The A-4 Skyhawk (formerly A4D, Douglas, later McDonnell Douglas, now Boeing) is a carrier-capable attack aircraft. The aircraft features a conventional design with a low-mounted delta-like wing, tricycle undercarriage, and a single jet engine in the rear fuselage with intakes on the fuselage sides.
Armament consisted of a 20mm cannon in each wing root, and a large variety of bombs, rockets, and missiles carried on a centreline hardpoint under the fuselage and two hardpoints under each wing.
Specifications
A-4 Skyhawk Technical Data
Length12.22 m (40 ft 3 in)
Wingspan8.38 m (27 ft 6 in)
Height4.57 m (14 ft 11 in)
Empty Weight4,750 kg (10,448 lb)
Max Takeoff11,136 kg (24,500 lb)
Engine1 × Pratt & Whitney J52-P8A
Max Speed1,100 km/h (686 mph)
Combat Range3,220 km (2,000 mi)
Ceiling12,880 m (42,250 ft)
Guns2 × 20mm Mk 12 cannon
Variants
- A-4A (A4D-1) — Initial production, 166 built
- A-4B (A4D-2) — Strengthened, air-to-air refueling, 542 built
- A-4C (A4D-2N) — Night/adverse weather version, 638 built
- A-4E (A4D-5) — Major upgrade with J52 engine, 499 built
- A-4F — Further refinement, avionics hump, 147 built
- A-4M — Dedicated Marine version, 158 built
Operators
USN, USMC, Brazilian Air Force, Argentine Air Force and Navy, Royal Australian Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Israeli Air Force, Kuwaiti Air Force, Royal Malaysian Air Force, Singapore Air Force.