page_title: 138th Fighter Wing
section_title: Tactical Fighter mission
hierarchical_section_title: 138th Fighter Wing / History / Tactical Fighter mission
caption_attribution_description: English: 125th Tactical Fighter Squadron A-7D-5-CV Corsair II 69-6229 1972: Aircraft delivered to 354th Tactical Fighter Wing/355th TFS, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC (c/n D-059) Transferred to 125th Tactical Fighter Squadron, OK Air National Guard, 1977 Transferred to AMARC as AE0064 Sep 30, 1991 Disposition:04-APR-97 / To National, Kolb Rd, Tucson, AZ. Now on static display at at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ
context_page_description: The 138th Fighter Wing is a unit of the Oklahoma Air National Guard, stationed at the Tulsa Air National Guard Base at Tulsa International Airport in Tulsa, Oklahoma. If activated to federal service as a United States Air Force unit, the 138 FW is gained by the Air Combat Command.
context_section_description: With the retirement of the Globemasters, the 138th was transferred to Tactical Air Command on 25 January 1973, with the 125th Tactical Fighter Squadron being re-equipped with veteran F-100D/F Super Sabre tactical fighter bombers that were returning from the Vietnam War.  The Super Sabre was dedicated fighter-bomber, with no concession being made to a secondary air-superiority role and the squadron trained in using the fighter for ground support. Beginning in 1975, the 125th began a NATO commitment, with squadron aircraft and personnel deploying to the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) for Autumn Forge/Cold Fire/Reforger exercises.
  In 1978, the F-100s were being retired, and they were replaced with A-7D Corsair II subsonic tactical close air support aircraft from the 23d Tactical Fighter Wing, England AFB, Louisiana along with the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Myrtle Beach AFB, South Carolina which were converting to the A-10 Thunderbolt II.  The aircraft had excellent accuracy with the aid of an automatic electronic navigation and weapons delivery system. Although designed primarily as a ground attack aircraft, it also had limited air-to-air combat capability.   In 1980, the 125th received the new twin-seat A-7K trainer and also received the Low Altitude Night Attack modification to the A-7D.
caption: 125th Tactical Fighter Squadron A-7D Corsair II, AF Ser. No. 69-6229, circa 1989
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