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Aircraft:
Douglas A-4F Skyhawk
- Reg: 154977 photos
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Serial #:
13793
- Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
- Photo Date: Apr 01, 2022
- Uploaded: Jul 31, 2023
- Other Location - USS Midway Museum, San Diego, USA - California
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Douglas A-4F Skyhawk on display at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, CA. Though designed as a nuclear bomber, the A-4 Skyhawk became legendary as the Navy’s leading light bomber in the 1960s. Affectionately called “The Scooter”, its rugged simplicity and energetic performance placed the A-4 in the forefront of the close-in bombing war in Southeast Asia. However, Skyhawk squadrons endured correspondingly heavy casualties to the increasingly effective North Vietnamese air defenses. This experience helped push the development of today’s "smart bombs".
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Douglas A-4F Skyhawk on display at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, CA. Though designed as a nuclear bomber, the A-4 Skyhawk became legendary as the Navy’s leading light bomber in the 1960s. Affectionately called “The Scooter”, its rugged simplicity and energetic performance placed the A-4 in the forefront of the close-in bombing war in Southeast Asia. However, Skyhawk squadrons endured correspondingly heavy casualties to the increasingly effective North Vietnamese air defenses. This experience helped push the development of today’s "smart bombs".Camera
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- Reg: 154977 photos
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Aircraft:
Douglas A-4F Skyhawk
- Airline: United States - US Navy (USN)
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Serial #:
13793
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Photo Location
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Other Location - USS Midway Museum, San Diego
- USA - California
