Speed-wise, the Skyhawk was very quick in the car. Often dubbed Heinemann’s Hot Rod after the airframe’s lead designer, the A-4 set a world record of more than 695 miles per hour in the mid-1950s.

The A-4 Skyhawk was one of the most recognisable fighter aircraft from the Vietnam era. A small, agile, carrier-ready design, ...

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 ...

That was probably one of the questions running through 21-year-old Lance Cpl. Howard Foote’s mind as the enlisted flight mechanic climbed into an unarmed A4M Skyhawk in the middle of a July night.

GAVIAO PEIXOTO, Brazil, May 27 (UPI) --The first of 12 completely modernized A-4 Skyhawk fighters has been delivered to the Brazilian Navy by Embraer Defense & Security. The McDonnell Douglas A-4 ...