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    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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  • 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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    turboprop instead of jet power. While it resembled the AD Skyraider, the A2D was different in a number of unseen ways. The 5,100-equivalent shaft horsepower...
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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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  • 1Q (redirect from 1-Q)
    of 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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    VA-35 — Black Panthers. Callsign: "Raygun." Transitioned from the A-1 Skyraider in 1965. Based at NAS Oceana. Was featured in the film The Final Countdown...
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    After finishing flight training, he trained as an attack pilot in a Douglas AD Skyraider at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. He joined the...
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    compared favorably with a 2.0 rate in Korea and a 9.7 figure during World War II.: 268  A-1 Skyraider—191 total, 150 in combat First loss: A-1E 52-132465 (1st...
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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 turboprop...
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    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 30 mm...
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  • SPAD (redirect from S.P.A.D.)
    planes of World War I produced by Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés A-1 Skyraider, nicknamed Spad, an attack aircraft (1950s and 1960s) Self-propelled...
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  • Douglas A-1 Skyraider. Data from General characteristics Crew: 2 Wingspan: 15 m (50 ft) at least Max takeoff weight: 9,000 kg (19,842 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Pratt...
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    James A. Michener novel The Bridges at Toko-ri, Douglas AD-1 Skyraiders fly RESCAP missions over a downed McDonnell F2H Banshee and Sikorsky HO3S-1 during...
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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 adopting...
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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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    switched to the smaller and simpler Douglas AD Skyraider. Maulers remained in reserve squadrons until 1953. A few were built as AM-1Q electronic-warfare aircraft...
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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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    USS Midway Museum (category Template film date with 1 release date)
    year. Douglas A-1 Skyraider Douglas A-3 Skywarrior Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Douglas SBD Dauntless Douglas TBD Devastator (replica) Grumman A-6 Intruder Grumman...
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    Attack aircraft (redirect from A- (plane))
    "attack" (A) designation, when it renamed BT2D Skyraider and BTM Mauler to, respectively, AD Skyraider and AM Mauler. As with many aircraft classifications...
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    notable examples being the North American T-28 Trojan and Douglas A-1 Skyraider. Eventually, as the US budget allowed it, dedicated specialized counter-insurgency...
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    airplanes; a detachment of airborne early warning airplanes, modified A-1 Skyraiders called "guppies" because of their bulging ventral Radomes; and a land-based...
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  • A1 (redirect from A-1)
    weapons A-1 Skyraider, a US military attack aircraft A-1 flying jacket, the predecessor of the A-2 flying jacket Company A-1, an outfit in the Texas A&M Corps...
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    November 1946. On 23 September 1947, the squadron transitioned to the AD-1 Skyraider, affectionately nicknamed the "Spad," the type it would fly for the next...
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    Northrop YA-9 (redirect from Northrop A-9)
    The Douglas A-1 Skyraider was the USAF's primary close air support aircraft. In mid-1966, the U.S. Air Force formed the Attack Experimental (A-X) program...
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    Consolidated B-32 Dominator Curtiss XBTC-2 Curtiss XF14C Curtiss XP-62 Douglas A-1 Skyraider Douglas BTD Destroyer Douglas DC-7 Douglas XB-19 Douglas XB-31 Fairchild...
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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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  • typically flown by the A-1 Skyraider Sandy (log canoe), Sherwood, Maryland, on the National Register of Historic Places Sandy's, a former fast-food chain...
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    as a ground attack aircraft. The Royal Navy Hawker Sea Fury fighters and the U.S. Vought F4U Corsair and Douglas A-1 Skyraider were operated in a ground...
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