Auto Credit Based on Nico412's A-4AR FightingHawk

Argentine plane developed by:

One of the last a-4s still in flight along with the AF-1 From brazil

History

The Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk is a major upgrade of the McDonnell Douglas A-4M Skyhawk attack aircraft developed for the Argentine Air Force which entered service in 1998. The program was named Fightinghawk in recognition of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, which was the source of its new avionics.

The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas) in 1982 took a heavy toll on the Argentine Air Force, which lost over 60 aircraft. Due to the deteriorating national economic situation and political distrust of the military, the Air Force was denied the resources needed to replace its war losses.

The supply of modern combat aircraft had been restricted since the United States had imposed an arms embargo in 1978 for human rights abuses there were further restrictions when the United Kingdom also imposed an arms embargo in 1982. The only combat aircraft that the Air Force could obtain were 10 Mirage 5Ps transferred from the Peruvian Air Force, 19 Six-Day War veteran Mirage IIICJs from Israel, and 2 Mirage IIIB trainers from the French Air Force.

In 1989, Carlos Menem was elected President of Argentina and quickly established a pro-United States foreign policy which led to the country gaining Major non-NATO ally status. Although the economic situation improved, the funds to purchase new combat aircraft like the Mirage 2000 remained unavailable

In 1994, the United States made a counteroffer to modernize 36 former US Marine Corps A-4M Skyhawks in a US$282 million deal that would be carried out by Lockheed Martin and included the privatization of the Fabrica Militar de Aviones (Military Aircraft Factory) which was renamed Lockheed Martin Aircraft Argentina SA afterward. In 2010, FMA reverted to the Argentine government as Fabrica Argentina de Aviones (FADEA).

GENERAL INFO

  • Predecessor: A-4AR FightingHawk
  • Successors 1 craft(s)
  • Created On: Windows
  • Game Version: 0.8.107.0
  • Price: $5,321k
  • Number of Parts: 132
  • Dimensions: 6 m x 8 m x 13 m

PERFORMANCE

  • Total Delta V: 0m/s
  • Total Thrust: 0N
  • Engines: 1
  • Wet Mass: 7,471kg
  • Dry Mass: 5,678kg

STAGES

Stage Engines Delta V Thrust Burn Mass
1 1 0m/s 0N 0s 7,471kg

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