The aircraft’s 125-horsepower Shvetsov engine could lift the plane no higher than ten thousand feet and to a maximum speed of around ninety-five miles per hour.
If you thought that vintage military aircraft, also known as warbirds, could only be admired at airshows or museums, you’ll be happy to know that you could become the proud owner of one of these aircraft yourself. And it wouldn’t be just a piece of history you keep on display, but a reliable flight companion that can hold its own against fancier private jets.
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For the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Bomber, Size Really Didnt Matter
Small, nimble and simply built, the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk served the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps from 1956 onward for nearly 40 years.
Here s What You Need to Remember: The A-4H was the first U.S.-made military aircraft adopted by the Israeli Air Force this was an A-4F based export variant peculiar to both Israeli requirements and American export caveats. It added on a braking parachute but lacked the A-4F’s avionics hump, rear-facing radar warning receivers and the fire control systems to perform loft bombing.
On Aug. 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein’s army stormed into the tiny kingdom of Kuwait with 120,000 troops and 300 tanks. While the invasion certainly shocked the world, the Iraqis did not roll in completely unopposed. Among the first responders were Kuwaiti air force A-4KU Skyhawks, which took off under artillery bombardment and lashed out at the invaders.