Douglas A-3 Skywarrior
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The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior is an American twin-turbojet military aircraft. Its first flight was in 1952. It was first used in 1956. It was originally designed and built as an attack aircraft. Later it was optimized for aerial refueling and electronic warfare as KA-3 and EA-3. The US Navy used it from aircraft carriers for the Vietnam War. The B-66 Destroyer is a variant built for the US Air Force. The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior has been out of service since 1991. The Skywarrior had a top speed of 621 mph, or 999 kph.
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A3D-1 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida in the 1950s
Camera arrangement of a camouflaged RA-3B of Heavy Photographic Squadron 61
An A3D-2 from VAH-9 suffers a nose wheel collapse while landing on USS Saratoga, c. 1959
A VAH-4 A-3B from USS Oriskany dropping a Mk 83 bomb, 1965.
A black RA-3B from VAP-61 aboard USS Constellation, 1967.
An EA-3B of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (VQ-2) lands on USS Kitty Hawk in 1987
NRA-3B of the Pacific Missile Test Center in 1982
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