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The [[Argentine Naval Aviation]] also bought the Skyhawk known as ''A-4Q'' in the form of 16 A-4Bs in 1972, which unlike the Air Force's A-4Ps, were powered by {{convert|8400|lbf|kN|-1|abbr=on}} J-65-W-20 engines and fitted to use Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. They were received in 1972 to be used mainly from the aircraft carrier [[ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2)|ARA ''Veinticinco de Mayo'']] by the 3rd Fighter/Attack Squadron ({{lang-es|3ra Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque|links=no}}).<ref name="Gann pt 2 p134">Gann ''Wings of Fame'' No. 5, p1. 134.</ref><ref name="Elward p157">Elward 2000, p. 157.</ref> The first combat use of Argentina's Skyhawks took place amid a military revolt during December 1975, performing a single strike against rebels in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref name="Winchester 175"/> |
The [[Argentine Naval Aviation]] also bought the Skyhawk known as ''A-4Q'' in the form of 16 A-4Bs in 1972, which unlike the Air Force's A-4Ps, were powered by {{convert|8400|lbf|kN|-1|abbr=on}} J-65-W-20 engines and fitted to use Sidewinder air-to-air missiles. They were received in 1972 to be used mainly from the aircraft carrier [[ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2)|ARA ''Veinticinco de Mayo'']] by the 3rd Fighter/Attack Squadron ({{lang-es|3ra Escuadrilla Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque|links=no}}).<ref name="Gann pt 2 p134">Gann ''Wings of Fame'' No. 5, p1. 134.</ref><ref name="Elward p157">Elward 2000, p. 157.</ref> The first combat use of Argentina's Skyhawks took place amid a military revolt during December 1975, performing a single strike against rebels in [[Buenos Aires]].<ref name="Winchester 175"/> |
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The U.S. placed an embargo of spare parts in 1977 due to the [[Dirty War]],{{cn |
The U.S. placed an embargo of spare parts in 1977 due to the [[Dirty War]],{{cn}} backing the Humphrey-Kennedy amendment to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1976, the Carter administration placed an embargo on the sale of arms and spare parts to Argentina and on the training of its military personnel (which was lifted in the 1990s under [[Carlos Menem]]'s presidency when Argentina became a [[major non-NATO ally]]).<ref>[http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa44953.000/hfa44953_0.htm "Overview of U.S. Policy towards South America and the President's Upcoming Trip to the Region."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609151938/http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa44953.000/hfa44953_0.htm |date=9 June 2011}} ''commdocs.house.gov''. Retrieved: 14 March 2010.</ref> Ejection seats did not work and there were many other mechanical faults.<ref>Freed, Kenneth. [https://archive.today/20120713101659/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1828&dat=19820526&id=CNAhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xZ4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=1465,10774806 "Argentina pilots emerge as heroes in Falklands strife."] ''Los Angeles Times'', 27 May 1982. Retrieved: 14 March 2010.</ref> In spite of this, A-4s were still active during the 1982 [[Falklands War]]. |
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|ref =McDonnell Douglas aircraft since 1920 : Volume I,<ref name="Francillon">Francillon 1988, pp. 477–498.</ref> Global Security : A4D (A-4) Skyhawk{{cn |
|ref =McDonnell Douglas aircraft since 1920 : Volume I,<ref name="Francillon">Francillon 1988, pp. 477–498.</ref> Global Security : A4D (A-4) Skyhawk{{cn}} |
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