The A-1 Skyraider, originally given the designation AD Skyraider, was the result of a Navy decision in 1943 that consolidated dive-bombing and torpedo-plane missions into one kind of aircraft.

A-1 Skyraider: The Prop-Powered Attack Aircraft That Defied the Jet Era Dating back to the 1970s and beginning in the 1950s, jet engines were standard in U.S. fighter/attack aircraft.