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Vietnam A-4B Skyhawk


twp1

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Hoping to tap into someone's greater knowledge on Skyhawk's.

 

I have a couple of Skyhawk kits but they are the new Airfix offering that comes with very little in the way of ordnance. 

 

Can any confirm whether or not Vietnam era A-4B Skyhawks carried TER racks and if so what type of bomb was usually chucked off them?

 

Cheers

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3 hours ago, Hook said:

A-4B's made just two Vietnam deployments (with VA-15 and VA-95); both were before TER & MER were operational.

 

Cheers, Andre

Thanks Andre.  I have the Xtradecal Skyhawk decal sheet X72151 which I think has schemes that predate Vietnam service anyway.  Would you happen to know what weapons were cleared for use on the A-4B?

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8 hours ago, twp1 said:

Would you happen to know what weapons were cleared for use on the A-4B?

Mk. 80 series bombs, including Snakeye fins, Bullpup, rockets (both Zuni and 70mm LAU pods, AIM-9B Sidewinder and fuel / napalm tanks.

 

HTH, Andre

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