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The A-4 Skyhawk Is A Movie Star—And A Great Fighter Jet, Too

In Top Gun—undoubtedly the most culturally relevant military aviation film ever made—the A-4 pops up multiple times. The A-4 ...
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Here’s Why the A-4 Skyhawk Made Such a Good “Enemy” Plane

The A-4 Skyhawk was designed as a small and nimble dogfighter—the same design principles used for Soviet aircraft, making it ...
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The A-4 Skyhawk Is A Movie Star—And A Great Fighter Jet, Too

You can still see the A-4 Skyhawk today, in film, with peripheral roles in several prominent films. In The Right Stuff, for example, soon-to-be-astronaut Al Shephard lands his Navy A-4 on a carrier ...