HISTORY:

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly known as AD Skyraider) is an American single-seat attack aircraft that entered service between the late 1940s and early 1980s. The Skyraider had a remarkably long and successful career. ; it became a piston- and thruster-powered anachronism in the jet age, and was nicknamed "Spad", after the French fighter of the First World War. [two]

Paper:

Attack aircraft

national origin:

USA

Maker:

Douglas Aircraft Company

First flight:

March 18, 1945

Introduction:

1946

Retired:

1973 (US use)
1985 Gabonese Air Force [1]

Primary users:

Navy of the
United States

United States Air Force

Royal Navy

Air Force
from South Vietnam

Produced:

1945-1957

Built number:

3,180
Developed in:

Douglas A2D Skyshark

It was operated by the United States Navy (USN), the United States Marine Corps (USMC), and the United States Air Force (USAF), and also entered service with the British Royal Navy, Air Force French and the Republic of Vietnam. Air Force (RVNAF) and others. It remained in service in the United States until the early 1970s.

Controls:

AG1: Arresting hook
AG2: Release fuel tank
AG7: Fold the wings

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