Ground attack aircraft don't always get the same level of fame that fighter jets do, but they have long served a critical ...

By the Vietnam War, the A-1 was technologically outdated ... Harrison joined the US Air Force as a Pilot Trainee but was medically discharged. Harrison holds a BA from Lake Forest College ...

Its name is a nod to the A-1 Skyraider, a propeller-driven attack aircraft that saw heavy use in the Korean and Vietnam ... planes, which are expected to be retired by the end of the decade. Air ...

Bill Buice, a 98-year-old retired A-1 Skyraider pilot who flew the plane from Jun. 1967 to Jul. 1968 during the Vietnam War ... Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Bill Buice, a former A-1 Skyraider ...

The moniker is a nod to the Douglas Aircraft Company A-1 Skyraider single-seat attack aircraft, which made a name for itself during the Korean and the Vietnam ... to the U.S. Air Force Special ...

LHX, along with Air Tractor, a top producer of purpose-built aircraft, has made the delivery of the first missionized OA-1K Skyraider II aircraft to the U.S. Air Force ... OA-1 Sky Warden aircraft ...

Helicopters followed a 3-4-3 formation, while fighter jets grouped in formations of 3 to 4 aircraft, with the leading group maintaining a distance of 1 to 2 kilometers from the following group ...