A U.S. Navy Vought A-7E <i>Corsair II</i> aircraft (BuNo 159971) of attack squadron VA-72 <i>Blue Hawks</i> takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier <i>USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)</i> during "Operation Desert Storm" in early 1991. VA-72 was assigned to <i>Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3)</i> aboard <i>JFK</i> from 15 August 1990 to 28 March 1991. This was the last deployment for the A-7 <i>Corsair</i>. A-7E 159971 was passed on to the National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola (Florida, USA), and was loaned by the museum to Carolinas Aviation Museum, Charlotte (North Carolina).
photographer: Senior Airman Chris Putman, USN
1991
U.S. DefenseImagery <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.defenseimagery.mil">[1]</a> photo VIRIN: DF-ST-92-08080 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=DFST9208080&amp;JPGPath=/Assets/1986/Navy/DF-ST-92-08080.JPG">[2]</a>