Aircraft Histories of the Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair IILing Temco Vought A 7 Corsair II won the 1963 competition for a new attack aircraft. The A 7 design was based on the F 8 Crusader but with many differences. Each individual aircraft history starts with the Contract Manufacturers Number, followed by the Bureau Number, Navy acceptance date, flight records, and where available, crash notes and date sent to Davis Monthan AFB for storage. The 1,200 aircraft photographs capture the A 7 at literally every