A-1 Skyraider

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The Douglas A-1 Skyraider was an attack plane in service between 1946 and the late 1970s. Originally it was designated "BT2D", then "AD" in 1946 until the tri-service designation system of 1963, when it became the "A-1". It was often named "Able Dog", "Spad" or "Sandy".

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US Navy and Marine Corps [edit]

AD-1(BT2D-1) [edit]

  • XBT2D-1 prototype

  • BT2D-1 dive brakes

AD-2 [edit]

  • AD-2s in 1948

  • AD-2s of VA-702 in Korea, 1951

AD-3 [edit]

  • AD-3s of CVG-17

  • AD-3 in the late 1940s

  • VA-923 AD-3s on USS Bon Homme Richard, 1951

  • Sole AD-3E and AD-3S hunter-killer-team

  • AD-3Q, -4N and -5N of VC-33

AD-4 [edit]

  • AD-4 3-side-view

  • VA-35 AD-4 landing on USS Leyte, 1952

  • AD-4s of VA-55 firing rockets in Korea, 1950

  • VA-75 AD-4s bombing Tanchon, Korea, 1952

  • Arming of a VA-75 AD-4 on USS Bon Homme Richard, 1952/53

  • Crash of a VA-115 AD-4, USS Philippine Sea, 1950

  • VF-194 AD-4 taking off from USS Boxer, 1953

  • VF-194 AD-4s on USS Boxer, 1953

  • CVG-19 with VA-195 AD-4s on the USS Oriskany

  • AD-4 of VA-728 on the USS Antietam in 1951

  • VC-33 Skyraider on the USS Coral Sea in 1952

  • AD-4B dropping a torpedo at China Lake

  • Torpedo on an AD

  • AD-4B of VMA-225, 1956

  • AD-4W landing on the USS Leyte

AD-5 (A-1E) [edit]

  • AD-5 3-side-view

  • Marine AD-5 of AES-12 at Quantico, 1961

  • Stored A-1Es at Davis-Monthan AFB

  • AD-5W passing the USS Forrestal

  • EA-1E of CVSG-52 in 1963

  • EA-1F of VAW-13 in 1966

  • EA-1F of VAW-13 on USS Coral Sea

AD-6 (A-1H) [edit]

  • VA-15 AD-6 landing on the USS Forrestal

  • AD-6 of VA-25 on the USS Intrepid

  • A-1H of VA-25 armed for a mission over Vietnam

  • VA-25 A-1H with special ordnance in 1965

  • AD-6 of VA-35

  • AD-6 of VA-65 in 1958

  • A VA-65 AD-6 refueling a VF-162 F4D-1

  • VA-104 ADs of CVG-10 on the USS Forrestal

  • AD-6 of VA-115 on the USS Kitty Hawk

  • A-1H of VA-115 on the USS Kitty Hawk in 1966

  • VA-152 A-1H belly landing, Da Nang, 1965

  • VA-175 AD-6s at NAS Jacksonville, 1958

  • A-1H of VA-176 in 1966

  • VA-215 A-1Hs launching from USS Hancock, 1963

  • A-1 of VA-215 landing on the USS Hancock

  • VA-215 A-1H on USS Bon Homme Richard, 1967

  • AD-6 of VMA-331 in 1959

AD-7 (A-1J) [edit]

  • VA-25 A-1J on USS Coral Sea, 1967

  • A-1J of VA-145 on USS Constellation in 1964

US Air Force [edit]

A-1E [edit]

  • A-1Es over Vietnam

  • Air Commando A-1E dropping bombs over Vietnam

  • 34th Tactical Group A-1Es in 1965

  • A-1E of the US Air Force Museum

  • A-1E (AD-5) on display

  • 1st SOS A-1E

  • 1st SOS A-1E armed with BLU-72/B

  • 6th SOS A-1E at Pleiku, 1968/69

  • Skyraiders at Nakhon Phanom

  • A-1E at McClellan AFB in 1968

  • USAF A-1E on display

  • Artist's impression of a Tropic Moon A-1E

A-1H/J [edit]

  • USAF A-1H arriving in Vietnam

  • 6th SOS A-1H at Da Nang in 1969

  • 602nd SOS Skyraiders on a Sandy-Mission in Vietnam

  • 602nd SOS A-1H in 1970

  • A-1J of the 602nd SOS in 1968

  • A-1J of the 6th SOS

Royal Navy [edit]

  • 849 Sqn. Skyraider AEW.1 on HMS Albion

South Vietnamese Air Force [edit]

  • 520th FS A-1Hs

  • VNAF A-1H in 1966

Warbirds [edit]

  • Privately-owned Douglas AD-4N Skyraider in the UK, wings folded

  • Privately-owned Douglas AD-4N Skyraider in the UK

  • Douglas Skyraider AD-4N

  • Douglas Skyraider AD-4N in low level flight

  • AD-4N

  • AD-4N

  • AD-4N warbird flying with a T-28

  • AD-4 with a WWII national insignia

  • VNAF A-1E warbird

  • VNAF A-1E warbird

  • VNAF A-1E warbird

  • VNAF A-1E warbird

  • VNAF A-1E warbird

  • VNAF A-1E warbird

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