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    Douglas A-3 Skywarrior is a jet-powered strategic bomber that was developed and produced by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was designed by Douglas on...
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    Navy's A-3 Skywarrior, a heavy carrier-based attack aircraft. Officials intended for the aircraft to be a simple development of the earlier A-3, taking...
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    was introduced by the US Navy during June 1961; it succeeded the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior as the Navy's primary nuclear strike aircraft, but its service in...
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  • Bell AH-1 Cobra P4M-1Q, a model of Martin P4M Mercator A3D-1Q, a model of Douglas A-3 Skywarrior AD-1Q, a model of Douglas A-1 Skyraider Q1 (disambiguation)...
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    1926) Douglas A-3 Skywarrior (1952) Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (1954) Douglas A-20 Havoc (1938) Douglas A-26 Invader (1942) Douglas A-33 (1941) Douglas A2D Skyshark...
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    medium bombers. Other aircraft such as the twin-jet US FB-111, Douglas A-3 Skywarrior and France's Dassault Mirage IV had nominal warloads of less than...
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    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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  • sculpture in Cannon Beach, Oregon, US USS Whale, ships of the US Navy Douglas A-3 Skywarrior, a carrier-based aircraft nicknamed "The Whale" Operation Whale,...
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    the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior. The stick was extendable so that more force could be exerted upon it by the pilot as a fallback measure in the event of a hydraulic...
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    (A-G) Boeing C-135 Stratolifter and KC-135 Stratotanker Convair F-102 Delta Dagger Convair YB-60 Douglas A-3 Skywarrior Douglas F4D Skyray Douglas F5D...
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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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  • the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior and North American A-5 Vigilante, were repurposed from the nuclear strike role to tanker, electronic countermeasure (A-3) or...
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    licence-built development of English Electric Canberra Douglas A-3 Skywarrior — U.S. naval jet strike aircraft; a derivative was adopted by United States Air Force...
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  • (South Africa) Douglas C-47TP EW (South Africa) Douglas EA-3 Skywarrior (United States) Douglas EB-66 Destroyer (United States) Douglas EF-10B Skyknight...
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    difficulties with the engines forced cancellation in favour of the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior. The most notable successes of the T40 were in the field of vertical...
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  • This is a list of United States bomber aircraft, including those with the capability of bombing, meaning aircraft such as strike aircraft (also known...
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    Douglas A2D Skyshark AN/M3 Vought F4U-4B Corsair and all following versions Chance Vought F6U Pirate Chance Vought F7U Cutlass Douglas A-3 Skywarrior...
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    mil). 3 August 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2024. "E-3 Sentry (AWACS)". Tinker Air Force Base. Retrieved 13 April 2024. Eden et al 2004, p. 94. "E-3 Sentry...
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    aboard HMS Bulwark, as a pilot, in the mid-1950s. On his return to the United States, in 1956, he tested the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior and its landing capabilities...
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    strike Douglas A-3 Skywarrior and North American A-5 Vigilante, while the Grumman A-6 Intruder, F-105 Thunderchief, F-111, F-117 Nighthawk, LTV A-7 Corsair...
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    loads. The A-4 was rarely used for refueling in U.S. service after the KA-3 Skywarrior tanker became available aboard the larger carriers. The A-4 was also...
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    Whidbey Island, previously at NAVSTA Rota, Spain, flying both Douglas EA-3B Skywarrior and Lockheed EP-3E Aries aircraft until 1991 and then strictly...
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    and era As fighter-bomber / light bomber: Blackburn Buccaneer Douglas A-3 Skywarrior Douglas B-66 Destroyer English Electric Canberra Ilyushin Il-28/Hong...
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    Cold War. A major construction program ensued, with NAS Sanford redeveloped as a Master Jet Base for carrier-based Douglas A-3 Skywarrior and later North...
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    Attack Squadron Two (VAH-2) "Royal Rampants" and transitioned to the A3D Skywarrior and changed its homeport the following year to NAS Whidbey Island. During...
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    4 May 2016. "Over a dozen 1,000 and 500 pound bombs detonated within the first few minutes of the fire, punching holes through the 3" armor plating of...
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    squadron primarily flew the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior aircraft. On 13 Mar 1960, all nine of the squadron's A3D-2 Skywarriors were launched from the deck...
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    more F-14s and two electronic intelligence aircraft (a Boeing RC-135 and a Douglas A-3 Skywarrior) joined the mission. The flight operation was planned...
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    Western Pacific on the aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea, flying the Douglas A-3 Skywarrior. The squadron won the Navy "E" and the Chief of Naval Operations...
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    could be placed aboard aircraft, first using a Douglas A-3 Skywarrior from the United States Navy that carried a 2-inch telescope in 1965 and 1966. The Learjet...
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