair of [[F-14 Tomcat]]s an A-7E accompanied them and used an [[AGM-88 HARM]] to destroy the Iranian radar. Later, they participated in Operation El Dorado Canyon, a retaliatory strike against Iranian targets with [[AGM-45 Shrike]] and AGM-88 HARM missiles.

A-7's also saw action against [[Libya]] in 1986; after Libyan air defense operators fired SA-5 [[surface-to-air missile]]s at a pair of [[F-14 Tomcat]]s, two A-7Es from the USS ''Saratoga'' attacked and destroyed the Libyan radar with [[AGM-88 HARM]]s. Later, Corsairs from the ''America'' participated in [[Operation El Dorado Canyon]], supporting the main strikes against [[Tripoli]] and [[Benghazi]] by suppressing SAM sites with [[AGM-45 Shrike]] and AGM-88 HARM missiles.<ref>''El Dorado Canyon: Reagan's Undeclared War with Qaddafi'', by Joseph T. Stanik, Naval Institute Press, 2003</ref>

===Iran===

===Iran===