Soon thereafter, they take to the skies for the first time. This Douglas A4D-2N (A-4C) Skyhawk is one of these comeback cases. A Navy spec carrier-capable multi-role jet that carried more bombs ...

The Douglas Aircraft Company (now owned by Boeing) answered the Navy’s call by building the A-4 Skyhawk. Ed Heinemann, the lead designer for the A-4 Skyhawk, encapsulated the Skyhawk’s ethos ...

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk gets lost in the mix sometimes—but between 1954 and 1979, nearly 3,000 A-4s were produced, making the jet a ubiquitous Cold War staple with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine ...