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Bombed up A-1 nicknamed Bad News in 1969, probably former U.S. Navy A-1H BuNo. 139609. The "6T"-tailcode was found on 6th Special Operations Squadron Skyraiders at Pleiku in October 1969, the better known tailcode is "ET".[1] The aircraft is armed with six Mk 82 227 kg (500 lb) bombs with "daisy cutter"-fuzes and two Mk 20 "Rockeye" cluster bombs. The A-1H 139609 was later transferred to the South Vietnamese Air Force, [2] 518th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Tactical Wing, at Bien Hoa.[3]

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