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USA |
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Type: Attack |
| Manufacturer:
Douglas |
| Service:
1956 - 2003 |
| First
Flight: 22 June 1954 |
| Production:
2960 |
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The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was an American attack aircraft originally designed to operate from United States Navy aircraft carriers. The aircraft was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company (later McDonnell Douglas) and was originally designated the A4D under the US Navy's pre-1962 designation system.
Fifty years after the first flight of the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, and having played key roles in Vietnam, the Falklands and Yom Kippur wars, some of the nearly 3,000 Skyhawks produced remain in service with several air arms around the world, including active duty on a carrier.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( A-4F Skyhawk) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: 1 (2 in TA-4J,TA-4F,OA-4F)
- Length: 40 ft 3 in (12.22 m)
- Wingspan: 26 ft 6 in (8.38 m)
- Height: 15 ft (4.57 m)
- Wing area: 259 ft (24.15 m)
- Airfoil: NACA 0008-1.1-25 root, NACA 0005-0.825-50 tip
- Empty weight: 10,450 lb (4,750 kg)
- Loaded weight: 18,300 lb (8,318 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 24,500 lb (11,136 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 x Pratt & Whitney J52-P8A turbojet, 9,300 lbf (10,000+ USMC A-4M and OA-4M) (41 kN)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 585 knots (673 mph, 1,077 km/h)
- Range: 1,700 nm (2,000 mi, 3,220 km)
- Service ceiling 42,250 ft (12,880 m)
- Rate of climb: 8,440 ft/min (43 m/s)
- Wing loading: 70.7 lb/ft (344.4 kg/m)
- Thrust/weight: 0.51
Armament
- Guns: 2 x 20 mm (0.787 in) Colt Mk 12 cannon, 100 rounds/gun
- Missiles: 4 x AIM-9 Sidewinder
AGM-45 Shrike ARM (Anti-Radiation Missile), AGM-65 Maverick ASM (Air-to-Surface Missiles), AGM-62 Walleye Glide bomb, AGM-12 Bullpup ASM (Air-to-Surface Missiles), Rockeye Mk.20 Cluster Bomb Unit, Rockeye Mk.7/APAM-59 Cluster Bomb Unit, Mk.81 (250 lb) and Mk.82 (500 lb) free fall or retarded bombs, various tactical nuclear missiles and bombs, Mk.76 Practice Bombs
- Bombs: 9,900 lb (4,490 kg) on five external hardpoints
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