Tamiya 61073 - 1/48 Douglas Skyraider A-1J 'US Air Force  [61073]

Towards Douglas A-1J Skyraider U.S. Air Force

Additionally going by the names Dauntless II, advertisement, A-1 Able puppy, and Spad, the Douglas Skyraider saw nearly 36 months of solution. The Skyraider's development started in June 1944. Maybe not completed in the course of time for WWII, its first combat wound up being offered with the outbreak the Korean War in June 1950. 1st production variation to move right out of the Douglas factory have been designated the AD-1. Twelve years and seven variations later on, over 3200 Skyraiders was in fact certainly produced.
Those forms of, the AD-6 variation, referred to as "Able Dog Six", completed up being stated in top figures. Another and last as a form of the Skyraider, the AD-7, was in fact extremely identical to the AD-6, but it had strengthened wing spars and wing fixtures, and the strongest landing gear of the numerous variations. The AD-7 housed the modern wright R-3350-26WB engine, which enabled a premier rate of 285 knots. Due to a directive to standardize the designation of Navy and Air Force aircraft, AD-6 and AD-7 became called A-1H and A-1J correspondingly.

In 1965, whenever U.S. atmosphere operations in Vietnam became more aggressive, literally countless Skyraiders, just like the A-1J, had been implemented toward 14th and 56th Special Operations Wings (SOW). Armed with Mk.82 and Mk.117 bombs, 20mm wing-mounted cannons, and rocket launchers, the Skyraiders had been present in a variety of combat missions.