The best of these was the A-1 Skyraider, a star in the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and the last U.S. military propeller-driven aircraft of its type to see combat. The A-1 was retired from active ...

A-1 Skyraider: The Prop-Powered Attack Aircraft That Defied the Jet Era Dating back to the 1970s and beginning in the 1950s, jet engines were standard in U.S. fighter/attack aircraft.

That will no longer be the case, as the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) decided to name it Skyraider II. The name was chosen in honor of the A-1 Skyraider, a single-seat attack ...