Navy F-4 Phantoms and A-4 Skyhawks attack the Thanh Hoa
(Dragon's Jaw) Bridge in North Vietnam, in the vicinity of which more
than 100 American pilots were shot down during the war.
Lt. Everett Alvarez in his A-4 Skyhawk,
launching from CV-64 on the first day of bombing attacks on North
Vietnam. Alvarez was shot down on this mission and became the first
pilot captured over Vietnam.
A-4E Skyhawk flown by the VA-212 "Rampant Raiders" from the USS
Hancock (CVA-19) on tactical sorties against North Vietnamese military and
logistics targets during Operation Freedom Train in 1972,
A-4 Skyhawk flown by Lt.
Commander John McCain of the VA-46 "Clansmen!" McCain's Skyhawk - which he flew from the carrier
USS Forrestal (CV-59) -
In the late 1960s and 1970s, Israeli Air Force Skyhawks
were the primary ground-attack aircraft in the War of Attrition and in the Yom
Kippur War. IAF Skyhawk from that era
features textured surfaces, a detailed cockpit, a refueling probe, two
300-gallon fuel tanks and six 500-pound GP bombs with anti-sway braces, extended
jet pipes for protection against heat-seeking missiles
A-4E Skyhawk flown by Lt.
Cmdr. John McCain of the VA-46 "Clansmen" off the USS Forrestal
(CV-59) in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1967
A-4E Skyhawk flown by the VA-212 "Rampant Raiders" from
the USS Hancock (CVA-19) on tactical sorties against North Vietnamese military
and logistics targets during Operation Freedom Train in 1972
"The
Last Skyhawk" This is the last one of
the most historic of its type: A-4M BuNo 160264, the delivery of which - on
February 27, 1979 - marked the end of the Skyhawk's incredible 25-year
production run.
the A-4B Skyhawk flown by Cdr. L.W. Baldwin of VA-106, the
"Gladiators," off the
USS Essex (CV-9) in 1969.
VF-126,
Naval Air Station, Miramar, CA, 1992
In the summer of 1972, A-4 Skyhawks and A-6 Intruders complete an Alpha
Strike, laying MK 2 and DST Destructor mines in the approach to Haiphong
Harbor, North Vietnam.
During an "Iron Hand" mission flown from the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) on
April 26, 1967, Lt. Commander John B. Nichols, III flies alongside the
damaged A-4 Skyhawk of Lt. Commander Michael Estocin.
An A-4D Skyhawk of VMA-224 - the first U.S. Marine
unit to field the A-4D - releases its fuel tanks after a bomb run over
North Vietnam in 1966.
On a day - during her first deployment to the Gulf of Tonkin - when the
USS
Enterprise (CVN-65) set a record by flying 165 sorties, two A-4 Skyhawks head
off on a bombing mission with an F-4 Phantom riding escort.
Zigzagging out of the target area at low level, A-4s
led by VA-163 Commander Wynn Foster fly flat out just a few feet above
the spectacular coastal landscape of North Vietnam, near Haiphong in
June 1966.
With A-1 Skyraiders and A-4 Skyhawks
providing close air support, Lt. Hal Moore and the troopers of the 1st
Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division stand their ground during
the battle of the la Drang Valley, Vietnam, 1965.
An A-4 Skyhawk from VA-192, the "Golden Dragons," begins an attack
run over North Vietnam in 1967.
Nicknamed "Scooter" due to its small size and its speed and
agility, the A-4 Skyhawk was flown by the U.S. Navy "Blue Angels" Flight
Demonstration Squadron from 1974-86.
A-4B Skyhawk flown by Cdr. L.W. Baldwin of VA-106, the
"Gladiators," off the USS Essex (CV-9) in 1969.
the A-4E Skyhawk that Sen. John McCain of
VA-163, the "Saints," was flying when he was shot down by a missile over
North Vietnam in 1967.
one of the most historic of its type: A-4M BuNo 160264,
the delivery of which - on February 27, 1979 - marked the end of the
Skyhawks incredible 25-year production run
VF-126,
Naval Air Station, Miramar, CA, 1992
the most historic of its type: A-4M BuNo 160264, the delivery of which - on
February 27, 1979 - marked the end of the Skyhawk's incredible 25-year
production run.
A-4E Skyhawk flown by the VA-212 "Rampant Raiders"
from the USS Hancock (CVA-19) on tactical sorties against North
Vietnamese military and logistics targets during Operation Freedom Train
in 1972
A-4E Skyhawk flown by Lt. Cmdr. John
McCain of the VA-46 "Clansmen" off the USS Forrestal (CV-59) in the Gulf
of Tonkin in 1967
A4 Skyhawk, C-207, flown by 1st Lt.
Mariano "Cobra" Velasco of the Argentine Air Force when he dropped three
1,000-lb. bombs to sink the HMS Coventry during the Falklands/Malvinas
War in 1982.
In the late 1960s and 1970s, Israeli Air Force Skyhawks
were the primary ground-attack aircraft in the War of Attrition and in
the Yom Kippur War.
A-4 Skyhawk flown by Lt. Commander John McCain of the VA-46
"Clansmen!
A-4E Skyhawk flown by the VA-212 "Rampant Raiders" from the USS
Hancock (CVA-19) on tactical sorties against North Vietnamese military
and logistics targets during Operation Freedom Train in 1972
Skyhawk flown off
the USS Ticonderoga by LCDR Michael Estocin of the U.S. Navy's VA-192 "Golden
Dragons" on two dangerous SHRIKE missions against Haiphong, North Vietnam, in
April, 1967. Shot down and presumed killed during the second attack, Estocin was
ultimately awarded the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity
at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty."
No. 805 Sqn., Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Melbourne, 1977
16 Douglas A-4G Skyhawks that were built or modified exclusively
for the Royal Australian Navy
Other versions were called the C205 Skyhawk, C207 Skyhawk, C215 Skyhawk.
