Douglas AD-5 Skyraider USMCAD 5 Skyraider airplane model. Renowned for its rugged design and long endurance, the Skyraider had an exceptional payload capacity: even when it carried its full internal fuel of 2,280 pounds, a 2,200 lb torpedo, two 2,000 lb bombs, 12,5 inch rockets, two 20 mm guns and 240 pounds of ammunition, the Skyraider was still under its maximum gross weight of 25,000 pounds. Conceived during World War II, the Skyraider saw extensive service during the Korean

Bell X-5 airplane model

Selected to replace the "Sabre" of Canada's air forces in NATO

but only 195 boats were completed

1939 and first saw combat over northwestern France in September 1941

Considered to be the most widely used helicopter in the world

SE 5 RAF airplane model

Of the 73 boats ordered

The Navy has completed the full transition from the aging SH-60B and SH-60F Seahawk variants to the state of the art MH-60R and MH-60S which are based aboard cruisers

In modern vernacular

The commercial version

in the form of an Ivchenko AI-14R engine

and the basic USN and USAF versions became the F-4 Phantom B and F-4 Phantom C respectively