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The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft designed and produced ... McDonnell Douglas A-4Q & A-4E Skyhawk, Volume 31 ...
A-4E 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]
Withdrawn from use 1983). Ten aircraft lost in crashes. During the A-4G Skyhawk era the Squadron was designated VF-805 conforming with USN squadron designations. The 'VF' signaled the Fleet Defense role of the Skyhawk. V=Fixed Wing, F=Fighter. Over the life of the aircraft there were a number of different squadron aircraft paint schemes. [3]
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.
VMA-223 Douglas A-4E Skyhawk during the Vietnam War. In December 1965, the "Bulldogs" once again were called upon for combat duty in the Far East, this time at Chu Lai, South Vietnam. Supporting allied ground forces, they flew more than 32,000 flight hours.
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company in the early 1950s as a subsonic jet fighter for the United States Navy (USN). [1] Entering service with the USN in 1956, the Skyhawk was an immediate success and flew in a number of conflicts around the world, ranging from the Vietnam War to the Falklands War, as well as the First Gulf War.
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 ...