The Skyraider was tough and durable and included extra armor plating around the cockpit to protect the pilot. While the A-1 entered service too late to fly against Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan ...

That’s because the Pentagon needed a plane that could fly low and hover for protracted periods over a battlefield—a niche that jets couldn’t fill. In other words, the A-1 was America’s original Close ...

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The Optimist Club of Marshalltown held it’s weekly meeting at Mama DiGrados restaurant on Jan. 9. The guest speaker was Don Feld, a former USAF pilot who flew the Douglas A-1 ...

Expected to replace the ageing, prop-driven A-1 Skyraider, the A-6 actually coexisted ... an unusual configuration inside the cockpit: the pilot and the bombardier/navigator sat side-by-side ...