Skyhawk, a small and lightweight attack aircraft nicknamed the "Tinker Toy," was a surprisingly lethal workhorse for the U.S. Navy, particularly during the Vietnam War. -Designed to be simple and ...

The last of these occurred on 26 September 1972, when USMC Captain James Walsh was hit by ground fire and had to eject from the aircraft. ... The A-4 Skyhawk as a Foreign Fighter .

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk gets lost in the mix sometimes—but between 1954 and 1979, nearly 3,000 A-4s were produced, making the jet a ubiquitous Cold War staple with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine ...

Corsair II showed up to replace it, many scoffed. But this “short little ugly fella” (or SLUF, as pilots called it) turned out to be one of the most accurate ground-attack aircraft of the Vietnam War.

The Marine Corps says a Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was taking off around 2:00 p.m. Wednesday when the accident happened. The subsonic jet is owned by Draken International, ...

A Douglas A-4 Skyhawk experienced an emergency on takeoff. ... (WNCT) — A civilian pilot was forced to eject from his plane after takeoff from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point on Wednesday.