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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 ...
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.
Downed USAF Douglas A-1E, pilot was later awarded the Medal of Honor A-1 Skyraider—191 total, 150 in combat . First loss: A-1E 52-132465 (1st Air Commando Squadron [ACS], 34th Tactical Group [TG]) shot down during night training mission on 29 August 1964 near Bien Hoa, SVN (Capt Richard Dean Goss KIA, one RVNAF observer [name unknown] KIA) [12]: 10
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.
After pilot training, he served as a jet fighter pilot in the Air Defense Command until 1965, when he volunteered for duty in Vietnam. From July 1965 through June 1966, he flew 200 combat sorties in the A-1E/H "Spad" Skyraider as a member of the 1st Air Commando Squadron located at Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam.
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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 ...