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

• 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

 Gabon

Gabon Air Force

 South Vietnam

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

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

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

• 849 Naval Air Squadron
• 778 Naval Air Squadron (RNAS Culdrose, aircrew training)

 United States

An A-1H of the 602nd SOS in Vietnam, 1970.

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
• VA-3: VA-3B/VA-44 (AD-1)^[2]
• VA-4: VA-4B/VA-45 (AD-1)^[2]
• VA-15
• VA-16
• VA-19A: VA-19A (AD-1)^[2]
• VA-24
• VA-25 (A-1H) ^[3]
• VAQ-33 (EA-1F)^[3]
• VA-34
• VA-35
• VA-42
• VA-45
• VA-52 (A-1H)^[3]
• VA-54
• VA-55 (AD-4)^[3]
• VA-64
• VA-65
• VA-74
• VA-75
• VA-95
• VA-104
• VA-105
• VA-114
• VA-115
• VA-122
• VA-125
• VA-126
• VA-135
• VA-145 (A-1H)^[3]
• VA-152
• VA-154
• VA-155
• VA-165
• VA-174
• VA-175
• VA-176 (A-1H)^[3]
• VA-194
• VA-195
• VA-196
• VA-215

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]

• VMC-1
• VMC-2
• VMC-3
• VMAT-10
• VMAT-20
• VMA-121 (AD-3)^[3]
• VMA-211
• VMA-212
• VMA-225
• VMA-251
• VMA-324
• VMA-331
• VMA-332

 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

• Abledogs: List of Navy and Air Force Squadrons

Notes

1. Service of AD Skyraider with Fleet Air Arm
2. Baugher: AD-1
3. Baugher: Navy ADs
4. Mersky USMC Aviation, p.144

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.