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The piston-engined, propeller-driven Skyraider was designed during World War II to meet United States Navy requirements for a carrier-based, single-seat, long-range, high performance dive/torpedo bomber, to follow on from earlier aircraft such as the Douglas SBD Dauntless, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver and the Grumman TBF Avenger. [5]
Douglas AD-4NA Skyraider on display at the Air Zoo Douglas AD-5W Skyraider at Bremerton National Airport. 125739 – United States Naval Museum of Armament and Technology, NAWS China Lake (North) in Ridgecrest, California. [36] 126924 – Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California. [37] [38] 127888 – Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan. [39] AD-4W
A Swedish Skyraider in outdoor storage at the Swedish Air Force Museum. Svensk Flygtjänst AB operated 14 ex-Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Skyraiders, modified for use as target tugs for the Swedish Air Force. [1] Skyraider AEW.1s of 778 NAS in flight.
English: A U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider (s/n 52-132649) after it crash-landed near Can Tho, South Vietnam, on 21 March 1965 due to battle damage. Both crewmen were killed. The wreck was recovered and returned to service.
Known as "The World Famous Fighting Tigers", VA-65 was one of the last medium attack squadrons to fly the A-6 Intruder and the A-1 Skyraider. It was the second squadron to be designated VA-65, the first VA-65 was redesignated from VA-6B on 27 July 1948 and would be redesignated as VA-25 on 1 July 1959.
On Tuesday, Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater made a rare public appearance in New York City, heading to dinner. The couple were photographed descending from their black car, dressed in matching ...
Dieter Dengler (May 22, 1938 – February 7, 2001) was a German-born United States Navy aviator who was shot down over Laos and captured during the Vietnam War.After six months of imprisonment and torture, and 23 days on the run, he became only the second captured US airman to escape during the war.
During that encounter, Barber saw an egg-shaped aircraft with “no engine” from 100 feet away while wearing night goggles, he said in the interview, which will air in full Saturday.