Post by Don Gieseke on Mar 19, 2022 18:36:42 GMT -6
Air Power
On this day: 77 years ago, the Douglas A 1 Skyraider (XBT2D-1) made its first flight (March 18, 1945). The piston-powered, propeller-driven relic of the Second World War, became an ubiquitous weapon in the US military's arsenal of the 50s and 60s, and played an indispensable role as a CAS/SAR platform during conflicts in Korea and Vietnam.