{"product_id":"hobby-master-a-4b-ha1404","title":"Hobby Master HA1404 A-4B Fuerza Aerea Argentina","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"e4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text\"\u003eHobby Master HA1404 A-4B C-207, Fuerza Aerea Argentina, May 1982 Falklands\/Malvinas War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"text\"\u003e Argentina was the first country with Skyhawks outside of the U.S.. 50 surplus A-4Bs were ordered by the Argentine Air Force. The aircraft were refurbished and designated A-4P with 25 planes being delivered in October 1966 and the last 25 in 1970. The first planes were powered by 7700 lb.s.t. Wright J65-W-16A engines, had new ejection seats and lift spoilers with vortex generators on top of the flaps normally used on the A-4F. The pair of 20-mm cannons with 100 rounds per gun was retained but no Sidewinder missiles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA flight of 3 A-4 started out on a bombing mission but 1 plane had to return because of\u003cbr soft=\"\"\u003etechnical trouble  A flight of 2 A-4Ps, call sign Zeus flown by Ensign Jorge “Pampa”\u003cbr soft=\"\"\u003eBarrionuevo and First Lieutenant Mariano “Cobra” Velasco flying C-207. On Velasco’s\u003cbr soft=\"\"\u003efinal run on the HMS Coventry he dropped three 1000 lb. bombs with all 3 hitting the\u003cbr soft=\"\"\u003eship. The bombs penetrated deep inside the ship, and exploded with a tremendous force. C-207 wore the silhouettes of 2 ships, sinking HMS Coventry and damaging HMS Brilliant.\u003cbr soft=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"e5\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hobby Master","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43319002890467,"sku":"350","price":179.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/5000\/6243\/products\/hobby-master-ha1404-a-4b-fuerza-aerea-argentina-300526.jpg?v=1738274065","url":"https:\/\/www.mtsaviationmodels.com\/de\/products\/hobby-master-a-4b-ha1404","provider":"MTS Aviation Models","version":"1.0","type":"link"}