Now long retired and replaced by F-16 and A-10 units, the Vought A-7 family was a workhorse for both the U.S. Navy and the Air Force, in addition to other air arms as well.  For the history of the plane, see one of the other reviews, as Scott has documented that history pretty well.

This decal sheet offers a lot of options, and two camouflage types.  It also contains extra decals that can be used for other units that operated the SLUF (Short Little Ugly Fella, to be nice).  This is in the form of extra tailcodes for units in the Michigan, Arizona and South Dakota ANG (among others) and a few in the active duty forces like Myrtle Beach, Davis Monthan, and more.

The first example is for a Virginia ANG 149 TFS A-7K (80-288), which requires a conversion set from Falcon Industries.  I don't recall an A-7K kit, so to do this trainer version it would be mandatory.  It comes in the standard 3-color wraparound scheme that all of these birds used except for the Arizona example that could be partially created using the extra decals.

The second and third Corsairs (69-199 and 70-979) are also from the Virginia ANG's 149 TFS, but single seaters in 1983.

Example four (72-192) is the Commander's aircraft from the same unit, with special coding on the tail for the 192 Tactical Fighter Group that oversaw the 149th TFS.

Example five (73-966) is the aircraft flown by the Colorado ANG's 120 TFS, and piloted by MGen. France and Gen. Benedict.  It carries markings for being the unit that won the annual Air Force gunnery meet known as Gunsmoke in 1981.

The last full example is A-7D 72-262 of the New Mexico ANG.  These aircraft were replaced by the F-16s they are known for flying today.

With the extra decals packed on with the multitude of given example decals, this is a very worthwhile sheet I hope to use in the near future.

Editor's Note: You can see that there are a heck of a lot more tail codes provided than are shown on the profiles. Basically, you can do every A-7D unit that had flown the plane up to the time the sheet was produced.

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