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...

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...

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...

Raider or Skyraider may refer to: Douglas A-1 Skyraider attack aircraft Flying K Sky Raider, ultralight aircraft Worldwide Ultralite Skyraider S/S, ultralight...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

airplanes; a detachment of airborne early warning airplanes, modified A-1 Skyraiders called "guppies" because of their bulging ventral Radomes; and a land-based...

(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...

combat missions in Southeast and Southwest Asia in the A-1 Skyraider and the F-15E Strike Eagle. A command pilot, he has more than 3,000 hours in various...

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...

killed, Lieutenant Richard Sather, piloting an A-1 Skyraider. Another, Lt. (jg) Everett Alvarez Jr. an A-4 Skyhawk pilot, became the first U.S. Navy prisoner...

the AD-1 Skyraider. Two years later the squadron transitioned to AD-2 Skyraider and was redesignated Attack Squadron Twenty Four (VA-24) on 1 September...

2022. The designation implies the aircraft is a version of the unrelated and long retired A-1 Skyraider, another tail dragger attack aircraft which was...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"attack" (A) designation, when it renamed BT2D Skyraider and BTM Mauler to, respectively, AD Skyraider and AM Mauler. As with many aircraft classifications...

event that occurred during the Korean War. On March 22, 1952, Douglas A-1 Skyraider pilot Lieutenant John Howard Thayer, from VF-194 based on USS Valley...