| Re: A-7E Corsair II USN VA-25 Fist of the Fleet USS Ranger 1975
Close Air Support/Battlefield Area Interdiction: on a CAS/BAI, or a combined CAS/BAI mission, the A-7 flies to a radius of 460 miles to be on station for 1-2 hours with 1,000 rounds of ammunition for the M61A1, two wing drop-tanks on inboard hardpoints (stations 3 and 4), and six to 12 Mk 82 500-lb bombs (total of 12 on two double MERs or six on two TERs on mid-wing hardpoints, stations 2 and 5), with outboard wing hardpoints (stations 1 and 6) normally not used; for dedicated anti-armor work, the load-out would be two wing drop-tanks and eight Mk 20 Rockeye CBUs on two mid-wing hardpoints (stations 2 and 5), with outboard wing hardpoints not used; ECM pod may be carried |