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...
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year. Former Fleet Air Arm Skyraider AEW.1, WT962. In storage AD-4W 127945 – Owned by Flygvapenmuseum but on loan to Skyraider AB, Karlskoga, for restoration...
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The Douglas A-1 Skyraider, a single-seat attack bomber was operated by eight countries outside of the main user - the United States. Khmer Royal Aviation...
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8 in) T31 cannon Hardpoints: 13 with a capacity of 5,500 lb (2,500 kg) Related development Douglas A-1 Skyraider Aircraft of comparable role, configuration...
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counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft to replace aging types such as the Douglas A-1 Skyraider. A formal United States Air Force (USAF) evaluation of the T-37 Tweet...
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the T-28 Trojan, before both aircraft types were replaced by the Douglas A-1 Skyraider. The B-26s were withdrawn from service in February 1964 after two...
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Douglas' former logo is preserved on the facility though no longer used by Boeing. Douglas 1211-J Douglas 2229 Douglas A-1 Skyraider (1945) Douglas XA-2...
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Sky Raider (redirect from Skyraider)
Raider or Skyraider may refer to: Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft Flying K Sky Raider, ultralight aircraft Worldwide Ultralite Skyraider S/S, ultralight...
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single-seat BT2D that became the Douglas A-1 Skyraider. One of the two XSB2Ds was destroyed in a crash on 10 January 1946. XSB2D-1 Prototype two seat torpedo/dive...
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Stratofreighter Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Douglas F3D Skyknight Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer Curtiss C-46 Commando Douglas A-1 Skyraider Douglas A-26 Invader...
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(ANG) to replace their aging Douglas A-1 Skyraider and North American F-100 Super Sabre fleets. Improved models of the A-7 would be developed, typically...
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role, notable examples being the North American T-28 Trojan and Douglas A-1 Skyraider. Eventually, as the US budget allowed it, dedicated specialized...
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Marine close air support. It was to replace the piston-engined Douglas A-1 Skyraider. The requirement allowed one or two engines, either turbojet or...
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was intended to improve on the performance and firepower of the Douglas A-1 Skyraider. The Thunderbolt II's airframe was designed around the high-power...
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USS Midway Museum (category Template film date with 1 release date)
each year. Douglas A-1 Skyraider Douglas A-3 Skywarrior Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Douglas SBD Dauntless Douglas TBD Devastator (replica) Grumman A-6 Intruder...
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Force, fielded a large array of technologically advanced ground attack and bomber aircraft. These included the Douglas A-1 Skyraider carrier borne propeller...
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United States Marine Corps as a replacement for the propeller-driven Douglas A-1 (AD) Skyraider. The A-4 is by comparison, a compact, straightforward, and...
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AD (disambiguation) (redirect from A D)
British Admiralty A US Navy hull classification symbol: Destroyer tender (AD) AD Skyraider, former name of the Douglas A-1 Skyraider, a Navy attack aircraft...
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VA-145, flying from the carrier USS Ranger, is shot down in his Douglas A-1 Skyraider over Laos. He survives the crash, only to be captured by the Pathet...
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westbound Interstate 5 Interstate 5 in California AD-5W, a version of the Douglas A-1 Skyraider 5W, then IATA code for Astraeus Airlines which operated...
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Northrop YA-9 (redirect from Northrop A-9)
Thunderchief, and McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II proved for the most part to be ineffective for close air support. The Douglas A-1 Skyraider was the USAF's primary...
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configuration, and era Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf Curtiss XBTC Douglas A-1 Skyraider Douglas BTD Destroyer Fairey Spearfish Grumman TBF Avenger Martin AM...
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later model engines that powered the Douglas A-1 Skyraider and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar during the Vietnam War, a custom built combination of the Wright...
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Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone (redirect from Wright R-3350-745C18BA-1)
XBTC-2 Curtiss XF14C Curtiss XP-62 Douglas A-1 Skyraider Douglas BTD Destroyer Douglas DC-7 Douglas XB-19 Douglas XB-31 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar...
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Electric Canberra (Royal Air Force) Douglas F3D-2B Skyknight Douglas A-1 Skyraider Douglas A-3 Skywarrior Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Martin B-57 Canberra McDonnell...
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Singly even number, a number of the form 4n + 2 A-4N, a model of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk AD-4N, a model of Douglas A-1 Skyraider RQ-4N, a model of Northrop...
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four-place aircraft. Also, a single seat cockpit can be redesigned into a side-by-side arrangement in the case of the Douglas A-1 Skyraider, TF-102 trainer or...
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Kiss Them for Me (film) (category Template film date with 1 release date)
Essex-class aircraft carrier, can be seen launching a Douglas A-1 Skyraider type aircraft, though the Skyraider type was not actually used in World War II. The...
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Little Dieter Needs to Fly (category Template film date with 1 release date)
the Navy. After completing flight training, he was assigned as a Douglas A-1 Skyraider pilot in Attack Squadron 65 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation...
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