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A U.S. Navy TA-4J Skyhawk of TW-3 on the deck of USS Lexington, 1989. The Navy operated the A-4 in both Regular Navy and Naval Reserve light attack squadrons (VA). Although the A-4's use as a training and adversary aircraft would continue well into the 1990s, the Navy began removing the aircraft from its frontline attack squadrons in 1967, with ...
Argentine Navy A-4Q 0655/3-A-202, preserved at the Argentine Naval Aviation Museum, in 2007. The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is an American single-engine carrier-capable lightweight attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy. Still in active service in a few countries, it has been retired by most operators.
A Skyhawk on HMAS Melbourne in 1976 A Skyhawk lands on HMAS Melbourne, 1980 Royal Australian Navy. Australia ordered ten A-4G Skyhawks in October 1965 to replace all of the Royal Australian Navy Fleet Air Arm's de Havilland Venom fighters which operated from HMAS Melbourne, the Royal Australian Navy's only active carrier.
The 1965 Philippine Sea A-4 crash was a Broken Arrow incident in which a United States Navy Douglas A-4E Skyhawk attack aircraft carrying a nuclear weapon fell into the sea off Japan from the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga. [3] [4] The aircraft, pilot and weapon were never recovered. [5]
U.S. Navy pilot Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Denny Earl of Attack Squadron 163 (VA-163) "Saints", with both legs shattered by North Vietnamese anti-aircraft fire, successfully lands his Douglas A-4E Skyhawk (BuNo 152003) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) in the Gulf of Tonkin, 20 November 1967.
The McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk is a variant of the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft developed for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The model was based on the A-4F variant of the Skyhawk, and was fitted with slightly different avionics as well as the capacity to operate AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. The RAN received ten A-4Gs in ...
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 ...
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]