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Douglas AD-1E

This shot is at NAWS China Lake the back ground aircraft are McDonald Douglas F4C Phantom and a North American F-100 Super Saber one of 8 that was bailed to the USN by the USAF for weapons testing

One of our NAF China Lake AD-5N/A-1G Skyraiders taken between August 1962 and August 1965, probably in the earlier part of that range. Armitage Field, NAF China Lake, south side of the NAF Line Shack. The Phantom in the background looks to be one of our (NAF) F-4B's. The F-4 and the F-100 are not parked in a location that they would have operated from. VX-5 hangar 1 is the building in the left background. The BuNo from the original print could narrow the time frame.

Classic aircraft.

U.S. Navy Douglas A-1H Skyraider BuNo 135272 of VA-165 "Boomers" in flight VA-165 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 10 (CVW-10) aboard the CVS-11 USS Intrepid for a deployment to Vietnam from 4 April to 21 November 1966. A-1H 135272 was later transferred to the U.S. Air Force as s/n 52-135272. It served with the 6th Air Commando Squadron, 14th Air Commando Wing, and was shot down by ground fire near the Kham Duc Special Forces Camp, Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam on 12 May 1968. The pilot bailed out and was rescued by a U.S. Army helicopter.