National Interest on MSN1mon
The A-4 Skyhawk Is A Movie Star—And A Great Fighter Jet, Too
The A-4 Skyhawk seems to have fallen between the cracks ... as an aggressor aircraft during training at Fighter Weapons ...
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10 Fighter Jets You Can Actually Buy (And How Much They Cost)
Off the battlefield, the Skyhawk was the symbol of the United States Navy between 1974 and 1986, when they were flown by the Blue Angels Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, and the fighter jets ...
The National Interest on MSN6d
The Last Argentine A-4 Airstrike Could Have Changed the Falklands War
But the bold Argentine A-4 Skyhawks’ efforts were all for naught: Argentina surrendered to the British the following day.
MercoPress11d
Falklands’ conflict gunner meets Skyhawk pilot he shot down, at his home in Argentina
Mr Wilkinson was a 22-year-old anti-aircraft gunner serving on HMS Intrepid when he opened fire and hit an enemy Skyhawk fighter jet during the conflict in 1982. The image of the stricken plane ...
Neue Zürcher Zeitung3y
The Vietnam War's 200,000 forgotten victims: North Vietnamese prisoners of war
On Oct. 26, 1967, McCain's Douglas Skyhawk fighter jet was shot down over North Vietnam, crash-landing behind enemy lines. The wounded lieutenant commander was then taken to the notorious Hoa Lo ...
Red 6
Boeing and an augmented-reality company called Red 6 have successfully flown and tested a virtual display system in a TA-4J Skyhawk tactical aircraft, in preparation for putting the system on… Read Mo ...
MercoPress13d
UK military honours for Argentine remain burial in Falklands
The burial ceremony was conducted by Monsignor Michael McPartland. The remains of Argentine 1st Lt. Jorge Casco killed in 1982 while flying a Skyhawk fighter plane during the South Atlantic ...
Nevada Appeal15d
Museum’s spring lecture series begins March 18
The Churchill County Museum will hold its annual free Spring Lecture Series on Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. beginning March 18 with ...