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How the A-1 Skyraider Defied the Jet Age with Raw Power, Engineering Ingenuity, and Heroic Combat Endurance

“piloting Spads through a supersonic world, tasting the thunderstorms at 8,000 feet when an SR-71 [supersonic spy plane] was hitting three times the speed of sound above 70,000 feet. It was a ...
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OA-1K Officially Dubbed Skyraider II, Honoring the Legendary A-1 Skyraider

AFSOC leaders broke the news today at the Special Air Warfare Symposium. The name pays tribute to the battle-tested legacy of the A-1 Skyraider, a tough and adaptable warbird that served from 1946 ...