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Revision as of 18:36, 27 June 2020
In-Game Vehicles
Rank IV
Service
Korean War (1950-1953)
World War 2 ended before the AD Skyraider could reach production, but it saw extensive service during the Korean War. The payload and flight time (10 hours) of the AD Skyraider far surpassed the jets of the time, and the first ADs saw action operating from the USS Valley Forge with VA-55 on 3 July 1950. AD Skyraiders executed the only aerial torpedo attack of the war on 1 May 1951, when they attacked the Hwacheon Dam, which was controlled by North Korea at the time. Eight Skyraiders participated in the raid, escorted by twelve F4U Corsairs, and seven torpedoes struck the dam - six of them detonating.
Operators
- Cambodia
- Khmer Air Force (KAF)
- Central African Republic
- Central African Republic Air Force
- Chad
- Chadian Air Force
- France
- Armée de L'air
- Gabon
- Garde Présidentielle - Presidential Guard
- South Vietnam
- Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF)
- Thailand
- Royal Thai Air Force
- Sweden
- Svensk Flygtjänst AB - Swedair AB
- United Kingdom
- Royal Navy
- Fleet Air Arm (FAA)
- Royal Navy
- United States
- United States Navy (USN)
- United States Marine Corps (USMC)
- United States Air Force (USAF)
- Vietnam
- Vietnam People's Air Force