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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]
The A-1 Skyraider (AF Ser. No. 52-132649) that Fisher flew into the A Shau Valley was saved and restored and is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. [10] His past AFROTC Detachment, Detachment 850, has been dubbed the Skyraiders after him.
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.
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.
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An A-1J Skyraider of VA-196 in 1964. August–October 1964: The squadron was involved in operations off the coast of Vietnam following the Tonkin Gulf Incident . 14-15 November 1965: The squadron provided Close Air Support (CAS) to elements of the 7th Cavalry Regiment/1st Cavalry Division in the Ia Drang Valley during the Battle at Landing Zone ...
A routine flight became a first-class reunion for a pilot and one of his passengers.. On a United Airlines flight in Houston, Texas, the pilot came on the overhead speaker to deliver a special ...