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Have more on air-to-air record in Israeli service, but won't post it now.
===Kuwait===
===Kuwait===
[[Kuwait]]i Skyhawks flew against [[Iraq]]i forces when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, and some pilots managed to escape to [[Saudi Arabia]] when their airfields were overrun. The planes were integrated into the Royal Saudi Air Force for the duration of the [[Gulf War]], and came to be known as the Free Kuwaiti Air Force. The FKAF flew over 1300 combat sorties, losing one aircraft to enemy fire.<ref>[http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/newa4_15.html Skyhawk for Kuwait]</ref> After the war, Kuwait replaced its Skyhawks with [[F/A-18 Hornet]]s. The Skyhawks were sold to [[Brazil]] for use on their aircraft carrier, ''Sao Paulo''.
[[Kuwait]]i Skyhawks flew against [[Iraq]]i forces when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, and some pilots managed to escape to [[Saudi Arabia]] when their airfields were overrun. The planes were integrated into the Royal Saudi Air Force for the duration of the [[Gulf War]], and came to be known as the Free Kuwaiti Air Force. The FKAF flew over 1300 combat sorties, losing one aircraft to enemy fire.<ref>[http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/newa4_15.html Skyhawk for Kuwait]</ref> After the war, Kuwait replaced its Skyhawks with [[F/A-18 Hornet]]s. The Skyhawks were sold to [[Brazil]] for use on their aircraft carrier, ''Sao Paulo''.
==A-4 in Popular Culture==
The Scooter will be familiar to all fans of the movie ''Top Gun'', as A-4s are flown by aggressor pilots Viper and Jester to train the Tomcat pilots. An A-4 also plays a small but pivotal role in the [[Tom Clancy]] novel and film ''The Sum of All Fears''. In the anime ''Area 88'', Skyhawks are common, and one is flown by mercenary and air-to-ground specialist Greg Gates.
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