The Douglas Aircraft Company (now owned by Boeing) answered the Navy’s call by building the A-4 Skyhawk. Ed Heinemann, the lead designer for the A-4 Skyhawk, encapsulated the Skyhawk’s ethos ...

This Douglas A4D-2N (A-4C) Skyhawk is one of these comeback cases ... a sports car engine like what the F-104 Starfighter and F-4 Phantom II were flying with in those days. You had 8,400 lbs ...

the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk went on to play a key role in the Vietnam War as the U.S. Navy's first-line aircraft, where it was noted for its unusual accuracy in attacking selected ground targets.