The A-4 Skyhawk was designed by Douglas in response to a U.S. Navy call for a jet-powered attack aircraft to replace the older A-1 Skyraider. Douglas opted for a design that would minimize its size, weight, and complexity. The result was an aircraft that weighed only half of the Navy's weight specification. It had a wing so compact that it did not need to be folded for carrier stowage. A-4F refinement of A-4E with extra avionics housed in a hump on the fuselage spine (this feature later retrofitted to A-4Es and some A-4Cs) and more powerful J52-P-8A engine with 9,300 lbf (41 kN) of thrust, later upgraded in service to J52-P-408 with 11,200 lbf (50 kN), 147 built. Some served with Blue Angels acrobatic team from 1973 to 1986 Item No 02267 Item Name A-4F Skyhawk Bar Code 9580208022673 Scale 1:32 Item Type Static Kit Model Brief Length: 411mm Wingspan: 261mm Total Parts 530+pcs Metal Parts Photo Etched Parts 1piece Film Parts n/a Resin Parts n/a Total Sprues 19 sprues and tyres Paint Schemes US Navy Released Date 2011-07 More Features " Fuselage -Left and right fuselage moulded w/ authentic details Engine -Finely detailed engine. Interior -Finely detailed gear cabin -Finely detailed cockpit Wings - Newly tooled wings accurately represent real ones - Optional position flaps - plenty of external loads PE -Photo-etched parts for safety belt,interior details