Top Aces will add four Douglas A-4 Skyhawks to its adversary air fleet in Canada The CF-18 is the Canadian designation for the F/A-18A/B Hornet strike fighter, which the RCAF currently operates as ...

Skyhawk, a small and lightweight attack aircraft nicknamed the "Tinker Toy," was a surprisingly lethal workhorse for the U.S.

Top Aces technicians at RCAF airbase in Cold Lake before the successful completion of the A-4 AAF Skyhawk’s first training mission, preparing CF-18 pilots for advanced threats as part of the ...

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 ...

The A-4 Skyhawk, also lovingly known ... None the less, Skyhawks remain popular for contractor adversary support and JTAC training around the globe, not to mention there are a few flying in ...

The A-4 Skyhawk’s Debut in Vietnam. After American destroyers were attacked in the Tonkin Gulf in 1964, Skyhawks participated in the first strikes of the Vietnam War.

Because most American World War II era carriers couldn't launch larger fighters like the F-4 Phantom II and A-7 Corsair, the Navy especially began to fall in love with the Skyhawk, which had its ...

GAVIAO PEIXOTO, Brazil, May 27 (UPI) --The first of 12 completely modernized A-4 Skyhawk fighters has been delivered to the Brazilian Navy by Embraer Defense & Security. The McDonnell Douglas A-4 ...

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a very versatile light attack-bomber that has been a U.S. Navy first-line aircraft for many years. Despite its relatively small size, it is able to carry a large and varied ...

Speed-wise, the Skyhawk was very quick in the car. Often dubbed Heinemann’s Hot Rod after the airframe’s lead designer, the A-4 set a world record of more than 695 miles per hour in the mid-1950s.