A-1 Skyraider: The Prop-Powered Attack Aircraft That Defied the Jet Era Dating back to the 1970s and beginning in the 1950s, jet engines were standard in U.S. fighter/attack aircraft.

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 ...

The bill would name the bridge off of Highway 5 in honor of LCDR Carl J. Woods, whose plane went down in Vietnam.

The A-6 was the answer. Expected to replace the ageing, prop-driven A-1 Skyraider, the A-6 actually coexisted with the A-1 in service until 1973, at which point the A-1 was finally retired from ...

Wings of the North (WOTN) is expecting 2016 to be a “another banner year for AirExpo as the list of aircraft coming continues to expand,” according to a news release. According to ...