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Skyraider In Combat: Getting Shot At and Shooting Back

After eight right seat combat rides in the Skyraider and a series of briefing covering subjects ranging from avoiding venereal disease to combat Rules of Engagement and everything in between,…

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Fighter Aircraft

My Fighter Career: Skyraider Weapons Employment

As I became more comfortable with flying the Skyraider, my next challenge was to master the aircraft’s fairly complex weapons delivery system that included 15 external stations.

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Military

WATCH: Spads Head Out on a Sandy Mission Over Vietnam

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History

Watch: EAA AirVenture Sights and Sounds at Oshkosh

Today we’re taking a look at just some of the awesome sights and sounds at EAA AirVenture 2018 at Oskkosh. In our first clip, US Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon…

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Douglas AD-1 Skyraider “Bad News” Start-Up, Purrs, Then Zooms Past in 5.1 Surround Sound (4K)

The AD-1 Skyraider was designed and manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company in Southern California during the early 1940s. The Skyraider prototype first flight occurred on March 18, 1945. In 1946,…

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The Day The Navy Retired The Skyraider Still Smarts Almost 50 Years Later

The film “Saga of the Skyraider” was produced by McDonnell Douglas Aircraft in 1969 to celebrate one of their most successful designs- the A-1 Skyraider. The film opens and concludes…

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Skyraiders Were Rough, Tough Birds…Just Like The Heroic Pilots Who Flew Them

This Douglas Workhorse Threw Everything AND the Kitchen Sink at Our Enemies On March 18th 1945 the Douglas XBT2D-1 Dauntless II took to the skies from Mines Field in Los…

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Military

Hero Skyraider Pilot Lands On Destroyed Runway, Saves Downed Pilot, Earns Medal Of Honor

Spads Were Tough Old Birds and This Medal of Honor Recipient Was Cool Under Pressure. On 10 March 1966, United States Air Force pilot Major Bernard Fisher was flying a close…

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