When the A-7 Corsairs of the PA "touched" the waves of the Aegean... low flights (vid.)

The A-7H was received by the Air Force in 1975. The initial order was for 60 single-seater aircraft, with 5 two-seaters later received. Initially they operated from the Air Bases of Larissa (347 Squadron "Perseas") and Souda (340 Squadron "Alepou" and 345 Squadron "Lailaps").

In 1993, 43 A-7Es and 19 TA-7Cs were received from US Navy reserves and replaced the F-104Gs in the 335th and 336th Squadrons. From 2002 all Greek Corsairs operated from Araxos Air Base, until their withdrawal on October 31, 2014.

Dimensions:Wing 11.80m, Length 14.06m, Height 4.11m
Engine:1 x Allison/Rolls Royce TF41-A-400 (14,450 lbf thrust)
Armament:1 × 20mm M61 Vulcan cannon, 2 missiles AIM-9 SIDEWINDER, 15,000 lb weapons load
Payment:1
Number in service:127
Country of manufacture:USA
Period in service:1975 – 2014

"History apodexis"... Battle of Thermopylae, Naval Battle of Salamis, 2,500 years

The 3,000 Soviet DSE cannons... The big, miserable lie of Zachariadis

When the plague brought death to Hamburg
by Oliver Diedrich, NDR.de They find the first corpses very close to the St. Michaeliskirche. The dead have large dark bumps on their necks and groins. The sight terrifies people. Because the corpses in the Gerkenshof are the surefire sign:the plague has caught Hamburg. It is the autumn of 1712. Th
When the Swedes burned down Altona
by Oliver Diedrich, NDR.de The flames hit meters high from all houses. People flee desperately from the inferno. The night sky turns fiery red over Altona. Hardly anyone dares to face the flames. But not out of fear of the fire - people are prevented from extinguishing it by force! There are foreig
When the cholera epidemic raged in Hamburg in 1892
On August 14, 1892, a doctor in Altona had the first suspicion of cholera. On August 23, Hamburg officially reports the first case. 8,605 people die in the city as a result of the disease. Help comes from the doctor Robert Koch. I forget Im in Europe. Robert Koch, Director of the Prussian Institute
When prostitutes ruled the Church
In the history of the papacy to the period between the appointment of Sergio III in 904 and the death of John XII in 964 it was called Saeculum Obscurum (the dark ages) although it is better known as Whore Rules or Pornocracy as collected in his Ecclesiastical Annals the 16th-century cardinal and hi