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The Royal Navy received 50 AD-4Ws [1] which were given the designation Skyraider AEW.1 These were used from 1951 until 1962. Fleet Air Arm. 849 Naval Air Squadron; 778 Naval Air Squadron (RNAS Culdrose, aircrew training 1951-1952)
The Skyraider went through seven versions, starting with the AD-1, then AD-2 and AD-3 with various minor improvements, then the AD-4 with a more powerful R-3350-26WA engine. The AD-5 was significantly widened, allowing two crew to sit side-by-side (this was not the first multiple-crew variant, the AD-1Q being a two-seater and the AD-3N a three ...
Douglas A-1 Skyraider Wiley Coyote at the 2019 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Airworthy AD-1. 9257 – based at the Warbird Heritage Foundation in Waukegan, Illinois. [8] [9] AD-4. 123827 – based at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. [10] [11] 126997 – privately owned in Houston, Texas. [12] AD-4N (A-1D)
Pages in category "Lists of Douglas aircraft operators" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. ... List of Douglas A-1 Skyraider operators;
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It is to replace the U-28A Draco, often used for anti-insurgency operations. [7] The AT-802U was officially designated the OA-1K in late 2022. [8] The designation implies the aircraft is a version of the unrelated and long retired A-1 Skyraider, another tail dragger attack aircraft which was used by AFSOC in the past.
The squadron was first organized as the 22nd Special Operations Squadron and operated in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War for two years from October 1968 until September 1970. The 22nd flew Douglas A-1 Skyraiders and was assigned to the 56th Special Operations Wing [ 1 ] at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base .
Douglas A-1 Skyraiders of the 1st and 602nd Special Operations Squadrons at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base during the Vietnam War. The 602nd Fighter Squadron (Commando) was activated in May 1964 for the Vietnam War, and along with the 1st Air Commando Squadron, was a part of the 34th Tactical Group.