Does anyone know what type aircraft Sen. McCain was flying when he was shot down over Vietnam? The reason I ask,(and this probably sounds a little corny), is that I would like to send a nice picture of that aircraft to him and ask him for a personal autograph. No matter what you think of his politics, you have to give him credit for his service to this country.

it was an a-4 skyhawk. you might wanna double check, but id bet money on it.

Dunno, but I see a lot of pics of him around an A4 Skyhawk. Maybe that's it.

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Edited to spell "Skyhawk" correctly

I think you guys are right. Thanks.

He was attached to the US Navy A-4 Squadron VA-163, The Saints, out of NAS Lemoore, California.
[url]http://www.skyhawk.org/va163.htm[/url]
[img]http://www.skyhawk.org/va163.jpg[/img]

They in turn were attached to the USS Oriskany
[url]http://www.ussoriskany.com[/url]

On October 26 1967, A Douglas A-4E Skyhawk (BuNo. 149959) (Side Number AH 300) was shot down by a surface-to-air missile (SAM) during a combat mission over North Vietnam.
The pilot Lieutenant Commander John S. McCain III, successfully ejected and was made Prisoner of War.

Here is a shot of an A-4E, 149656 at the Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Fl.
[img]http://www.skyhawk.org/149656.gif[/img]

That's correct.  It was an A-4E model.

[img]pacificcoastairmuseum.org/images/A41_020101.jpg[/img]

more pics:[url]http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/gallery/images/a4/a4.htm[/url]

[img]pacificcoastairmuseum.org/images/A4020101.jpg[/img]
The two pics I posted are not from the Boeing site....

John

Looks like Davis-Monthan, no? How old are these pics?

I don't know I got them of the pacific coast air museum's website. Right click on the pic then select properties.
BTW---I'm now......
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Evil-Beagles? Cool! Although my favorite breed is German Shepherd Dog.[:D]. Anyway,it looks like the A4 and F4 are intered at Davis-Monthan. Also,looks like a Tomcat at lhe lower left of photo. Cool shot Evil-Beagle!!