Douglas A-3 Skywarrior facts for kids

Douglas A-3 Skywarrior.

The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior was a large American military aircraft. It had two powerful turbojet engines. This plane was first flown in 1952. It began active service in 1956.

The Skywarrior was first designed as an attack aircraft. This means it was built to drop bombs. Later, it was changed for other important jobs. It became a KA-3 for aerial refueling. This means it could refuel other planes in the air. It also became an EA-3 for electronic warfare. This role involved using electronics to confuse enemy systems.

The U.S. Navy used the A-3 Skywarrior for many years. It flew from huge aircraft carriers. It was used during the Vietnam War. A similar version, called the B-66 Destroyer, was made for the U.S. Air Force. The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior stopped being used in 1991.

Images for kids

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  A3D-1 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida in the 1950s

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  Camera arrangement of a camouflaged RA-3B of Heavy Photographic Squadron 61

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  An A3D-2 from VAH-9 suffers a nose wheel collapse while landing on USS Saratoga, c. 1959

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  A VAH-4 A-3B from USS Oriskany dropping a Mk 83 bomb, 1965.

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  A black RA-3B from VAP-61 aboard USS Constellation, 1967.

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  An EKA-3B from VAQ-135 refueling an VF-211 F-8J off Vietnam, 1972.

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  An EA-3B of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (VQ-2) lands on USS Kitty Hawk in 1987

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  Douglas EA-3B on display with wings folded aboard museum ship USS Yorktown at Patriots Point Park in Charleston, South Carolina

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  NRA-3B of the Pacific Missile Test Center in 1982

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  A VA-3B used by the Chief of Naval Operations at Nellis AFB.

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  An A3D-2 of Heavy Attack Squadron 6 (VAH-6) lands on USS Ranger in 1958

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  EKA-3B Bu# 142251 at the USS Midway Museum, San Diego, California.

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  A3D-2Q (EA-3B Bu#146453) on display at the Vintage Flying Museum, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas.

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