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Trainer versions of the Skyhawk remained in Navy service, however, finding a new lease on life with the advent of "adversary training", where the nimble A-4 was used as a stand-in for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 in dissimilar air combat training (DACT). It served in that role at TOPGUN until 1999.
They are available for a variety of training and testing tasks, including Dissimilar air combat training, pilot training (providing lead-in Fighter training for the pilots of the United Arab Emirates' F-16E/Fs) and providing a high speed platform for test and evaluation purposes. One aircraft was destroyed in a crash in 2003 and a further two ...
A Draken Douglas A-4K. Draken was established by Jared Isaacman at Lakeland Linder International Airport in January 2012. [1] In 2015, the company was awarded contracts to provide training for the Air National Guard (ANG) at Volk Field in Wisconsin, for the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) Joint Tactical Air Control at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, and at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center ...
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 ...
A-4E Skyhawk from VA-164 Ghost Riders in flight, 1966. Armed A-4Fs including VA-164 on the USS Hancock in 1972. VA-164, nicknamed the Ghostriders, was an Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy. It was established on 1 September 1960 and disestablished on 12 December 1975. [1]
A-4 Skyhawk TT-0440 as collection of Dirgantara Mandala Museum. TT-0401: Sengkang town park, Wajo Regency, South Sulawesi [11] TT-0402: Komando Operasi Angkatan Udara II, Makassar, South Sulawesi [11] TT-0403: Haluoleo Airport park, Kendari, South East Sulawesi [11] TT-0408: Suryadarma Air Force Base Museum, Kalijati, Subang, West Java [11]
The T-45 Goshawk has its origins in the mid-1970s, during which time the U.S. Navy formally commenced its search for a new jet trainer aircraft to serve as a single replacement for both its T-2 Buckeye and TA-4 Skyhawk trainers. [3] During 1978, the VTXTS advanced trainer program to meet this need was formally launched by the U.S. Navy.
A-4 Skyhawk: 1956–1958: USN: VA-96 "Eagles" Strike Fighter Squadron: Douglas AD Skyraider F9F Cougar FJ-3 Fury: 1961–1963: USN: VA-115 “Arabs” Strike Fighter Squadron: Douglas AD Skyraider F9F Cougar FJ-3 Fury: 1961–1963: USN: VA-122 "Flying Eagles" Strike Fighter Squadron: Douglas AD Skyraider F9F Cougar FJ-3 Fury: 1956 – April 10 ...