List of A-1 Skyraider operators

List of A-1 Skyraider operators

List of A-1 Skyraider operators identifies the county, military air force, and known squadrons and/or variants. The Skyraider was a single-seat attack bomber built by Douglas Aircraft Company. It served in 8 different countries outside of the United States:

Operators

CAM

;Cambodian Air Force

CAF

;Central African Republic

CHA

;Chad Air Force

FRA

;Armée de l'Air
* Escadron 2/20 Ouarsenis
* Escadron 1/20 Aures-Nementchas
* Escadron 3/20 Oranie
* Escadron d'Appui Aerien 1/21
* Escadron de Marche 2/21
* Escadrille Legere d'Appui Aerien 1/22 Ain

GAB

;Gabon Air Force

PHL

The Philippine Air Force used to operate a 15 of A-1 Skyraiders especially during the Marcos administration. The Philippine Air Force operated the A-1 Skyraider from 1967-1991. Most of the Philippine A-1 Skyraider were destroyed either during the Vietnam War, 1989 Coup`d etat or the Communist rebellion in the Philippines and the remaining A-1 Skyraiders were simply replaced by the OV-10 Bronco.

flag|South Vietnam

;Vietnam Air Force
* 514th Fighter Squadron (formerly 1st Fighter Squadron)
* 516th Fighter Squadron (formerly 2nd Fighter Squadron)
* 518th Fighter Squadron
* 520th Fighter Squadron
* 522nd Fighter Squadron
* 524th Fighter Squadron
* 530th Fighter Squadron

UK

Royal Navy

* 50 AD-4Ws [ [http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/newa1_14.html Baugher: "AD-4W"] ] designated Skyraider AEW1;Fleet Air Arm
*849 Naval Air Squadron

USA

;United States Air Force
* 1st Air Commando Squadron, Composite (later 1st Air Commando, Fighter; and 1st Special Operations Squadron) "Hobo"
* 6th Special Operations Squadron "Spad"
* 22d Special Operations Squadron "Zorro"
* 602d Air Commando Squadron (later 602d Fighter Squadron (Commando); and 602d Special Operations Squadron) "Firefly"
* 4407th Combat Crew Training Squadron

;United States Navy
* VA-1L
* VFAW-4
* VAW-11
* VAW-12
* VAW-13
* VAW-15
* VA-3: VA-3B (AD-1) [http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/newa1_2.html Baugher: "AD-1"] ]
* VA-4: VA-4B (AD-1)
* VA-15
* VA-16
* VA-19: VA-19A (AD-1)
* VA-24
* VA-25 (A-1H) [http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/newa1_22.html Baugher: "Navy ADs"] ]
* VAQ-33 (EA-1F)
* VA-34
* VAW-35
* VA-35
* VA-42
* VA-45
* VA-52 (A-1H)
* VA-54
* VA-55 (AD-4)
* VA-64
* VA-65
* VA-74
* VA-75
* VA-92
* VA-94
* VA-95
* VA-104
* VA-105
* VA-114
* VA-115 (AF-4)
* VA-122
* VA-125
* VA-126
* VA-135
* VA-144
* VA-145 (A-1H)
* VA-152
* VA-154
* VA-155
* VA-165
* VA-174
* VA-175
* VA-176 (A-1H)
* VA-194
* VA-195
* VA-196
* VA-215
* VA-215

;United States Marine Corps:"Note - only VMA-121, VMA-251 and VMC-1 flew the AD-1 during combat missions in the Korean War [Mersky "USMC Aviation", p.144] .
* VMC-1
* VMC-2
* VMC-3
* VMAT-10
* VMAT-20
* VMA-121 (AD-3)
* VMA-211
* VMA-212
* VMA-225
* VMA-251
* VMA-324
* VMA-331
* VMA-332

VNM

Vietnam operated some captured South Vietnamese aircraft.;Vietnam People's Air Force

References

* [http://www.abledogs.com/ Abledogs: "List of Navy and Air Force Squadrons"] ;Notes;Bibliography
*cite book
last = Mersky
first = Peter B.
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = U.S. Marine Corps Aviation — 1912 to the present
publisher = The Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America
date = 1983
location = Annapolis Maryland
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0-933852-39-8


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