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The Argentine Air Force used 50 A-4P (ex U.S. Navy A-4B) with V Air Brigade, and 25 A-4C with IV Air Brigade, from 1965 to 1999. 19 were lost during the Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas). All were replaced by refurbished A-4Ms, designated as A-4AR Fightinghawk, in 1999. Also an unknown number of A-4E, TA-4J and A-4M was/is used as ...
Restored A4D-1 at Alameda Point (former NAS Alameda), January 2012 A Douglas A-4A Skyhawk (BuNo 139947) painted in Blue Angels livery at the MAPS Air Museum, North Canton, Ohio. 137813: National Naval Aviation Museum , NAS Pensacola , Pensacola, Florida .
A-4 at Combat Air Museum; A-4 Skyhawk Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine from reference book American Combat Planes of the 20th Century by R. Wagner; AeroWeb.org A-4 Skyhawks on display; restoration to flight of a TA-4J "A-4D Skyhawk" a 1958 Flight article "Tantalizing Tinker Toy" (pilot report), Budd Davisson, March, 1975, Air Progress.
101st Air Cavalry Division [8] (Assault Helicopter) 18th Aviation Company: Fort Riley [9] Qui Nhon [1] de Havilland Canada U-1A Otter [10] (Utility Airplane) [11] (Corps) 19th Aviation Company: Sikorsky CH-37B Mojave [12] 21st Aviation Company: Fort Lewis Chu Lai [1] Cessna O-1 Bird Dog: 1965-1972: 12th Combat Aviation Group 16th Combat ...
4th Air Brigade - McDonnell Douglas A-4C Skyhawk 16 (9) 5th Air Brigade - McDonnell Douglas A-4B Skyhawk 30 (10) 6th Air Brigade - Israel Aircraft Industries Dagger 27 (11) 7th Air Brigade - Lockheed C-130E Hercules, 3; Boeing CH-47C Chinook 2; Bell 212 2; 8th Air Brigade. Dassault Mirage IIIEA 16 (2) DHC-6-200 1; Argentine Navy
The Bluff Cove air attacks occurred 8 June 1982, during the Falklands War. British troop transport ships were bombed by Argentine Air Force (FAA) Douglas A-4 Skyhawk fighter bombers at Port Pleasant, off Fitz Roy , while transferring troops to Bluff Cove , with significant damage and casualties.
The 56th Field Artillery Command was organized to always report directly to the highest commander in Europe at the time. Therefore, during peacetime, it reported to the United States Army Europe, whereas, during heightened tension or war, command passed to NATO, with Allied Air Forces Central Europe as the next higher headquarters. [3]
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.