A-1 Skyraider: Propelling Through Time with a Classic Airframe. The A-1 first flew while Hitler still ruled Germany, in March 1945. The piston-engined prop plane entered service the following year ...

One Skyraider departing Dallas was loaded with 27,000 pounds of fuel and ordnance, the same as a C-47 cargo aircraft. Yet in Vietnam it was made myth of the Skyraider.

The Skyraider II is the latest aircraft to pay homage to a legendary plane. The original A-1 Skyraider flew from 1946 to the 1980s.

An A-1 Skyraider sits on the flight line at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, March 4, 2021. The Skyraider was a close-air support aircraft used in Korea and Vietnam.

It's a name that resonated in the Korean and Vietnam Wars: Skyraider. Now the moniker is returning to the U.S. Air Force on a new generation of planes. Why?

The A-1 Skyraider was used heavily during the Vietnam War, and its success can be seen in the number of aircraft losses vs. how many sorties were flown.

Douglas AD-5N Skyraider of VA(AW)-33 Det.42 circa in 1958 (Image credit: U.S. Navy) Among its variants, the AD-5N was a specialized version of the Skyraider, featuring a widened fuselage to ...

Its name is a nod to the A-1 Skyraider, a propeller-driven attack aircraft that saw heavy use in the Korean and Vietnam wars before its retirement in 1973, according to the command.

The plane that wears the Skyraider now is known in its other form as the multi-mission OA-1 Sky Warden, it too a derivation of the Air Tractor AT-802, an agricultural aircraft used on a pretty ...

Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Bill Buice, a former A-1 Skyraider pilot, poses for a photo in front of the new OA-1K Skyraider II at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 3, 2025.

Its name is a nod to the A-1 Skyraider, a propeller-driven attack aircraft that saw heavy use in the Korean and Vietnam wars before its retirement in 1973, according to the command.

A-1 Skyraider: Propelling Through Time with a Classic Airframe. The A-1 first flew while Hitler still ruled Germany, in March 1945. The piston-engined prop plane entered service the following year ...