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1970
25th November 1970	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	69-6204	Training at Luke AFB	Crashed during practice landings at Gila Bend Auxillairy Air Field	CAPT Kenneth L. Blankenship [Myrtle Beach AFB] killed	x	Douglas Escapac

1971
4th November 1971	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	157448	VA-81	Near Salt Lake City	Pilot ejected	x	Douglas Escapac

1972
13th January 1972	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	68-8221	ARPS	Crashed and burned about five miles north of Mojave, 18 miles north west of Edwards AFB	Pilot ejected	x	Douglas Escapac
19th March 1972	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	69-6211	58th TFW Myrtle Beach AFB	x	Pilot ejected	x	Douglas Escapac
20th March 1972	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	70-0950	355th TFS /354th TFW	5 miles north of Conway	x	x	Douglas Escapac
7th August 1972	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	70-0997	355th TFW	9 miles south of Wilcox, AZ	x	x	Douglas Escapac
29th September 1972	USN or USAF	A-7 Corsair II	??	x	North of Tonopah	x	x	Douglas Escapac
2nd December 1972	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0312	353rd TFS / 354th TFW Korat	Near Barthelemy Pass, Laos border	Capt Anthony Cameron Shine KIA		Douglas Escapac
24th December 1972	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0310	353rd TFS / 354th TFW	Mid-air with O-1G [Captain Paul Vernon "Skip" Jackson III ("RAVEN 21")] near Xiangkohang, Laos	Charles Francis "Chuck" Riess ejected captured immediately upon landing PoW		Douglas Escapac

1973
11th January 1973	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0316	355th TFS / 345th TFW	20 miles north east of Udorn	Pilot ejected	x	Douglas Escapac
17th February 1973	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	70-0949	354th TFS / 355th TFW	near Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand	Maj J J Gallagher ejected picked up by the base HH‑43 Huskie		Escapac
17th February 1973	Also, I recall the 17th February 1973 A-7D bailout near Nakhon Phanom RTAFB, Thailand. I was the navigator on a ABCCC C-130 orbiting off the Nakhon Phanom VORTAC and listened to the guard channel communicating between the pilot and the ground. He stayed with the aircraft until he crossed the Mekong river out of Laos, then bailed out just as he reached the Thailand side of the river. His last words before bailout were "assuming the position......going." Lt Col Thomas M Sanders USAF Retired in email 15th February 2007
1st March 1973	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0319	74th TFS / 23rd TFW	4 miles south east of DeRidder	x	x	Douglas Escapac
3rd May 1973	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	71-0305	3rd TFS / 388th TFW	20 miles north west of Phnom Penn	1LT T L Dickens ejected rescued by HH-53C	x	Douglas Escapac
25th May 1973	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	70-0945	345th TFW	Cambodia	Capt Jeremiah Frederick Costello (KIA)	x	Douglas Escapac
15th June 1973	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	70-1024	355th TFW Howard AFB	3 miles south of air base, Panama	x	x	Douglas Escapac
31st July 1973	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0378	57th FWW	Beatty, NV	Pilot killed	x	Douglas Escapac
20th September 1973	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	71-0336	76th TFS /23rd TFW	2 miles north east of Hornbeck	x	x	Douglas Escapac
2nd November 1973	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	70-0938	388th TFW	Flameout near Korat RTAFB	Pilot ejected		Douglas Escapac
2nd November 1973	I was stationed at Korat RTAFB for the year, and I remember the 2nd November 1973 A-7D bailout. The pilot was on initial for an overhead approach to Korat and flamed out. A "RAT" (Ram Air Turbine) would deploy automatically after flame-out to produce hydraulic pressure, but a peculiarity of the A-7 was that if the RAT failed the aircraft could pitch hard over and crash from that low altitude. The procedure was to bailout immediately. The plane slowly glided away from the base and crashed. By the time a team from the base arrived at the site, local Thais had beaten them to it and carried off large parts of the wreck. Lt Col Thomas M Sanders USAF Retired in email 15th February 2007
23rd December 1973	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0328	3rd TFS / 388th TFW	Thailand	x	x	Douglas Escapac

1974
1st May 1974	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	73-0998	10Tth TFS	CO ANG	Northwest oF Delhi, CO	x	Douglas Escapac
28th May 1974	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0357	75th TFS /23rd TFW Bradshaw AAF	4 miles east of air base	x	x	Douglas Escapac
30th August 1974	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-03463	23rd TFW	Singer La	x	x	Douglas Escapac
2nd October 1974	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	68-8227	354th TFS / 355th TFW Davis Monthan AFB	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
19th December 1974	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	69-6189	233rd TFS / 355th TFW	16 miles from Douglas, Az.	x	x	Douglas Escapac

1975
12th May 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	73-0993	354th TFS / 355th TFW	21 miles fom Ajo, AZ	x	x	Douglas Escapac
Saturday 31st May 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	69-6224	353rd TFS / 354th TFW	20 miles from MCAS Chery Point, NC	x	x	Douglas Escapac
Jul-75	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	??	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
9th July 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0375	76th TFS / 23rd TFW England AFB, LA	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
21st July 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0373	74th TFS / 23rd TFW England AFB, LA	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
31st July 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	70-1051	354th TFS / 355th TFW Davis-Monthan AFB	Crashed on runway	x	x	Douglas Escapac
31st July 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0306	355th TFS / 354th TFW	30 miles from MCAS Chery Point, NC	x	x	Douglas Escapac
4th August 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0372	57th FWW	15 miles east of Tonopah	Pilot killed	x	Douglas Escapac
21st August 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	72-0210	76th TFS / 23rd TFW	Fort hood, TX	x	x	Douglas Escapac
27th August 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	72-0172	76th TFS / 23rd TFW Elgin AFB	Crashed 15 miles east north east from air base	x	x	Douglas Escapac
11th November 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	70-1018	120th TFS CO ANG Buckley ANGB	Mid-Air with 71-0340	x	x	Douglas Escapac
11th November 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0340	120th TFS CO ANG Buckley ANGB	Mid-Air with 70-1018	x	x	Douglas Escapac
15th December 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	72-0204	75th TFS / 23rd TFW England AFB, LA	4 miles north west of air base	x	x	Douglas Escapac
23rd December 1975	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	67-14586	4246th TW	Tallahassee MAP, FL	x	x	Douglas Escapac

1976
3rd March 1976	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	72-0265	188th TFS NM ANG Holloman AFB	35 miles south of air base	x	x	Douglas Escapac
7th June 1976	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	72-0174	76th TFS / 23rd TFW	15 miles south south west of Mellan, NV	x	x	Douglas Escapac
20th September 1976	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0351	355th TFW	Cloverdale, NM	x	x	Douglas Escapac
27th September 1976	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	74-1753	74th TFS / 23rd TFW	60 miles from Indian Springs AFAF, NV	x	x	Douglas Escapac
22nd October 1976	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	69-6238	354th TFW Nellis AFB	Crashed 110 miles from airbase	Pilot killed	x	Douglas Escapac
26th October 1976	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	72-0207	23rd TFS	Mansfield. LA	x	x	Douglas Escapac
6th December 1976	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	70-1015	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac

1977
8th February 1977	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	72-0185	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
24th March 1977	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	69-6228	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
7th April 1977	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	75-0404	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
15th April 1977	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	73-1003	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
22nd September 1977	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	71-0299	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
Oct-77	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	71-0355	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
9th December 1977	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	73-0995	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac

1978
31st January 1978	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	70-0968	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
7th February 1978	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	71-0348	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
Apr-78	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	??	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
1st May 1978	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	71-0300	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
1st May 1978	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	72-0263	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
2nd May 1978	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	71-0313	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
25th July 1978	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	71-0331	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
26th July 1978	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	72-0183	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
26th October 1978	USAF	A7-D Corsair II	69-6240	355th TFW Davis Monthan	Engine failure over populated area, Tucson, Arizona One ground fatality	Captain Fredrick Ashler ejected		Escapac
26th October 1978	USAF	A7-D Corsair II	69-6240	355th TFW Davis Monthan		[Captain Ashler stayed with the crippled aircraft and ejected successfully at an altitude of less than 100 feet]
10th December 1978 0800	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	72-0203	England Air Force Base, La	Crashed at the end of the runway after take off	Pilot ejected safely		Douglas Escapac

1979
28th February 1979	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	72-0196	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
27th March 1979	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	70-0930	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
12th April 1979	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	73-1001	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
24th April 1979	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	72-0264	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
16th May 1979	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	70-0977	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
12th July 1979	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	74-1754	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
12th July 1979	Jul 13, 1979 NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (UPI)-Mai. Benny C. Watkins. 34. nf. Pineville, La., was killed Thursday when his A-7D jet fighter crashed during a combat ...
13th October 1979	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	71-0326	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac

1980
14th January 1980	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	72-0181	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
8th March 1980	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	69-6205	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
20th April 1980	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	71-0302	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
23rd September 1980	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	70-0947	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac

1981
Jan-81	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	??	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
Jan-81	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	??	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
Jan-81	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	??	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
12th January 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	72-0189	x	Destroyed during terrorist bomb attack	x	x	Douglas Escapac
12th January 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	72-0219	x	Destroyed during terrorist bomb attack	x	x	Douglas Escapac
12th January 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	72-0221	x	Destroyed during terrorist bomb attack	x	x	Douglas Escapac
12th January 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	72-0222	x	Destroyed during terrorist bomb attack	x	x	Douglas Escapac
12th January 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	73-0994	x	Destroyed during terrorist bomb attack	x	x	Douglas Escapac
12th January 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	73-1005	x	Destroyed during terrorist bomb attack	x	x	Douglas Escapac
12th January 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	74-1748	x	Destroyed during terrorist bomb attack	x	x	Douglas Escapac
12th January 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	74-1755	x	Destroyed during terrorist bomb attack	x	x	Douglas Escapac
17th January 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	72-0187	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
29th January 1981	USN	A-7 Corsair II	157540	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
30th January 1981	USAF	A-7B Corsair II	154482	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
Feb-81	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	??	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
Feb-81	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	??	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
6th September 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	??	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
24th September 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	70-1043	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
6th October 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	71-0356	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
11th December 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	69-6206	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
16th December 1981	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	??	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac

1982
21st January 1982	USAF	TA-7C Corsair II	??	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
9th February 1982	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	72-0233	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac

14th September 1982	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	??	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac
16th September 1982	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	70-1032	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac

1983
15th January 1983	USAF	A-7 Corsair II	71-0320	x	x	x	x	Douglas Escapac

28th April 1983

USAF

A-7 Corsair II

71-0361

149th TFS
VA ANG

Engine caught fire near Prince George, VA

Pilot
ejected

Douglas Escapac

1984
6th February 1984	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	72-0249	188th TFS / NM ANG Nellis AFB	Crashed at Nellis Ranges	Pilot killed	x	Douglas Escapac
23rd May 1984	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	??	188th TFS / NM ANG Nellis AFB	Crashed 70 miles north of air base in Delemar Mountains during ACM	Pilot killed	x	Douglas Escapac

19th September 1984	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0296	146th TFS PA ANG	x	Pilot ejected	x	Douglas Escapac
14th November 1984	USAF	A-7K Corsair II	81-0075	198th TFS PR ANG	NAS Orleans. LA	x	x	Douglas Escapac

4th December 1984

USAF

A-7D Corsair II

70-0969

4450th
Nellis AFB

Crashed Nellis ranges

Pilot
killed

Douglas Escapac

Mar 7, 1985
The crash of an Air Force jet that plunged into the Gulf of Mexico about 15 miles ... 1984 a pilot ejects to safety as his Navy ta-7 Jet crashed into a lake

1985
10th July 1985	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0367	166th TFS OH ANG	Engine failure. Jefferson Proving Grounds	Pilot ejected	x	Douglas Escapac
8th August 1985	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	69-6198	4450th TG / 185th TFG Tinker Air Force Base	Engine problems. Crashed near Oklahoma City	Major Denny D. Nielsen ANG ejected	x	Douglas Escapac
8th August 1985	The plane, an A-7D attack jet, apparently lost power and caught fire over a densely populated section of the Oklahoma City suburb of Midwest City, said Bill George, spokesman for nearby Tinker Air Force Base.
27th August 1985	USAF	A‑7D Corsair II	70‑0965	188th TFS NM ANG	lost power and crashed, 45 NM SE of Kirtland AFB, NM, USA	Steven J. Ver Helst* ??? ejected safely		Douglas Escapac
27th August 1985	ejected from an A-7 Corsair aircraft during the low-level portion of a training mission to the bombing range. Ejection injuries were severe, including the complete fracture of a cervical vertebra. A broken neck, a destroyed aircraft and months of physical rehabilitation were ample reasons for anxiety over future flight prospects. 150th Fighter Wing, Col. Steven J. Ver Helst - CONFIRMATION OF PILOT IS NEEDED
10th September 1985	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	73-1012	162nd TFS OH ANG	Crashed near Indiantown Gap Range, PA	Pilot killed	x	Douglas Escapac

Oct 4, 1985
A-7 Corsair jet loaded with bombs and ammunition crashed at the Twentynine ... ejected seconds before the crash and landed near the wreckage-and used hand ...

1986

10th January 1986 JET FIGHTER CRASHES IN FOREST -- RESCUERS HUNT 2 ABOARD

The fatal crash and the February crash involved the Corsair II light attack jet. The other crash was of a TA-7 jet trainer bomber.

1987
20th October 1987	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	69‑6207 LV	4450th TG Nellis AFB	Engine flamed out. It was returning to its home base from Pittsburgh. Crashed into a Ramada Inn hotel in Indianapolis, There were several fatalities including guests and hotel employees	Maj. Bruce L. Teagarden ejected - minor injuries		Douglas Escapac

1988
22nd June 1988	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	72-0184	112th TFS OH ANG	Engine problems. Crashed 1 mile short of runway at Toleda Express Airport	MAJ Gill ejected	x	Douglas Escapac
4th July 1988	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	75-0391	162nd TFG AZ ANG Davis Monthan	Ruby MO Airport	Pilot killed		Douglas Escapac
4th August 1988	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	72-0257	166th TFS OH ANG Tyndall AFB	Shot down with AMRAAM	x	x	Douglas Escapac
28th December 1988	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0363	188th TFS NM ANG	Crashed near Clovis, Melrose range, NM	x	x	Douglas Escapac

1989
3rd March 1989	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	72-0246	166th TFS / 121st TFW Ohio ANG Rickenbacker AFB	Engine failure, crashed in southern Ohio	Pilot ejected safely	Douglas Escapac
4th April 1989	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	72-0173	124th TFS / 132nd TFW Iowa ANG, Des Moines Airport	crashed west of Junction City, Kansas	Pilot ejected safely	Douglas Escapac

1990
30th May 1990	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	70-1050 SD	South Dakota ANG/175th TFS	collided head on in mid-air near Spencer, Iowa during a mock dogfight. Both aircraft exploded in a ball of flame	Pilot ejected		Douglas Escapac
30th May 1990	USAF	A-7K Corsair II	80-0292 SD	South Dakota ANG/175th TFS				Douglas Escapac
						Pilot ejected	Ward Bushee editor of a newspaper in Sioux Falls, South Dakota ejected	Douglas Escapac
THE FLIGHT WAS CONSIDERED routine. The South Dakota Air National Guard would suit up the executive editor of a local paper and take him soaring through the sky aboard an A-7K jet fighter. The editor would soon see there was nothing to the National Guard flyovers. Maybe after the flight, the South Dakota Argus Leader would lay off on the criticism. Sure, the pilots would toy with the editor a little. But he'd be back down in no time, undoubtedly convinced of the jets' inherent safety. Maybe not. The flight began uneventfully, and for a while Executive Editor Ward H. Bushee III was enjoying the scenery 20,000 feet over Iowa farmland. Suddenly, with Bushee watching so closely he could see the whites of the other pilot's eyes, the two jets collided in mid-air. The din was incredible: As the other plane clipped the tail of Bushee's jet, it sounded like a train wreck. Then there was a fireball. "I ejected out of the plane on fire," recalls Bushee. "It was a surrealistic experience. I got to the top of the ejection and poof, the flames went out. You look down and it's completely quiet. All these pieces of the plane are shimmering down near you and you think, `Wow. I'm still alive.' " Nine years later, the memory has yet to fade for Bushee, now 50, as he tells the tale for the umpteenth time in his new corner office on the 19th floor of the Cincinnati Enquirer. "If you get really close to a life and death situation, it changes your outlook," he says. "I'm not scared of flying anymore. I've had my accident. It's given me a perspective on how to behave in key pressure situations. Any stressful situation can't be worse than what I went through." Pause. "I know what you are thinking," Bushee says. "That it's given me good training for this job."

1991
26th January 1991	USN	A-7E Corsair II	158830 AC-403	VA-72	Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia. Nosegear failed during launch	x	x	Douglas Escapac
17th March 1991	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	70-0953	198th TFS PR ANG Muniz ANGB San Juan	Damaged by saboteurs	x	x	Douglas Escapac
Friday 17th May 1991	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	70-1045	112th TFS /180th TFW Ohio ANG Toledo Express Airport	10 miles north of Lake City	CAPT Ken Ackers ejected flown to Moody AFB	x	Douglas Escapac
19th November 1991	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	71-0323	162nd TFS OH ANG	x	Pilot killed	x	Douglas Escapac
30th November 1991	USAF	A-7D Corsair	70-1054	180th Ohio Air National Guard	Encountered problems during a routine training exercise over Lake Huron	Lieutenant Young ejected and parachuted safely into the lake about a mile f . .rom shore.		Douglas Escapac
30th November 1991	. . . but a subsequent rescue mission to retrieve him from the water was hindered by 40-knot winds and seven-foot waves, and Young’s body was never recovered.

1992
Saturday 11th January 1992	USAF	A-7D Corsair II	75-0396	188th TFS New Mexico Air National Guard	Crashed near Santa Rosa	COL. Williams ??? killed	x	Douglas Escapac


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