Lockheed Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk

what is it?

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.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 jet engine · 8.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 1,080 km/htop speed
• range 3,220 kmwithout refuelling
• size 11.1 tmax take-off weight
• built 36made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 29 years ago, in 1997.
• 🏎️Top speed is 8.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🌍Range of 3,220 km: 18× Amsterdam to Brussels.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.5× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

1997-12

introduced

1997

retired

2026

status

retired

number built

36

role

ground attack fighter

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Lockheed Martin

engines

1× Pratt & Whitney J52-P-408A

crew

1

length

12.3 m

wingspan

8.4 m

height

4.6 m

max take-off weight

11.1 t

top speed

1,080 km/h

range

3,220 km

ceiling

12,880 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.

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