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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.
Airborne Tactical Advantage Company (ATAC), is a government contractor based in Newport News, Virginia, United States.It operates Dassault Mirage F1, Mk-58 Hawker Hunter, Israeli F-21 Kfir, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, and Aero L-39 Albatros military aircraft in tactical flight training roles for the United States Navy, United States Air Force, and Air National Guard.
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 ...
On 8 June, with the transfer of troops to the LCU at Fitz Roy still underway, the British ships became the target of two waves of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft from the Argentine Air Force's 5th Air Brigade, each of them loaded with three 500 lb retarded-tail bombs of Spanish design. [7]
The last one, number 936, was delivered to the Air Force in March 2000. Two aircraft (a one-seat and a two-seat) remained some time in the United States for weapons homologation . All of the A-4ARs were delivered to the 5th Air Brigade ( V Brigada Aérea ) at Villa Reynolds, San Luis Province , where they replaced two squadrons of Falklands ...
In 1993, March AFB was selected for realignment. As part of the Air Force's realignment the 452d ARW became the 452d Air Mobility Wing on 1 April 1994. On 1 April 1996, March officially became March Air Reserve Base. In 2005, the Group retired its C-141 fleet. A year later, the wing began to receive its eight C-17s.
The 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (5-7 ADA) is a Patriot air defense battalion of the United States Army.It is currently a subordinate unit of the 10th Army Air & Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) and comprises six subordinate units: a headquarters and headquarters battery, four Patriot fire batteries, and a maintenance company. 5-7 ADA is headquartered at Smith Barracks in ...
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 ...