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My dad says quite often I am here thanks to A-1's and Spooky. Best model he ever made (to date) was a Skyraider in Vietnamese colors. Used n Korea.
The Douglas A-1 Skyraider (formerly designated AD before the 1962 unification of Navy and Air Force designations) is an American single-seat attack aircraft in service from 1946 to the early 1980s. According to wiki they did not fare well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider
 
 

My old man has said the same thing, almost verbatim. He also mentioned that I owed a ton of my existence to some extremely unassuming, but ballsy South Vietnamese Huey pilots.
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On 10/15/2024 at 8:00 AM, Chad Fuck said:

A-1>A-37>A-10>...supposedly F-35.  But really the A-29 is the more apt comparison.

 

A-29_Super_Tucano_arrives_at_Edwards_Air_Force_Base_California_Aug._18.webp

That’s the type of plane at the end of Flight of the Intruder right?

Is Sandy a nickname of the plane? Or was it the call sign for the pilot?

Either way, underrated Vietnam war flick. 

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20 minutes ago, Superhero said:

That’s the type of plane at the end of Flight of the Intruder right?

Is Sandy a nickname of the plane? Or was it the call sign for the pilot?

Either way, underrated Vietnam war flick. 

Yes re Flight of the Intruder.

"Sandy" was the callsign of the mission flown by A-1s.  Combat Search and Rescue:

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/first-csar-missions-story-1-skyraider-became-known-sandy/

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6 hours ago, Chad Fuck said:

How was anyone alive in that APC after that? 

At that range even a high explosive anti-tank round would just pass clean through the armor on both sides of the APC.  Anyone in the direct path of the round was fucked, and spall from the APC armor would hit others, but everyone else probably ran away with a very bad headache.  Until the machine gun fire you see in the video finishes the job, anyway.

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