Old Viper Tester Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 A-7D, s/n 69-6217, was a support jet with the 6512th Test Squadron at Edwards AFB. It was primarily used as a trainer for the USAF Test Pilot School (TPS) and as a support aircraft for other aircraft test flights, usually F-15s or F-16s. October 1983, loaded up for an open house static display August 1984 safety chase proficiency mission. I'm in the RCP of an F-4. During the mission we trade off providing chase coverage for each other. July 1989 during a weapons delivery proficiency mission. The trapezoid markings on top of the wing are for optical tracking during TPS spin training/evaluation missions, making it easier to identify the top of the aircraft with ground-based cameras. TPS would spin the A-7 both upright and inverted. On the run-in to the target Just released a BDU-33 practice bomb January 1989 September 1992 - all will be gone in 1993 Thanks for looking, Sven 16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Love seeing all your SLUF pics Sven, thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dot Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 thanks for taking the time to post these Sven Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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