Skyraider Returns: Why The US Has Resurrected The Vietnam-Era Combat Plane Name
Michael Conley, head of the Air Force Special Operations Command, announced in March 2025 that the newly developed OA-1K ...
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Book Review: SOG Kontum: Top Secret Missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, 1968–1969
SOG Teams were usually inserted by helicopter, and often included the support of Hatchet Force platoons composed of South Vietnamese commandos (often from the Nung Chinese and Montagnard minorities).
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First Medal of Honor Recipient of Vietnam War Wore Award 'On Behalf of Those Who Didn't Come Home'
After Officer Candidate School, he qualified for Special Forces. He was sent to Vietnam in 1964, where he would receive the Medal of Honor for his courageous and nearly fatal defense of an ...
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Skyraider II: US Air Force’s retro Vietnam-era warbird makes a modern comeback
The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command has launched a new Vietnam war-styled light combat aircraft. The aircraft, previously known as the OA-1K, is now officially named the Skyraider II, a ...
Air Force’s newest plane, the Skyraider II, honors a legendary aircraft
The Skyraider II is the latest aircraft to pay homage to a legendary plane. The original A-1 Skyraider flew from 1946 to the ...
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California woman visits Hawaii to honor fallen Vietnam War soldier
Kathy Strong is on a mission to honor a fallen Vietnam War soldier she never met. This week that mission brought her to ...
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Air Force revives Skyraider name for new light attack aircraft
The Air Force's new Skyraider II pays homage to the Skyraider used during the Vietnam War. Here, a Douglas A-1H Skyraider of the 602nd Special Operations Squadron flies over Vietnam in June 1970.