Many Countries Flew the A-4. The first A-4 was made in 1956. Almost 3,000 were produced between 1956 and 1979. The A-4 was popular on the export market as well.

The A-4 Skyhawk: Simplicity and Bravery in the Jet Age. ... Skyhawks cost around $750,000 to produce each, equivalent to roughly $6 or $7 million in inflation-adjusted dollars.

The Skyhawk was sadly retired from U.S. Marine and Navy service in the late 90s and early 2000s, but there are places all across America and around the world where people can go and get an up ...

The A-4 Skyhawk’s Debut in Vietnam. After American destroyers were attacked in the Tonkin Gulf in 1964, Skyhawks participated in the first strikes of the Vietnam War.

How the A-4 Skyhawk Ruled the Skies. August 20, 2017. By: Sebastien Roblin. Share. ... with a maximum speed of around 670 miles per hour—just below the speed of sound.

In the early morning hours on July 4th, 1986, 21-year-old Lance Corporal Howard A. Foote Jr. climbed a ladder leading into the cockpit of an A-4M Skyhawk. He started the jet up, taxied to one of ...

Top Gun Reloaded featuring F-22 Raptor and A-4 Skyhawk. I'm pretty sure most of you remember the Top Gun movie scenes with the F-14 Tomcats dogfighting with A-4 Skyhawks around mountains. Those ...

The A-4 Skyhawk is being moved to make way for new county buildings at the Santa Ana Civic Center and is slated to land at a new site near the fairgrounds’ Heroes Hall veterans museum.

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk went on display in the Santa Ana Civic Center in 2008 and is being moved to make way for new buildings.

Commercial A-4 Skyhawk crashes near Nellis. By Leigh Giangreco 2016-08-18T17:49:14+01:00. ... Nevada around 7:40 local time, according to the US Air Force.