A-1E Skyraider drops a white phosphorus bomb on a Viet Cong postion in South Vietnam in 1966. We were at our briefed 3 thousand feet until the SAM’s started coming our way. Intel told us we wouldn’t have any trouble with SAM’s at that altitude. A lot some pencil pushing puke k...
But over the jungles of that conflict, those fancier warplanes ceded much of the close air support mission to simple, propeller-driven aircraft like the Korean War-era A-1 Skyraider, and to Army helicopters. Such aircraft could more easily maneuver at low altitudes and had the range and ...
The fuselage of the aircraft is built around the gun. For example, the nose wheel is offset to the right so that the gun's firing barrel at the 9 o'clock position is aligned on the aircraft's centerline. The gun's drum holds 1,174 rounds of 30 mm ammunition. The early A-10s carr...
The Skyhawk was designed by Douglas Aircraft's Ed Heinemann in response to a U.S. Navy call for a jet-powered attack aircraft to replace the older AD Skyraider. Heinemann opted for a design that would minimize its size, weight, and complexity. The result was an aircraft that weighed only...
98-year-old Skyraider pilot recalls his last A-1 mission during the Vietnam War at OA-1K Skyraider II delivery ceremony 98-year-old A-1 Skyraider pilot at OA-1K Skyraider II delivery ceremony At 98 years old, retired… The story of ‘Cobber’ Kain, first RAF Hurr...
Cost:1WB Rarity:Rare New Art:No (Judge Promo) Last Printed:Judge Promo Previewed by:Jarvis Yu (GatheringMagic.com) Rating:5.0 The other three little words that strike fear into Magic players: Destroy target permanent. The only draw back is the sorcery speed, there’s pretty much nothing el...
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 ...
Cost:1WB Rarity:Rare New Art:No (Judge Promo) Last Printed:Judge Promo Previewed by:Jarvis Yu (GatheringMagic.com) Rating:5.0 The other three little words that strike fear into Magic players: Destroy target permanent. The only draw back is the sorcery speed, there’s pretty much nothing el...
The Skyhawk was designed by Douglas Aircraft's Ed Heinemann in response to a U.S. Navy call for a jet-powered attack aircraft to replace the older AD Skyraider. Heinemann opted for a design that would minimize its size, weight, and complexity. The result was an aircraft that weighed only...