Photos Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, The Venerable "Scooter"
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Was thinking of this thread of yours while watching a fascinating hour-long walk-around of the Skyhawk. Fascinating machine and superb thread @BravoZulu! Cracking my knuckles in anticipation of hitting like/love on every damn photo here ?
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VA-93 was an Attack Squadron of USN established as Fighter Squadron VF-93 on 26 Mar 1952, and redesignated as VA-93 on 15 Sep 1956. It was disestablished 30 years later on 31 August 1986. The squadron's nickname was the Blue Blazers from 1954 to 1976 and Ravens thereafter.
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A-4Q Skyhawk fighters on the flight deck of the Argentine aircraft carrier ARA 25 de Mayo. In 1970, the sale of a batch of 16 A-4B fighters from the US Navy reserve for the Argentine Navy was authorized. The planes would be refurbished and upgraded at Tulsa Rework Facilities, a McDonnell Douglas subsidiary. Several improvements were installed, which is why the manufacturer deemed it appropriate to change the name from A-4B to A-4Q as it would be widely known in Argentina. The upgrades consisted of the replacement of the old 7,500 lb J65-W-16 reactor. of thrust by the J65-W-20 of 8400 lbs of thrust, in addition, improved navigation and communications equipment were included, actively serving in the 1970s and 1980s. By those years, the early 1980s, the Argentine Navy was incorporating the new Super Etendart fighters, for which the 3rd Fighter and Attack Squadron, made up of the Skyhawk fighters, would go on to carry out support missions such as reconnaissance, air refueling and light attack. However, the 1982 Falklands War would change all that and A-4Q Skyhawk fighters were on the front line of combat.
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white pilot suit in tropical zone!
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Grey colour mate
