Developed for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s, the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk went on to play a key role in the Vietnam War as the U.S. Navy's first-line ...

The A-4 was widely used by the Navy and Marines, and played a major combat role in Southeast Asia. The A-4 is also used by several foreign nations, including Argentina, ... The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is ...

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was the kind of attack airplane that comes along once, ... The type continued to serve with the U.S. Marine Corps until 1998 and with the Navy until 2007.

The A-4 Skyhawk Soars Into History. For starters, the A-4 was the first aircraft to drop ordnance in the Vietnam War. This occurred on 5 August 1964, during the Gulf of Tonkin Incident when U.S ...

Douglas went on to produce about 3,000 units total across 20 variants of the A-4 Skyhawk that were primarily used by the United States Navy and Marine Corps — though, other nations took ...

Its combat days are long over, but the fighter jet that has been displayed in the Santa Ana Civic Center since 2008 is getting ready for one last mission. The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, now mounted on a ...

The sky was literally falling in Las Vegas, Nevada this past week when a hatch from an ex-military Douglas A-4 Skyhawk fell into the backyard of a “Sin City” resident near Nellis Air Force Base.

The McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, which Brazil designates the AF-1, ... Four U.S. Marines remain hospitalized after an attack near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, ...

A-4 Skyhawk: The Legendary ‘Bomber’ That Outlived Its Time. Developed for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s, the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk went on to play ...

Douglas A4D-2N/A-4C Skyhawk Brief Description The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a versatile carrier-based, light attack-bomber that has been a U.S. Navy first-line aircraft for many years. In Vietnam, A-4s ...