ST Aerospace A-4SU Super Skyhawk

A-4SU Super Skyhawk
A 150 Sqn A-4SU (957) at RAF Waddington during the Waddington International Air Show, 2000
Role Fighter-bomber, Advanced jet trainer
Manufacturer Douglas Aircraft Company
Lockheed Aircraft Services[1]
Singapore Aircraft Industries
(SAI, now ST Aerospace)
First flight 19 September 1986
Introduction 1989
Retired 2012
Status Retired
Primary user Republic of Singapore Air Force
Number built ~150[2]
Developed from Douglas A-4 Skyhawk

The ST Aerospace A-4SU Super Skyhawk is a major upgrade project of the Douglas A-4S Skyhawk attack aircraft undertaken by Singapore Aircraft Industries (SAI, now ST Aerospace) in the 1980s. It was used exclusively by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), serving in the fighter-bomber role from 1989 until retirement from front line service in 2005. Since mid-1999, the A-4SU took on the additional role of being the designated advanced jet trainer (AJT) aircraft for the RSAF's AJT training program/detachment in Cazaux, France.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference FGC1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Production History : Singapore A-4S/A-4SU". a4skyhawk.org. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.
  3. ^ "Inauguration of the 150 Squadron Building in Cazaux Air Base, France." Singaporean Ministry of Defence, 24 July 2002. Retrieved: 13 July 2010.