(from the article `attack aircraft`) After World War II, faster jet aircraft were developed for attack missions. Among the U.S. types were the Grumman A-6 Intruder, first flown in 1960; ... ...the third generation of fighters, but they were not supersonic. One example was the British Blackburn Buccaneer, capable of exceptional range at ...
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The McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk (Bantam Bomber) is an American single-seater carrier-borne and land-based light attack aircraft developed during the 1950s to the US navy's requirements for a turbojet successor to the Douglas AD-6 Skyraider. The McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk II is a low-wing cantilever monoplane powered by a Pratt and Whitney J52-...
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