May 15, 2011- Chino Airshow
A-4 Skyhawk
The A-4 Skyhawk first flew
in June of 1954 and remained in production until 1979. The US Navy used
the Skyhawk during Vietnam and continued to use it up into the 1980s as
an adversary for the US Navy Fighter Weapons School, Top Gun. Israel
also used the A-4 in the Yom Kippur War and in other engagements in the
Middle East. Some of these were later sold to Indonesia. Argentina used
the A-4 during the Falklands War. Kuwait also had several A-4 Skyhawks
prior to the Iraqi invasion. 24 of the 29 Skyhawks escaped to Saudi
Arabia during the invasion and were flown by the Free Kuwaiti Air Force
during the liberation. 23 of them survived the war and were later sold
to Brazil, where they are still in use today. This one is a TA-4J
trainer variant.