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The U.S. Air Force Just Got Its First New Skyraiders
Built by defense contractor L3Harris, the OA-1K Skyraider II won the Armed Overwatch Program and is designed to provide ...
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US Air Commandos get revamped Vietnam-era warbird for covert, strike missions
The aircraft’s flexibility will allow the U.S. Air Force to counter adversaries across the spectrum of armed conflict. The ...
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First mission-ready Skyraider II aircraft delivered to Air Force Special Operations Command
The missionized OA-1K Skyraider II can adapt capabilities for required mission sets be it close air support, precision strike or armed intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
50 Years Later: Nat’l Warplane Museum honors heroic war escape by Vietnamese Air Force pilot
It has been 50 years since the fall of Saigon, which was the last major event of the Vietnam War. A First Lieutenant pilot in ...
Downed in enemy territory, this Vietnam pilot refused to be captured
Gen. John Vogt Jr., commander of Air Forces in Vietnam/Thailand, canceled the day’s 150-plane strike mission to Hanoi and ...
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Vietnam’s air force rehearses spectacular aerial performance over HCM City
In preparation for the grand celebration marking the 50th anniversary of national reunification, dozens of Su-30MK2 fighter ...
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Skyraider Returns: Why The US Has Resurrected The Vietnam-Era Combat Plane Name
The aircraft boasts short takeoff and landing ... including the Republic of Vietnam Air Force. As with many military machines, there were multiple variants, but the one most produced and seeing ...