The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk was an American attack aircraft originally
designed to operate from United States Navy aircraft carriers. The
aircraft was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Corporation
(later McDonnell Douglas), and was originally designated the A4D under
the US Navy’s pre-1962 designation system. This A-4F Skyhawk served
with Navy attack squadron VA-212 aboard the carrier USS Hancock in the
early 1970s, during the Vietnam War. Skyhawks operated in theatre until
the withdrawal from Vietnam and accounted for 37 per cent of combat
losses from enemy fire.