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Douglas A-1H Skyraider VA-115 1967
Douglas A-1H Skyraider of the US Navy in 1967.

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider is an attack aircraft designed and built in the United States. Its first flight was in 1945, but it was too late to be flown in World War II. Originally designed for the US Navy, it was also used by the US Air Force, Fleet Air Arm and French Air Force. It was used by US pilots in the Korean War and Vietnam War, and by the French in the Algeria War. Some were modified for reconnaissance or electronic warfare. Before 1962, the US Navy's A-1 were called AD.

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  • Douglas XBT2D-1 Skyraider prototype NACA

    A Douglas XBT2D-1 Skyraider prototype

  • AE-1 Skyraider - Chino Airshow (cropped)

    A-1E Skyraider in RVNAF colors during an air show

  • AD Skyraider VA-195 USS Princeton

    AD-4 Skyraider taking off from USS Princeton during the Korean War

  • A-1E 1SOS PavePat 1968

    A 1st SOS A-1E carrying a BLU-72/B, 1968

  • A-1H 602SOS Jun1970

    A 602nd SOS A-1H in June 1970

  • Vietnamese Air Force A-1E Skyraider drops napalm, circa in 1967 (cph.3c28858)

    A RVNAF A-1E Skyraider drops two napalm bombs on a Viet Cong hideout near Cần Thơ, South Vietnam, circa 1967.

  • A-1H Skyraider of VA-25 with toilet bomb on USS Midway (CVA-41) in October 1965 (NNAM.1996.253.2381)

    A-1H "Paper Tiger II" carrying a joke bomb made from a toilet in October 1965

  • VNAF Skyraider at Da Nang 1967

    An A-1H Skyraider of the VNAF 516th Fighter Squadron being loaded with napalm at Da Nang Air Base in 1967

  • Skyraider AEW1 778 RNAS Culdrose

    Four Royal Navy Douglas Skyraider AEW.1s from D Flight 849 Naval Air Squadron, based at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, in flight in the 1950s

  • Douglas XBT2D-1 Skyraider on the ground, circa 1945

    The XBT2D-1 in 1945

  • Douglas AD-1Q Skyraider VC-35

    VC-35 AD-1Q in the late 1940s

  • AD-3Q AD-4N AD-5N VC-33 NAS Atlantic City NAN6-55

    VC-33 AD-3Q, AD-4N, and AD-5N in 1955

  • Douglas AD-4W Skyraider of VC-12 landing aboard USS Leyte (CVA-32), in 1952

    AD-4W AEW aircraft landing on USS Leyte

  • AD-5 Skyraider VMA-331 1950s

    VMA-331 AD-5 in flight

  • EA-1F VAW-13 1966

    EA-1F (AD-5Q) ECM aircraft, BuNo 135010, of CVW-9 in 1966

  • AD-5W on deck USS Kearsarge 1957-58

    VAW-11 AD-5W aboard USS Kearsarge, 1958

  • Douglas AD-6 Skyraiders of VA-42 in flight, in October 1955

    AD-6s from VA-42

  • AD-4 BuAer 3 side view

    Line drawings for the AD-4 Skyraider.

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