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The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly designated AD before the 1962 unification of Navy and Air Force designations) is an American single-seat attack aircraft in service from 1946 to the early 1980s, which served during the Korean War and Vietnam War. The Skyraider had an unusually long career, remaining in frontline service well into the Jet Age ...
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.
A-1H of the Republic of Vietnam Air Force 520th Fighter Squadron, Binh Thuy Air Base ... which were given the designation Skyraider AEW.1 These were used from 1951 ...
A-1E (AF Serial No. 52-132649) following combat damage in Vietnam in 1967, prior to restoration and preservation by the National Museum of the United States Air Force A-1G at Hurlburt Field Douglas Skyraider parked at airport ramp. Thunder Over Michigan Air show, 2006. A-1E (AD-5) at Reno Air Races, 2007.
An A-1 Skyraider of the Vietnamese air force similar to the one used in the attack. Quốc and Cử, who were trained in France and the United States, respectively, were given orders to fly their A-1H/AD-6 Skyraider ground attack planes from Bien Hoa Air Base outside Saigon to the Mekong Delta in an early morning mission against the VC. [1]
VA-176 A-1H in 1966 with "MiG-Killer" LTJG W. T. Patton CVW-10 was shifted in 1966 to the USS Intrepid , which was used as an attack carrier for three deployments to Vietnam. During the 1966 deployment two members of the squadron became known by successfully engaging a Vietnam People's Air Force MiG-17 , an unusual instance of propeller-driven ...
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A VA-52 A-1H Skyraider in 1966. On 7 February 1966, LTJG. Harvey M. Browne was awarded the Silver Star for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity during rescue missions in the Republic of Vietnam. On 13 April 1966, CDR. John C. Mape was killed in action, becoming the third VA-52 commanding officer to be lost in combat action.