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Working on A-3 Skywarrior Rear Guns
Douglas A3D Skywarrior (1952-1961): In the early 1950s, Douglas set out to fill the U.S. Navy’s need for a long-range strategic bomber. The result was the Ed Heiemann- designed A3D Skywarrior, which first flew on October 28, 1952. When the Skywarrior entered Navy service in 1956 it was the largest and heaviest aircraft ever to operate from an aircraft carrier. In 1952 the Air Force placed an order for the plane under designation B-66. Named “Destroyer,” it made its first flight in June 1954 and also entered service in 1956. Changing technology soon rendered both aircraft obsolete as bombers. Production continued on both planes, however, with the B-66 serving as a weather-reconnaissance aircraft and the A3D as a carrier-based, air refueling tanker. During a nine year production run, Douglas built 282 Navy A3Ds at El Segundo, Calif, while 294 Air Force B-66s were produced between 1952 and 1958 at Douglas plants in Long Beach, Cal and Tulsa, Ok.
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Unique identifier
BI238
Boeing ID
es122977
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4842px × 5996px 27MB
License type
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Keywords
1950s
A-3 Skywarrior
A3D Skywarrior/B-66 Destroyer
adults
airfields
airplanes
ammunition/weapons systems
bombers
buildings
clear skies
day
Douglas El Segundo Facility
exteriors
full body views
ground crews
ground shots
half-length views
historic production status
jets
maintenance
male
manufacturing
mechanics
military
military facilities
military livery
monoplanes
occupations and work
photos
reconnaissance
right rear views
stairs, lifts and ladders
structural systems
sunshine
tail elevators
tail rudders
tails
Tankers
tarmac
text
two people
vertical stabilizers
working together
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