A4 Skyhawk, built as a Aricraft attack. How would you rate as a fighter? The A4 is essentially a design 50. How qualify as a fighter against 60 and 70 aircraft. F-16, etc. In fact, "school Top Gun 'used A-4 to whup @ ss on the F-15, F-16 and F-18. There is a difference between perception and reality. agile. notes were used by the squadrons aggrssor yet be subsonic, and without radar, he would suffer in aerial combat the 60ites 70. i can not be compared with the MiG 21 in spite of which was used to mock the MiG. which are basically very different, MiG has been optimized for supersonic flight. indeed, I think the A4S used to act as the MiG 17 fresh instead of Mig 21s. F-5 was used as the Mig 21 and F4 were used to act as Mig 23 Flogger. so F4 least the use of paper on the floor 23/27 suipport MiG was mentioned in a documentary about a red flag. citing wiki:> versions coach Skyhawk remained in Navy service however, to find a new life with the advent of adversary training, where the nimble A-4 was used as a substitute for the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 in the formation of different air combat (DACT). He served in that post until 1999. <> With renewed emphasis on air combat maneuvers (ACM) training carried out with the establishment of the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) in 1968, the availability of A-4 Skyhawk, in rags and composite instruments squads Master Jet Bases appealed disposable agile Skyhawks had become the