Electronic Skyraiders: 5/27/19- Tactical retreat!
Skale Wings AD-5Ws Official U.S. Navy Photo The Douglas Aircraft AD-5 Skyraider was a major redesign of the Skyraider attack plane. Previous multi-crew Skyraiders were based on the single place fuselage resulting in a cramped, uncomfortable crew station that was near impossible to escape from the in event of an emergency. Douglas Aircraft completely redesigned the fuselage to accommodate side-by-side seating and a spacious open layout behind the front seats. This plane was designated as the AD-5. With the DoD unified aircraft designation system in 1962, the AD-5 became the A-1E. This configuration proved so versatile that the airframe was adapted to several missions each with a mission designation. The major versions were: basic airframe was the AD-5 which could be configured for carrier onboard delivery, MEDIVAC and target towing; night attack was the AD-5N (EA-1G); electronic warfare was the AD-5Q (EA-1F), and a single ASW prototype as tested. The early warning AD-5W (E