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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[edit] US Navy and Marine Corps
[edit] AD-1(BT2D-1)
 XBT2D-1 prototype |
 BT2D-1 dive brakes |
[edit] AD-2
 AD-2s in 1948 |
 AD-2s of VA-702 in Korea, 1951 |
[edit] AD-3
 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 |
[edit] AD-4
 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 |
[edit] AD-5 (A-1E)
 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 |
[edit] AD-6 (A-1H)
 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 |
[edit] AD-7 (A-1J)
 VA-25 A-1J on USS Coral Sea, 1967 |
 A-1J of VA-145 on USS Constellation in 1964 |
[edit] US Air Force
[edit] A-1E
 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 |
[edit] A-1H/J
 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 |
[edit] Royal Navy
 849 Sqn. Skyraider AEW.1 on HMS Albion |
[edit] South Vietnamese Air Force
 520th FS A-1Hs |
 VNAF A-1H in 1966 |
[edit] Warbirds
 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 |
