Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA1429 Douglas A-4E Skyhawk, Commemorative Edition, USN VA-163 Saints, AH300, John McCain III, USS Oriskany, Vietnam, 1967, MK.82, Bullpup Missiles And A Large Base Plate, 1/72 Scale Diecast Model, Size: 4.75" Wingspan, 6.75" Long, Optional Up & Down Landing Gear, Armaments & Display Stand Are Included.

The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. Primary Role: Attack Aircraft, Fighter, Aggressor Aircraft.Designed to replace the Douglas AD-1 Skyraider the Skyhawk first flew in 1954. Its small size was a radical departure from the normal ôBigö thinking of the time. The USN first took delivery in late 1956 with the USMC receiving theirs 3 months later. Over the years many nicknames were used, ôTinker Toyö, ôHeinemannÆs Hotrodö (the designer was Ed Heinemann), with the E and F models labeled the ôCamelö because of the electronics hump along the dorsal. Probably the most well known nickname used for the 2,960 A-4Æs that were produced is ôScooterö.

In July 1967 John Sidney McCain III survived a deck explosion and fire on the USS Forrestal that killed 134. He then joined the USS Oriskany VA-163 Saints and in October 1967 his A-4E Skyhawk was shot down over Vietnam. Released after 5 1/2 years in prison John retired from the military in 1981 and was elected as a Congressman in 1982 and Senator in 1986. John McCain was considered a national hero and great statesman and when he died in 2018 John McCain he was given a state funeral usually reserved for U.S. Presidents and U.S. Supreme Court Justices.