The A 1 Skyraider In VietnamWayne Mutza
In contrast to the Korean War, fought a decade earlier, the U.S. Air Force used the naval A-1 Skyraider for the first time in Vietnam. As the Vietnam War progressed, USAF A-1s were painted incamouflage, while USN A-1 Skyraiders were gray/white in color; again, in contrast to the...
supported by the armed forces, littered the countryside of the North, South, and the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos and Cambodia with nearly 50 billion leaflets – more than 1,500 for every person in North and South Vietnam.
Derived from the Cessna T-37 Tweet trainer, the A-37 became an effective replacementforthe Douglas A-1 Skyraider ground-attack aircraft, which was suffering high losses.After evaluating two T-37Cs in the attack role, the Air Force asked Cessnafortwo prototype YAT-37D aircraft. Each was to ...
And, with these losses, the enemy was indiscriminate with who they shot at and killed. Operation STRANGLE, a massive air interdiction campaign, would start on May 20th. But two days before that, on May 18th, five F4Us and one AD4 Skyraider were shot down, all by anti-aircraft fire ...
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Flynn's A-1 Skyraider while flying somewhere over Dong Thai. U. S. Aircraft dropped leaflets offering $35,000 in Vietnamese currency for the safe return of the pilot. "$35,000 reward. The Department of the Air Force of the United States of America offers a reward of $35,000VN for ...
A-1 Skyraider in Vietnam by Wayne Mutza, TheIves, LouWings of Gold
Republic of Vietnam Air Force 南越空军 The A-1 Skyraider was the close air support workhorse of the RVNAF for much of the Vietnam War. The U.S. Navy began to transfer some of its Skyraiders to the RVNAF in September 1960, replacing the RVNAF's olderGrumman F8F Bearcats. By 1962 ...
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