1942: TOS USAAF as A-26B s/n 41-39596. 6/48: Redesignated as B-26B. Served throughout the 1950s with Air National Guard. Feb & Mar 1965: Remanufactured as B-26K. 23 March 1965 TOS USAF with s/n 64-17676, and assigned to the 1st Air Commando Wing at England AFB, LA.. Redesignated as A-26A and deployed to Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai AFB for combat over Vietnam. 10/69: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 1971: Registered c/r N268G. 1977: Air Spray, Edmonton, as C-GXTF. 7/78: Arthur W. McDonnell, Mojave, CA. registered as N22939 and flew the plane in air races as "The Mojave Kid." 11/80: Ferried to NMUSAF

1942: TOS USAAF as A-26B s/n 41-39596. 6/48: Redesignated as B-26B. Served throughout the 1950s with Air National Guard. Feb & Mar 1965: Remanufactured as B-26K. 23 March 1965 TOS USAF with s/n 64-17676, and assigned to the 1st Air Commando Wing at England AFB, LA.. Redesignated as A-26A and deployed to Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai AFB for combat over Vietnam. 10/69: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. 1971: Registered c/r N268G. 1977: Air Spray, Edmonton, as C-GXTF. 7/78: Arthur W. McDonnell, Mojave, CA. registered as N22939 and flew the plane in air races as "The Mojave Kid." 11/80: Ferried to NMUSAF

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. These aircraft were highly modified versions of the World War II A-26 Invader, used for ground-attack missions along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

The Counter Invader was a highly modified version of the Douglas A-26 Invader, a World War II attack bomber with a rebuilt fuselage and tail, strengthened wings, improved engines, reversible propellers, wing-tip fuel tanks and other refinements..