text: V-389 Proposal for an improved performance attack aircraft based upon the A2U-1 Cutlass. The proposal featured a single Pratt and Whitney J57-P-4.
  Operators
  United States Navy
  VC-3
  VX-3
  VX-4
  VX-5
  VA-12
  VA-34
  VF-81/VA-66
  VF-83/VA-83
  VA-86
  VA-116
  VF-122
  VF-124
  VA-126
  VF-151/VA-151
  VF-212/VA-212
  Accidents and incidents
  26 July 1954: Pilot Lt Floyd Nugent ejected from a Cutlass armed with 2.75 inch rockets. The Cutlass continued to fly on and proceeded to circle the North Island of San Diego with its Hotel Del Coronado for 30 minutes, before it finally crashed close to shore.
  11 December 1954: During an air demonstration at the christening of aircraft carrier , pilot Lt J. W. Hood was killed when his F7U-3 had a malfunction with the wing locking mechanism and the aircraft crashed into the sea.
  30 May 1955: Pilot Lt Cmdr Payton O. Harwell's Cutlass suffered an engine fire upon takeoff on his first flight in the aircraft. Harwell ejected and was rescued by a helicopter 15 minutes later.
  Pilot Tom Quillin's Cutlass took off as part of a flight of four Cutlasses. Quillin's aircraft had an electrical failure which forced him to abort his training mission and return to base.
  14 July 1955: Pilot Jay T. Alkire was killed in a ramp strike on USS Hancock.