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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]
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 Skyraider Wiley Coyote at the 2019 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Airworthy AD-1. 9257 – based at the Warbird Heritage Foundation in Waukegan, Illinois. [8] [9] AD-4. 123827 – based at the Military Aviation Museum in Virginia Beach, Virginia. [10] [11] 126997 – privately owned in Houston, Texas. [12] AD-4N (A-1D)
After bailing out, Jake lands near Camparelli's crashed Intruder and runs to cover with Camparelli. Separated from Jake, Cole is mortally wounded in hand-to-hand combat with an enemy soldier. On the radio, he lies to Jake, telling him he has already gotten away. Moments later, a pair of U.S. Air Force A-1 Skyraiders ("Sandy") appear and provide ...
The two squadrons began receiving their aircraft in March 1949 and conducted their carrier qualifications from 2 to 7 May. VA-45 became the only Mauler squadron to complete qualifications without any accidents. They made a short deployment aboard the carrier from 1 to 9 September and began converting back to Skyraiders the following month. [14]
CVW-10 was an all-attack air wing composed of four attack squadrons, two squadrons flying A-4 Skyhawks and two squadrons with A-1 Skyraiders. 15 May 1966: The squadron flew its first combat mission since March 1945 when it was designated VT- 4 and a member of Carrier Air Group 4. [1] 1967: VA-15 again returned to Southeast Asia on the USS Intrepid
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.
English: A U.S. Air Force Douglas A-1E Skyraider (s/n 52-132649) after it crash-landed near Can Tho, South Vietnam, on 21 March 1965 due to battle damage. Both crewmen were killed.