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From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim (Random Dude))
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Subject: Re: Carrier complement
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Date: 21 Mar 91 01:08:00 GMT
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From: tek@CS.UCLA.EDU (Ted Kim (Random Dude))
In article <1991Mar19.044523.8945@cbnews.att.com> tkogoma%triton.unm.edu@ariel.unm.edu (Gym Z. Quirk) writes:
> Are there any CVs out there still using A-7s? I thought that they
> were replaced in favor of the F/A-18...

It is true that the A-7 in the Navy is being replaced by the F/A-18, 
but that replacement process is not complete. As of two months ago,
the JFK still flew the A-7. Just after the air war started, you could
see A-7s launching from the JFK's catapults on CNN.

-ted

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