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These Skyhawks (along with escaped Dassault Mirage F1s) operated as the Free Kuwait Air Force, flying 1,361 sorties during the liberation of Kuwait. [83] Twenty-three A-4s survived the conflict and the Iraqi invasion, [84] with only one A-4KU (KAF-828, BuNo. 160207) shot down by Iraqi radar-guided SAM on 17 January 1991.
The ST Aerospace A-4SU Super Skyhawk is a major upgrade project of the Douglas A-4S Skyhawk attack aircraft undertaken by Singapore Aircraft Industries (SAI, now ST Aerospace) in the 1980s. It was used exclusively by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), serving in the fighter-bomber role from 1989 until retirement from front line service ...
149547: stored at Planes of Fame in Chino, California. [72] 149563: Pensacola Regional Airport, Pensacola, Florida. [citation needed] 149618: Though the aircraft's actual identity is unconfirmed, an aircraft marked as 149618 is displayed at Freedom Park in Omaha, Nebraska. [73] 149623: Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Charleston, South ...
The Falklands War in 1982 took a heavy toll on the Argentine Air Force, which lost over 60 aircraft. [citation needed]The supply of modern combat aircraft had been restricted since the United States had imposed an arms embargo in 1978 for human rights abuses; [1] there were further restrictions when the United Kingdom also imposed an arms embargo in 1982.
An order for a further eight A4-Gs and two TA-4Gs was placed in March 1970. These aircraft were former USN A-4Fs and TA-4Fs and were modified to A/TA-4G standard and arrived in Australia in August 1971 on board the troop transport HMAS Sydney. All of the A-4Gs operated from HMAS Melbourne and were based at the naval air station HMAS Albatross.
Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Fighter aircraft (1,690) F-15 Eagle: United States air superiority: F-15C: 145 145 F-15C total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 29 F-15C - Active. 116 F-15C - Air National Guard. Trainer aircraft listed separately. F-15E Strike Eagle: United States multirole: 218
Single engine piston aircraft with tricycle landing gear [1]; Model Engine Power hp Seats Wing Sq. Ft. MTOW lb Empty lb Cruise knots Range nmi AS 202 Bravo NG: L. AEIO-360: 180: 3: 149: 2,202: 1,389
A former United States Navy A4 Skyhawk on loan to the RNZAF Museum. It is displayed in the early RNZAF Colour Scheme at the Air Force Museum of New Zealand. In May 2001 the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand decided to disband the Royal New Zealand Air Force's air combat force by withdrawing its Douglas A-4K Skyhawk fighter aircraft and Aermacchi MB-339 trainers without replacement. [1]