Skyhawk, a small and lightweight attack aircraft nicknamed the "Tinker Toy," was a surprisingly lethal workhorse for the U.S.

With a single General Electric Pratt & Whitney J52-P-6A turbojet cranking 8,500 lbf (38 kN) of thrust each in the A4E on display at Oriskany, the Skyhawk was the king of STOL jets before they were ...

Top Gun Reloaded featuring F-22 Raptor and A-4 Skyhawk. ... The footage shows a U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor engaging with an A-4K Skyhawk in the Nellis Test and Training Range.

The Skyhawk in Film. You can still see the A-4 Skyhawk today, in film, with peripheral roles in several prominent films. In The Right Stuff, for example, soon-to-be-astronaut Al Shephard lands his ...

The Combat History of the A-4 Skyhawk. The A-4’s combat history began during the Vietnam War, where it was a favorite of many pilots. But the A-4 was not immune to North Vietnamese air defenses.

A U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Douglas A-4M Skyhawk (BuNo 160249) of Marine Attack Squadron VMA-124 taking off from Naval Air Station Oceana, VirginiaU.S. Navy/Bruce Trombecky ...

Heinemann also designed its replacement, the A-4 Skyhawk jet, which became known as “Heinemann’s Hotrod.” Its mission spanned from close air support to the delivery of a single nuclear bomb.

Later that year, on February 22, 1982, Blue Angel #5, Lt. Cmdr. Stu Powrie, Lead Solo, was killed when his Skyhawk struck the ground during winter training at Naval Air Facility El Centro ...