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A-1 Skyraider: The U.S. Military's Last Propeller-Driven Fighter
A-1 Skyraider: The Prop-Powered Attack Aircraft That Defied the Jet Era Dating back to the 1970s and beginning in the 1950s, jet engines were standard in U.S. fighter/attack aircraft.
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The A-1 Skyraider Was America’s First Close Air Support Fighter
That’s because the Pentagon needed a plane that could fly low and hover for protracted periods over a battlefield—a niche that jets couldn’t fill. In other words, the A-1 was America’s original Close ...
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The A-6 Intruder Bomber Fought Hard for the Navy and Marines in Vietnam
The airframe resulted from a Bureau of Aeronautics request for an all-weather attack aircraft that could one ... prop-driven A-1 Skyraider, the A-6 actually coexisted with the A-1 in service ...
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When undertaking re-supply missions in the a shau Valley the Caribou aircraft of RAAF Transport ...
When undertaking re-supply missions in the a shau Valley the Caribou aircraft of RAAF Transport Flight Vietnam (RTFV) would have an accompanying fighter escort, in this case a Vietnamese National Air ...