VA-81 Corsair at Luke

A-7E-9-CV, 156807 of VA-81, CVW-17 in "CAG-17" colors assigned to the USS Saratoga and home based at NAS Cecil Field.  This was shot transient at Luke AFB in September 1983.

CVW-17 had two A-7 units assigned to it, VA-83 with 3xx modex numbers and VA-81 carrying the 4xx numbers.

It seems hard to believe the A-7s have been gone so long!