List of Douglas A-1 Skyraider operators

AD-6 from VA-25 Squadron of USS Midway (CVA-41)

The Douglas A-1 Skyraider, a single-seat attack bomber was operated by eight countries outside of the main user - the United States.

Operators

 Cambodia

Cambodian Air Force

 Central African Republic

Central African Republic

 Chad

Ex-Chad Air Force Douglas AD-4N Skyraider.
Chad Air Force

 France

Armée de l'Air

 Gabon

Gabon Air Force

 South Vietnam

A-1H of the South Vietnamese Air Force 520th Fighter Squadron, Binh Thuy Air Base
Vietnam Air Force

Sweden

Fourteen ex RN Skyraiders were modified for use as target tugs and sold on to a Swedish company that operated them for the Flygvapnet - the Swedish Air Force[1]

Skyraider AEW.1s of 778 NAS in flight.

 United Kingdom

The Royal Navy received 50 AD-4Ws [1] which were given the designation Skyraider AEW.1 These were used from 1951 until 1962.

Fleet Air Arm

 United States

An A-1H of the 602nd SOS in Vietnam, 1970.
United States Air Force
United States Navy
United States Marine Corps
AD-6s of VMA-331 in 1959.
Note - only VMA-121, VMA-251 and VMC-1 flew the AD-1 during combat missions in the Korean War.[4]

 Vietnam

A captured South Vietnamese A-1 with fake markings.

Vietnam operated some captured South Vietnamese aircraft.

Vietnam People's Air Force (also known as the North Vietnam Air Force)

References

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Notes
Bibliography
  • Mersky, Peter B. (1983). U.S. Marine Corps Aviation — 1912 to the present. Annapolis Maryland: The Nautical and Aviation Publishing Company of America. ISBN 0-933852-39-8. 
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