A U.S. Navy Ling Temco Vought A-7E-5-CV <i>Corsair II</i> (BuNo 156849) from Attack Squadron VA-146 <i>Blue Diamond</i> in flight. VA-146 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) aboard the aircraft carrier USS <i>Constellation</i> (CVA-64) for a deployment to Vietnam from 1 October 1971 to 1 July 1972. The A-7E 156849 suffered an engine failure during a strike on 22 January 1972. The pilot ejected over the Gulf of Tonkin and was rescued.
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circa 1971 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1971-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
Official U.S. Navy photograph <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv64-71/143.htm">[1]</a> from the USS <i>Constellation</i> (CVA-64) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://navysite.de/cruisebooks/cv64-71/index_023.htm">1971-72 Cruise Book</a>.