Air Force Special Operations Command’s newest airplane has been named the Skyraider II, a tribute to the legendary A-1 Skyraider, which saw service in Korea and Vietnam and was made famous by movies ...
The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has launched a new Vietnam war-styled light combat aircraft. The aircraft, previously known as the OA-1K, is now officially named the Skyraider II, a name ...
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How the A-1 Skyraider Defied the Jet Age with Raw Power, Engineering Ingenuity, and Heroic Combat Endurance
“piloting Spads through a supersonic world, tasting the thunderstorms at 8,000 feet when an SR-71 [supersonic spy plane] was hitting three times the speed of sound above 70,000 feet. It was a ...
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A-1 Skyraider: America’s last great prop fighter
The A-1 Skyraider holds a unique place in the chronicles of U.S. military aviation. As the last propeller-driven fighter, it marked the end of an era, combining power, versatility, and resilience in a ...
The delivery ceremony also saw in attendance Lt. Col. Bill Buice, a 98-year-old retired A-1 Skyraider pilot who flew the plane from Jun. 1967 to Jul. 1968 during the Vietnam War, and survived being ...
Powered by a Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone radial engine, the A-1 could stay over the battlefield for hours, loitering far longer than most jets of its time. This made it ideal for close air support ...
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