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The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior was a strategic bomber built for the United States Navy. It was one of the longest serving aircraft, entering service in the mid-1950s and staying until 1991. For many years after its introduction, it was also the heaviest aircraft ever flown from an aircraft carrier, earning it the unofficial nickname "The Whale".

In January 1948, the Chief of Naval Operations issued a requirement to develop a long-range, carrier-based attack plane that could deliver a 10,000-pound (4,500 kg) bomb load or a nuclear weapon. The contract which the Navy awarded to the Douglas Aircraft Company on September 29, 1949 led to the development and production of the A3D Skywarrior. It was designed by Ed Heinemann, and the prototype XA3D-1 first flew on October 28, 1952.

Prior to the initial operational capability of the Polaris-armed submarine, the A-3 was the Navy's critical element in the US nuclear deterrent. During the Vietnam War from 1965 through 1967, the aircraft saw some use in the conventional bombing and mine-laying role. The Navy would soon use only more nimble fighter sized attack bombers over Vietnam, but the Skywarrior found subsequent service in the tanker, photographic reconnaissance, and electronic warfare roles.

During Vietnam, the Skywarrior was modified into a multimission tanker variant, the EKA-3B, that was a real workhorse for the carrier air wing. Buddy tanking using A-4 Skyhawks and A-7 Corsair IIs, and inflight refueling using A-3 Skywarriors were utilized by the US Navy in the Vietnam theater of operations from at least 1966 through 1970. Eventually, the EKA-3B was replaced by the smaller dedicated KA-6D Intruder tanker.

For more than two decades, the 282 Skywarriors the Navy procured served effectively in many roles with the last aircraft retiring on September 27, 1991.