What is Douglas A-26 Invader?
{|{{Infobox aircraft begin |name=Douglas A-26 Invader |image=File:Douglas B-26C (A-26C) Invader USAF.jpg |caption= }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type= [[Attack aircraft]] and [[Bomber|medium bomber]] |national origin =[[USA]] |manufacturer= Douglas |first flight=[[1942]] |introduction=[[1943]] |status= Out of service |primary user=[[USA]] |produced= Out of production |number built= 2450 examples |unit cost= }} |} The '''Douglas A-26 Invader''' is a twin-[[engine|engined]] [[attack aircraft]]. It was used by the [[United States Army Air Force]]. It was also used in [[France]] and [[UK]]. The 'Invader' was used in [[World War II]], the [[Korean War]], and the [[Vietnam War]] by the [[United States]]. The [[France|French]] used it in the [[Algeria War]]. After [[1948]] its [[role]] in the US was changed from an attack aircraft to a [[bomber]] aircraft. The letter 'A' (for attack) in its name was changed to a 'B' (for bomber). It became the '''B-26 Invader'''. This caused some confusion because the Air Force already had the [[Martin B-26 Marauder]], which was a different aircraft. Some A-26 Invaders were used during the 1950s by the [[United States Forest Service]] to fight [[forest fire]]s.<ref>David Legg, ''Consolidated PBY Catalina: The Peacetime Record'' (Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2002), p. 257</ref> In this role the plane was used to put out wildfires from the air by dropping first [[:en:wikt:borate|borate]], then later water and other retardants. == References == {{reflist}} {{military-stub}} [[Category:World War II American aircraft]] [[Category:Vietnam War aircraft]] [[Category:United States Air Force aircraft]] [[Category:Douglas aircraft|A-26]]