Skyraider returns: Why the US has resurrected the Vietnam-era combat plane name

It's a name that resonated in the Korean and Vietnam Wars: Skyraider. Now the moniker is returning to the U.S. Air Force on a ...
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This Vietnam Star Was One Of America's Last Propeller-Driven Fighter Planes

Powered by a Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone radial engine, the A-1 could stay over the battlefield for hours, loitering far longer than most jets of its time. This made it ideal for close air support ...
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10 Propeller Aircraft Still Used By The US Military

We live in an age of military jet engines and have since the tail end of World War II. For the most part, the majority of commercial and military aircraft are powered by jet engines, but some planes ...
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Post-Vietnam Dioxin Exposure in Agent Orange-Contaminated C-123 Aircraft

The Fairchild C-123 Provider is a short-range military assault aircraft used by the Air Force (AF) in Vietnam. Designed by the Chase Aircraft Company in New Jersey and built by Fairchild Industries in ...