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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 ...
This is a list of weapons used by belligerents in the Korean War (1950–1953). Personal weapons ... Douglas AD-1 Skyraider (USN, USMC) Douglas AD-4 Skyraider (USN ...
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 ...
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 A-1 Skyraider; Douglas A-26 Invader; Douglas C-47 Skytrain; ... Korean War; United States Air Force In South Korea; USAF units and aircraft of the Korean War;
The squadron flew its AD-4 Skyraiders on strikes against airfields, supply lines and transportation facilities in and around Pyongyang, North Korea. This was also the first use of the AD Skyraider in combat. 12 September 1950: Pre-invasion strikes against targets in and around Inchon and Seoul, Korea, began in preparation for the Battle of Inchon.
The Royal Navy received 50 AD-4Ws [1] which were given the designation Skyraider AEW.1 ... VMA-251 and VMC-1 flew the AD-1 during combat missions in the Korean War ...
On 16 June 1953, a United States Marine Corps AD-4 Skyraider from VMC-1 piloted by Major George H. Linnemeier and CWO Vernon S. Kramer shot down a Soviet-built Polikarpov Po-2 biplane, the only documented Skyraider air victory of the war. [1] The squadron continued support in defense of the Korean Demilitarized Zone through March 1955.