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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]
This aircraft is painted in the markings of Attack Squadron 25 . [51] 137602 – on a pylon near the near base headquarters and the base chapel at NAS Lemoore, California. This aircraft is also painted in the same markings as the NAS Pensacola museum aircraft, i.e., Attack Squadron 25 (VA-25) and a "false" BuNo of 135300. [52]
In 1951, the Marine Corps began fielding the Douglas AD-1 Skyraider ground attack aircraft which had as its main role close air support for the Marines on the ground. Thus many squadrons had their designation changed from VMF to VMA to reflect this ground attack role. 13 squadrons were equipped with the Skyraider until they were finally phased ...
Douglas AD Skyraider: 1955–1959: USMC: Air Task Group 4: Marine Air-Ground Task Force: Douglas AD Skyraider: 1950s - 1 July 1959: USN: VA-25 “Tigers” Strike Fighter Squadron: Douglas AD Skyraider F9F Cougar FJ-3 Fury: 1962–1963: USN: VA-52 “Knightriders” Strike Fighter Squadron: Douglas AD Skyraider F9F Cougar FJ-3 Fury: 1950s ...
The AD-5 Skyraider, redesignated the A-1 in 1962, saw action in the Korean and Vietnam wars as an attack bomber, close air support plane and search-and-recovery aircraft, according to the ...
Douglas continued to develop new aircraft, including the successful four-engined Douglas DC-6 (1946) and its last propeller-driven commercial aircraft, the Douglas DC-7 (1953). The company had moved into jet propulsion, producing its first for the U.S. Navy — the straight-winged F3D Skyknight in 1948 and then the more "jet age" style F4D ...
U.S. Navy Douglas AD-6 Skyraider aircraft (BuNo 139731, 139751, 139753, 139783) from Attack Squadron VA-42 Green Pawns in flight. VA-42 was assigned to Air Task Group 181 (ATG-181) from 1955 to 1957. The A-1H (AD-6) 139731 was later lost while in service with VA-152, Carrier Air Wing 16 (CVW-16) , USS Oriskany (CVA-34), on 14 October 1966. The ...
Douglas AC-47 Spooky: Ground-attack aircraft and close air support gunship: Douglas Aircraft Company: Developed from the Douglas C-47 Skytrain, it itself developed from the acclaimed Douglas DC-3. Succeeded by the Fairchild AC-119 & the Lockheed AC-130. [8] First deployed over Vietnam in 1964. [9] 1964 [10] 1965 53 Bell AH-1 Cobra: Attack ...