Keywords: A-7Es on USS Coral Sea Op Eagle Claw April 1980.jpg Two U S Navy LTV A-7E Corsair II aircraft of Carrier Air Wing 14 CVW-14 on the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea CV-43 in April 1980 Both aircraft wear black-red-black identification stripes for the later aborted attempt to rescue U S hostages from Iran code named Operation Eagle Claw or Evening Light The A-7E in the foreground BuNo 156872 belonged to attack squadron VA-97 Warhawks and was the personal aircraft of the air group commander CAG of CVW-14 hence the colourful tail markings The A-7E in the background on the catapult was from VA-27 Royal Maces scan from Robert L Lawson ed The History of US Naval Air Power The Military Press New York USA 1985 ISBN 0-517-414813 p 209 US Navy cited as source 1980-04 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy A-7E Corsair II Aboard USS Coral Sea CV-43 Operation Eagle Claw Strike Fighter Squadron 27 United States Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 97 United States Navy Blast deflectors aircraft carrier United States Navy air group commander aircraft |