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Designed after the Second World War, the Douglas F3D Skyknight was meant to be the defender of the American carrier group after dark. The ambitious design sought to use all of the lessons learned from night fighter design and tactics in the Second World War, and produced the first specialized all-weather jet fighter.

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Primary:
“Eyes In the Night”. Naval Aviation News. V33-34 1952-1953.
Pilot’s Handbook Navy Model F3D-2 Aircraft. Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief Bureau of Aeronautics. 15, July 1952.
NATOPS Flight Manual Navy Model EF-10B Aircraft. Chief of Naval Operations. 1 April 1969.
Night Fighters Over Korea. G.G. O’Rourke with E.T. Woolridge. Naval Institute Press.
Standard Aircraft Characteristics F3D-2 “Skyknight”. 15 February 1952.

Secondary :
F-3D/EF-10 Skyknight Units of the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Joe Copalman. Osprey Publishing. 2022.
F-105 Wild Weasel vs SA-2 “Guideline” SAM. Peter Davies. Osprey. 2011.
All Hands. No. 648-658. 1971.
Naval Fighters Number Four Douglas F3D Skyknight. S. Ginter.
Korean Air War Sabres, MiGs and Meteors 1950-53. Michael Napier. Osprey. 2021.
Naval Aviation News, Obituary Heidemann, Jan-Feb. 1992.
Skyknight. R.E. Williams. Naval Aviation News. 1983.
Into the Jet Age: Conflict and Change in Naval Aviation , 1945-1975. E.T. Wooldridge. Naval Institute Press. 1995.
A History of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 531. Colonel Charles J. Quilter II and Captain John C. Chapin. History and Museums Division Headquarters, US Marine Corps. 2001.
US Marines in Vietnam High Mobility and Standdown 1969. Charles R. Smith. 1988.
Sparks over Vietnam The EB-66 and the Early Struggle of Tactical Electronic Warfare. Captain Gilles Van Nederveen. College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research and education. 2000.
Aircraft Carriers a History of Carrier Aviation and its Influence on World Events Volume II 1946-2005. Norman Polmar. Potomac Books. 1969.

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