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Part of a Douglas Poster, courtesy of Gary Verver:
Argentina was the first foreign government to purchase the Skyhawk. In 1965 it contracted to purchase 75 surplus U.S. A-4B (Douglas designation A-4P) and A-4C aircraft for use by the Argentine Air Force.
Twenty-five A-4Bs were delivered to Argentina in 1966, the second 25 arrived in 1970.
The final 25, A-4Cs, were delivered in 1976.
Following the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War in the South Atlantic, in 1983 the U.S. placed an embargo on sale of military aircraft to Argentina. The remaining Argentine Skyhawks continued operational until March 1999, when the last five of the old inventory were retired.
The U.S. embargo was lifted in 1994 and Argentina ordered 36 A-4Ms (re-designated A-4AR Fighting Hawk) from U.S. surplus. The first eight A-4ARs were refurbished in the U.S. by Lockheed-Martin and the remaining 28 were modified at a Lockheed Martin facility established in Argentina. The Fighting Hawk refurbishment-upgrade program was completed on 31 May 2000 and the aircraft are currently operational, assigned to the 5th Air Brigade at Villa Reynolds, west-northwest of Buenos Aires.
Update 13DEC18: Argentine Skyhawks are apparently sitting idle, no maintenace funds.
Argentine Air Force Fourth and Fifth Escuadrilla (Squadron).
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FAA (Air Force) A-4B to A-4P 142799: C-201 142127: C-202 142421: C-203 142136: C-204 142694: C-205 142762: C-206 142688: C-207 142139: C-208 142684: C-209 142128: C-210 142701: C-211 142773: C-212 142129: C-213 142109: C-214 142102: C-215 142098: C-216 142747: C-217 142099: C-218 142416: C-219 142796: C-220 142108: C-221 142752: C-222 142110: C-223 142132: C-224 142803: C-225 142090: C-226 142104: C-227 142728: C-228 142734: C-229 142736: C-230 142748: C-231 142749: C-232 142757: C-233 142760: C-234 142765: C-235 142784: C-236 142788: C-237 142830: C-238 142838: C-239 142855: C-240 142859: C-241 142862: C-242 142866: C-243 142883: C-244 142893: C-245 142901: C-246 142902: C-247 142910: C-248 142911: C-249 142914: C-250 |
FAA A-4C to A-4P 147714: C-301 148438: C-302 149526: C-303 149618: C-304 148562: C-305 148435: C-306 148452: C-307 148612: C-308 147747: C-309 148450: C-310 148517: C-311 147765: C-312 150595: C-313 149564: C-314 148531: C-315 147806: C-316 147830: C-317 148556: C-318 148553: C-319 149642: C-320 147741: C-321 149514: C-322 148467: C-323 148559: C-324 149585: C-325 |
FAA TA-4AR (former OA-4M) 154328: C-901 154294: C-902 154651: C-903 153531: C-904 159472: C-905
FAA A-4AR (former A-4M) 158161: C-906 158167: C-907 158178: C-908 158419: C-909 158193: C-910 158429: C-911 159471: C-912 159493: C-913 159778: C-914 159472: C-915 159780: C-915? 160029: C-916 158164: C-917 158423: C-918 158171: C-919 158426: C-920 159475: C-921 160045: C-922 159470: C-923 160025: C-924 158413: C-925 160032: C-926 160035: C-927 160039: C-928 160040: C-929 160042: C-930 160043: C-931 159478: C-932 159483: C-933 159486: C-934 159487: C-935 159783: C-936 158523: C- 159476: C- 159473: C- 154828: Parts only 159470: ? 158414: Parts only 158417: Parts only 160029: Parts/Display 154173: A-4F, Parts/Display
Front section of BuNo 155064, and rear section of BuNo 158126 (3A-761) on a trailer to be delivered to Argentina for parts. Delivered OCT 2009 to Museo Santa Romana, San Luis Argentina. Photo by Herman Longoni. Rear fuselage of 155064, parts for Argentina. Photo by Herman Longoni
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