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History:
In the spring of 1946, a few XBT2D-1s were delivered to the Pacific Fleet Air Headquarters at NAS Alameda for service trials. In December of 1946,
VA-19A at NAS Alameda was declared operational with the AD-1. Deliveries to two Atlantic Fleet squadrons, VA-3B and VA-4B, began in April of 1947.
These two units completed carrier qualification trials aboard the USS Sicily. They were soon deployed aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Throughout the late 1940s, more and more Navy carrier-based units were equipped with Skyraiders of various versions. As the year 1950 began,
it appeared that the production of the Skyraider was going to be winding down quite shortly, with 12 Navy AD attack squadrons, plus two AD-4N
night attack and two AD-3W early warning squadrons already in service. Throughout the Korean conflict, the Skyraider was used in a variety of
roles--day and night attack against North Korean and Chinese troop concentrations as well as radar jamming and electronic countermeasures. It
was able to carry a large variety of offensive loads, and was the only plane capable of delivering 2000-lb bombs with dive-bombing precision
against targets such as mountain bridges and hydroelectric dams. Numerous sorties were flown by AD-4N night-attack aircraft. These three-seat
aircraft were very effective in night operations, carrying a 500 lb bomb, 6 250 lb bombs and six flares.
After the Korean War ended with an armistice in July of 1953, production of the continued. The peak of Skyraider usage was in 1955, when 29
Navy squadrons and 13 Marine Corps squadrons were flying Skyraiders. The last Skyraider came off the production line in February of 1957, a
much longer production run than had been anticipated back in the late 1940s. Although the Skyraider was never intended to be a fighter, it
did achieve a couple of MiG "kills" during the Southeast Asian War. On June 20, 1965, Lts Charles Hartman and Clinton Johnson in A-1H BuNo
137523 and 139786 shared in the downing of a MiG-17 by cannon fire. On October 9, 1966, Lt JG William T. Patton of VA-176 flying A-1H BuNo
137543 shot down a MiG-17 near Hanoi.
The last Navy Skyraiders were retired in early 1972. The USAF continued to use Skyraiders throughout most of the Vietnam war. The last USAF
A-1 rescue mission was flown on November 7, 1972.
NOTE: These models are designed for FS9, however, they are fully compatible with FSX, BUT they are not FSX based models. Special
features common to FSX are not modeled (self shadowing, bumpmaps)but other features, specially those refering to aircraft preview
and in-flight views are present.
FS2004/FSX Version
1. 26 high detailed models with 36 different textures from the first prototype to the last operative versions used by the french air force
2. High detail VC with clickable gauges, throtlle, prop pitch, flap lever, gear lever and tail hook lever are animated & clickable
3. Custom gauges
4. Custom Sound package
5. FSX compatibility
CFS2 version
1. 8 high detailed models with 30 different textures
2. Multi-res, will work in "Quick Combat" mode and also as AI
3. Custom DP files & weapons BGLs
4. Custom sounds
Compatibility FS9/FSX and CFS2
(download rip 87mb rar)
Installer fixed !
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Regards.