Who else likes the A-4 Skyhawk? Share some A4 pics.
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Skyhawk Tuah
>>64409450SA-2 rapemeat
>>64409450cool scooter>>64409761ten SA-2 missiles it takes to land a hit cost and weigh more than Skyhawk
>>64409450Me on the left>>64409761*AIM-9L
>>64409450I love these little hotrods
don't like the cunt but, their liveries are nice
>>64410106My brain keeps seeing them having two vertically stacked engines in this image like a Lightning because of the curve and shadow above the actual single engine.
What is the most advanced Skyhawk variant?
>>64414363That kinda looks like what I'd imagine a JMSDF Skyhawk would have looked like
>>64409836Luv me a Harrier. Simple as. However even I understand that Argentine A4s were clay pigeons when faced with AIM-9L Sea Harriers with all mod cons like Blux Fox etc. An upgraded Skyhawk with radar, HUD, RWR, AIM-9L etc would give a Sea Harrier a run for its money. Look up RNZAF project Kahu if you want to know more.
>>64414928I'm saying this as a Bong, if the Mutts didn't embargo the Argies' jet fuel. The war would have been a spectacular failure and Thatcher would have 0 legacy
>>64409450Fun fact. The Skyhawk can carry the same bomb load as a B-17.>>64414363Singaporean.>>64414928Argentine Skyhawks gave the bongs a run for their money. The Skyhawks were ship hunters, not fighters. The Argies were let down by their bombs, whose detonators were set up wrongly.
>>64414946it was mainly the fuel embargo, the Argentine air force and navy didn't have enough fuel to engage in sustained combat so, most of the time they just sortied to an RN ship, dropped a bomb with a faulty fuse then got shot down by Sea Harriers while they egressed. If they had enough fuel then the Mirages would have mangled every Sea Harrier in the task force
>>64414946>Singaporean.Not the Project Kahu Skyhawks?
>>64416836>If they had enough fuel then the Mirages would have mangled every Sea Harrier in the task forceAIM-9L says no.
>>64414940as if the americans had any real choice between supporting their historical ally and not caring.besides the problem with argie airplanes wasnt lack of fuel but the fact that the falklands were so far they could barely get there and back so their time on target was very limited.
>>64418052>>64414880>>64413018>>64411058>>64409793https://youtu.be/h2WMwISL3TwVan Halen intensifies
>>64418247Based scooter
Well, the A4 looks soo good in the Blue Angels livery imo.
The fa50 is faster and is the current modern day A4 skyhawk. This is now a fa50 thread. It's also the next Navy trainer.
>>64409450I have grown more fond of this little thing over the years.
>>64409836Hate the Argies, but the Argie Naval Aviation were heroes with what they did considering the resources they had. If they didn't have bombs with faulty fuses, they would have put the whole invasion plan in trouble.
>cute>affordable>adequate speed for a subsonic but nimble>does what it was designed to do and some more>again, cuteJust update the design, keep the general shape and call it the Skyhawk II.
>>64426069I wonder how good it would be in the COIN market?
Whoopsie.
>>64432995>This is fine
>>64422395What they needed to do is smash the fuse's arming delay mechanism with a hammer, so it would instantly go hot the moment it came off the rail. Sort of what hajis were doing in the sandbox, to get below minimum arming distance with RPG rounds. They would've likely lost a bunch of planes due to blast radius, but the RN taskforce would end up missing several ships.
>>64414363The Top Aces' A-4 have AESA radars iirc.
