Douglas A-3 Skywarrior facts for kids

Douglas A-3 Skywarrior.

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.

Images for kids

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 EKA-3B from VAQ-135 refueling an VF-211 F-8J off Vietnam, 1972.
An EA-3B of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two (VQ-2) lands on USS Kitty Hawk in 1987
Douglas EA-3B on display with wings folded aboard museum ship USS Yorktown at Patriots Point Park in Charleston, South Carolina
NRA-3B of the Pacific Missile Test Center in 1982
A VA-3B used by the Chief of Naval Operations at Nellis AFB.
An A3D-2 of Heavy Attack Squadron 6 (VAH-6) lands on USS Ranger in 1958
EKA-3B Bu# 142251 at the USS Midway Museum, San Diego, California.
A3D-2Q (EA-3B Bu#146453) on display at the Vintage Flying Museum, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Texas.