 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yokutanga Spey-powered A-7E yakabhururuka kokutanga musi wa 9 March 1969. The A-7E yakasiyana kubva USAF A-7D muna kuramba vachiongorora-uye-zvinodhaka midair refueling gadziriro yapfuura A-7A B. Yakapinda basa muSoutheast Asia muna May 1970 pamwe VA-146 uye VA-147 vakapararira mungarava. The A-7E muchirongwa vakawanda pedyo-denga rutsigiro mishoni pamusoro zvose North uye South Vietnam, pamwe mamiriro ayo unyanzvi kubhomba uye kufamba hurongwa kuva kunyanya yakavimbika uye yakarurama. Most mhepo mapapiro kushanda A-4 Skyhawks uye mangwanani A-7s vakanga re-akashongedzerwa pamwe A-7Es. The A-7E muchirongwa mugodhi Haiphong chengarava muna 1972, uye vakaita basa rinokosha Operations Linebacker I uye Linebacker IIizvo zvakatungamirira kumugumo wapamutemo wokubatanidzwa kweUnited States muHondo yeVietnam pana 24 January 1973. 