That’s because the Pentagon needed a plane that could fly low and hover for protracted periods over a battlefield—a niche that jets couldn’t fill. In other words, the A-1 was America’s original Close ...
What You Need to Know: The A-1 Skyraider, introduced during World War II, became the U.S.'s last propeller-driven attack aircraft. First flown in 1945, it served through the Korean and Vietnam ...