- The
Douglas A-3
Skywarrior is a jet-powered
strategic bomber that was
developed and
produced by the
Douglas Aircraft Company. It was
designed by Douglas...
-
States Air
Force (USAF) and is
derivative of the
United States Navy's A-3
Skywarrior, a
heavy carrier-based
attack aircraft.
Officials intended for the aircraft...
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introduced by the US Navy
during June 1961; it
succeeded the
Douglas A-3
Skywarrior as the Navy's
primary nuclear strike aircraft, but its
service in this...
- USS Coral Sea), to MiG 15
February 1968, Lt.j.g. J.P. Dunn KIA: 136 A-3
Skywarrior—7 total, 2 in
combat First loss: A-3B 142250 (VAH-4, USS Han****), operational...
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Whidbey Island,
previously at
NAVSTA Rota, Spain,
flying both
Douglas EA-3B
Skywarrior and
Lockheed EP-3E
Aries aircraft until 1991 and then
strictly EP-3E aircraft...
- U.S. Navy
carrier based attack aircraft such as the A3D (later A-3B)
Skywarrior, A4D (later A-4) Skyhawk, and A3J (later A-5A)
Vigilante were equipped...
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Attack Squadron Two (VAH-2) "Royal Rampants" and
transitioned to the A3D
Skywarrior and
changed its
homeport the
following year to NAS
Whidbey Island. During...
- VP-931 flew the P2V Neptune. In 1956, the
squadron transitioned to the A-3
Skywarrior and was
redesignated as
Heavy Attack Squadron 4 (VAH-4).
During the Vietnam...
- (VAH-10) was
established on 1 May 1961 and
originally equipped with the A-3
Skywarrior.
During the
Vietnam War
detachments from VAH-10 were deplo**** on the following...
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other squadron crewmembers, were lost when the
tailhook of
their A3D-2P
Skywarrior separated and the
aircraft plunged off the deck into the sea. October...
