Douglas A-3 Skywarrior (Aerograph 5)

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Автор: Rene Francillon

Издательство: Aerofax Inc.

Серия: Aerograph 5

Год: 1987

ISBN: 0-942548-35-3

Страниц: 136

Язык: English

Формат: PDF

Размер: 70 MB

The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior was originally designed as a strategic bomber for the United States Navy and was among the longest serving carrier-based jet aircraft in history. It entered service in the mid-1950s and was retired in 1991. For many years after its introduction, it was also the heaviest aircraft to enter operational status operating from an aircraft carrier (the heaviest being a USMC KC-130F BuNo 149798 that operated in a test from the USS Forrestal (CV-59) unarrested and unassisted in takeoff in 1963), earning it the unofficial nickname "The Whale".[1][2] Its primary function for much of its later service life was as an electronic warfare platform, tactical air reconnaissance platform, and high capacity aerial refueling tanker.

Дуглас A-3 Скайуорриор (англ. Douglas A-3 Skywarrior; до 1962 года обозначение A3D) — американский палубный бомбардировщик, разработанный в начале 1950-х годов. Наиболее широкое применение получил во вспомогательных ролях (летающий танкер, самолёт РЭБ). Послужил основой при создании бомбардировщика B-66 «Дестройер». Состоял на вооружении ВМС США более трёх десятилетий.