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An A-1H of VA-115 in 1965. As American involvement in the Vietnam War began, the A-1 Skyraider was still the medium attack aircraft in many carrier air wings, although it was planned to be replaced by the A-6A Intruder as part of the general switch to jet aircraft.
Jones led a flight of four A-1H Skyraider aircraft escorting two helicopters sent out to rescue the pilot of an F-4 Phantom downed about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Đồng Hới. Arriving over the area, he made several low passes across a valley to find the pilot and pinpoint enemy gun positions.
English: A U.S. Navy Douglas A-1H Skyraider (BuNo 139700) of Attack Squadron 115 (VA-115) "Arabs" in flight over the Gulf of Tonkin. VA-115 was assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 11 (CVW-11) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) for a deployment to the Western Pacific and Vietnam from 19 October 1965 to 13 June 1966.
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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
VA-115 A-1H on USS Kitty Hawk in 1966. In October 1965, the squadron returned to Southeast Asia. During six months on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin, VA-115 flew 2,051 sorties, over 8,000 hours and delivered 3,200 t (7,100,000 lb) of ordnance against enemy targets in Vietnam.
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English: A U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1H Skyraider (s/n 52-139738, "The Proud American") of the 1st Special Operations Squadron in flight during a rescue mission, circa in 1972. It was lost on 28 Septermber 1972 during a strike mission in Laos.