Name this plane

[keebone]

Hi, can anyone please tell me what the US Navy plane on the left is ? It's obviously from the Vietnam war period as it's now in the Hanoi war museum.

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[EXSSBN2005]

It appears to be an Douglas A-1 Skyraider ( im not sure on variant)

I had a link to wiki on it but need to up my post count to post links.

A Skyraider (unknown type or serial number) is on display at the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam as of May 2010.

( I know wiki is not the best for info but its good for pictures I think ).

[Kilo 2-3]

The one on the right is probably an US Air Force A-1H Skyraider (it could also be a repainted ex-SVNAF A-1) The one of the left is a US Navy A-1, probably A-1E/AD-5). They seem to be in remarkably good condition for shootdowns (no bent props, hardpoints intact), so it wouldn't surprise me they were repainted ex-SVNAF birds.

[SABRE]

Right = AD / A-1 Skyraider
Left = AD-5 / A-1E

Same aircraft basically.

South Vietnam used to operate them. They were also operated by communist Vietnam after their unification of Vietnam.

[keebone]

Thanks for the swift replies guys, I'd worked out the 1 on the right was a Skyraider and now I look again it's fairly obvious they're basicly the same plane.

[Bonza]

Originally Posted by valleyrat

Yup. Skyraider.

Please read the forum rules and stop spamming single-line posts to get your post count up. It's against the forum rules to do this. Thanks mate.

[SURB]

And i want to know the name of the tanker aircraft,refueling this JAS Gripen.

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[Kilo 2-3]

Originally Posted by SURB

And i want to know the name of the tanker aircraft,refueling this JAS Gripen.

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It's probably an RAF Vickers VC-10. The four tail-mounted engines are a pretty distinctive recognition feature.