When the A-1 Skyraider Shot Down Two MiG-17 Jets Over Vietnam. ... South Vietnam’s air force used them until the war’s end in 1975, and some even flew with other nations’ militaries.

When the A-1 Skyraider entered the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Air Force (VPAF) was flying MiG-17s, MiG-21s, and other similar aircraft, all of which were jets. Despite this, the A-1 ...

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.

The original A-1 Skyraider flew from 1946 to the 1980s. ... OA-1K, right, will be the Skyraider II, an homage to the attack fighter designed in World War II and used through the Vietnam War.

Unlike the Skyraider and Huey, the OV-10 was not developed until 1966, when the Vietnam War was heating up. It was powered by twin Garrett-AiResearch T76 turboprop engines making 715 shp each.

Flying low over the jungle, an A-1 Skyraider drops 500-pound bombs on a Viet Cong position below as smoke rises from a previous pass at the target, Dec. 26, 1964. HORST FAAS, Associated Press ...

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider, also known ... Conceived during World War II, the Skyraider saw extensive service during ... This was strictly during the cold war, between the Korean war and Vietnam. ...

The Air Force's new Skyraider II pays homage to the Skyraider used during the Vietnam War. Here, a Douglas A-1H Skyraider of the 602nd Special Operations Squadron flies over Vietnam in June 1970.

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. “I am ...