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When the A-1 Skyraider Shot Down Two MiG-17 Jets Over Vietnam
The MiG pilots had completely misjudged the Skyraiders, possibly assuming their speed advantage would ensure early ...
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Skyraider Returns: Why The US Has Resurrected The Vietnam-Era Combat Plane Name
The best of these was the A-1 Skyraider, a star in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the last U.S. military propeller-driven aircraft of its type to see combat. The A-1 was retired from active ...
Air Force’s newest plane, the Skyraider II, honors a legendary aircraft
The Skyraider II is the latest aircraft to pay homage to a legendary plane. The original A-1 Skyraider flew from 1946 to the ...
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US Air Force dubs new OA-1K armed crop duster ‘Skyraider II’ ahead of first delivery
The service on 27 February said the close air support turboprop being delivered by L3Harris will be known as the “Skyraider II”, hearkening to the single-seat Douglas A-1 Skyraider light ...
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A-1 Skyraider
What You Need to Know: The A-1 Skyraider, introduced during World War II, became the U.S.’s last propeller-driven attack aircraft. First flown in 1945, it served through the Korean and..