Many shot-down pilots recalled that the sound of a Sandy overhead lifted their spirits in desperate situations. During the Vietnam War,…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
Sandy! How two A-1 Skyraiders provided top Cover for a CSAR Mission to save a Downed OH-6 Crew During the Vietnam War
by Dario Leone‘Sandy 07’ assumed on scene command, directing ‘Sandy 08’ to stay high and be alert for SA-7 missile launches while he…
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Cold War EraLosses and Aviation SafetyMilitary Aviation
The incredible story of the Skyraider pilot who landed his SPAD on a besieged airstrip to rescue another crash-landed A-1 pilot
by Dario Leone“Myers gave me a couple of hugs and held up a finger, meaning ‘number one,’” Maj. Bernard Fisher, former A-1E Skyraider…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
How A South Vietnamese A-1 Pilot POW saved a US Army AH-1 Pilot POW while They Were taken to Hanoi Hilton
by Dario Leone‘I was at the end of my life. And the enemy came. The guard looked down on me. He ordered me…
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Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
This Cool Photo features the Impressive Ordnance Load Carried by an A-1 Skyraider during a Sandy Mission
by Dario LeoneThe A-1’s 12 outer wing stations were able to carry 500-lb class stores. The two Inboard Stations (commonly called stubs) carried…
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Cold War EraMiG KillersMilitary Aviation
“Spads four – MiGs nothing”: Skyraider MiG Kills Part II
by Dario LeoneSeldom emphasized about the second Skyraider-MiG encounter of the Vietnam War is the probability that three MiGs were destroyed by Spads.…
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Aboard Midway, the Spad’s radio report was misunderstood as one of the Spads having been downed. Greathouse finally convinced the carrier…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
THE FIRST CSAR MISSIONS AND THE STORY OF HOW THE A-1 SKYRAIDER BECAME KNOWN AS “SANDY”
by Dario Leone“With over 150 holes in the airplane – one in the right wing big enough to jump through – he was…
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Aviation HistoryMilitary Aviation
A QUICK LOOK AT THE IMPORTANT ROLE PLAYED BY USAF A-1 SKYRAIDERs IN VIETNAM
by Dario LeoneThe main missions performed by the Skyraider during the Vietnam Conflict had been CAS to ground forces and protection to helicopters…
