A-1 Skyraider

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".

US Navy and Marine Corps

AD-1(BT2D-1)

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  XBT2D-1 prototype
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  BT2D-1 dive brakes

AD-2

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  AD-2s in 1948
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  AD-2s of VA-702 in Korea, 1951

AD-3

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  AD-3s of CVG-17
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  AD-3 in the late 1940s
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  VA-923 AD-3s on USS Bon Homme Richard, 1951
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  Sole AD-3E and AD-3S hunter-killer-team
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  AD-3Q, -4N and -5N of VC-33

AD-4

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  AD-4 3-side-view
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  VA-35 AD-4 landing on USS Leyte, 1952
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  AD-4s of VA-55 firing rockets in Korea, 1950
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  VA-75 AD-4s bombing Tanchon, Korea, 1952
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  Arming of a VA-75 AD-4 on USS Bon Homme Richard, 1952/53
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  Crash of a VA-115 AD-4, USS Philippine Sea, 1950
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  VF-194 AD-4 taking off from USS Boxer, 1953
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  VF-194 AD-4s on USS Boxer, 1953
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  CVG-19 with VA-195 AD-4s on the USS Oriskany
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  AD-4 of VA-728 on the USS Antietam in 1951
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  VC-33 Skyraider on the USS Coral Sea in 1952
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  AD-4B dropping a torpedo at China Lake
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  Torpedo on an AD
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  AD-4B of VMA-225, 1956
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  AD-4W landing on the USS Leyte

AD-5 (A-1E)

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  AD-5 3-side-view
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  Marine AD-5 of AES-12 at Quantico, 1961
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  Stored A-1Es at Davis-Monthan AFB
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  AD-5W passing the USS Forrestal
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  EA-1E of CVSG-52 in 1963
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  EA-1F of VAW-13 in 1966
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  EA-1F of VAW-13 on USS Coral Sea

AD-6 (A-1H)

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  VA-15 AD-6 landing on the USS Forrestal
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  AD-6 of VA-25 on the USS Intrepid
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  A-1H of VA-25 armed for a mission over Vietnam
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  VA-25 A-1H with special ordnance in 1965
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  AD-6 of VA-35
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  AD-6 of VA-65 in 1958
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  A VA-65 AD-6 refueling a VF-162 F4D-1
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  VA-104 ADs of CVG-10 on the USS Forrestal
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  AD-6 of VA-115 on the USS Kitty Hawk
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  A-1H of VA-115 on the USS Kitty Hawk in 1966
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  VA-152 A-1H belly landing, Da Nang, 1965
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  VA-175 AD-6s at NAS Jacksonville, 1958
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  A-1H of VA-176 in 1966
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  VA-215 A-1Hs launching from USS Hancock, 1963
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  A-1 of VA-215 landing on the USS Hancock
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  VA-215 A-1H on USS Bon Homme Richard, 1967
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  AD-6 of VMA-331 in 1959

AD-7 (A-1J)

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  VA-25 A-1J on USS Coral Sea, 1967
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  A-1J of VA-145 on USS Constellation in 1964

US Air Force

A-1E

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  A-1Es over Vietnam
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  34th Tactical Group A-1Es in 1965
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  A-1E of the US Air Force Museum
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  A-1E (AD-5) on display
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  1st SOS A-1E
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  1st SOS A-1E armed with BLU-72/B
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  6th SOS A-1E at Pleiku, 1968/69
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  Skyraiders at Nakhon Phanom
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  A-1E at McClellan AFB in 1968
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  USAF A-1E on display
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  Artist's impression of a Tropic Moon A-1E

A-1H/J

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  USAF A-1H arriving in Vietnam
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  6th SOS A-1H at Da Nang in 1969
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  602nd SOS Skyraiders on a Sandy-Mission in Vietnam
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  602nd SOS A-1H in 1970
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  A-1J of the 602nd SOS in 1968
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  A-1J of the 6th SOS

Royal Navy

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  849 Sqn. Skyraider AEW.1 on HMS Albion

South Vietnamese Air Force

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  520th FS A-1Hs
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  VNAF A-1H in 1966

Warbirds

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  Privately owned Douglas AD-4N Skyraider in the UK, wings folded
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  Privately owned Douglas AD-4N Skyraider in the UK
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  Douglas Skyraider AD-4N
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  Douglas Skyraider AD-4N in low level flight
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  AD-4N
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  AD-4N
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  AD-4N warbird flying with a T-28
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  AD-4 with a WWII national insignia
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  VNAF A-1E warbird N39147
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  VNAF A-1E warbird N39147
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  VNAF A-1E warbird N39147
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  VNAF A-1E warbird N39147
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  VNAF A-1E warbird N39147
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  VNAF A-1E warbird N39147
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  VNAF A-1E warbird N39147