A-4E Skyhawk - Ghost Rider AH 412 On Mission

by Antonios Valamontes

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$4,800

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48.000 x 29.000 x 1.500 inches

Title

A-4E Skyhawk - Ghost Rider AH 412 On Mission

Artist

Antonios Valamontes

Medium

Painting - Oils On Portrait

Description

1967-1968: VA-164 Ghost Riders A-4E Skyhawks (AH-412, AH-413) and VA-163 Saints A-4E Skyhawks (AH-317, AH-301, AH-306) services on the USS Oriskany (CVA 34) operating in the South China Sea off Vietnam.

KIA

On August 31, 1967, Lieutenant Commander Perry was declared a casualty of the Vietnam War. ★ He served with honor in the United States Navy. ★ The people of Nevada remember him. ★ May his positive example inspire us.

★ Lieutenant Commander Perry was a member of Attack Squadron 164, Carrier Air Wing 15 aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS ORISKANY (CVA-34). On August 31, 1967, he was the pilot of a Douglas Attack Aircraft Skyhawk (A-4E) on a raid on Haiphong, North Vietnam, when a surface-to-air missile hit his aircraft. He managed to parachute over water but could not be saved. His remains were recovered on November 26, 1986, and identified on February 19, 1987.

Service ID: 530167796
Name: Richard Clark Perry
From: Carlin, Elko County, Nevada
Birth Date: August 9, 1932
Casualty Date: August 31, 1967
War: Vietnam War
Service Branch: Navy
Rank: Lieutenant Commander
Unit/Group: 7th Fleet, Carrier Air Wing 16, VA 164, TF 77, USS Oriskany CVA 34
Casualty Type Died through hostile action .. air crash on land .. Body not recovered until 1986
Location: North Vietnam, Long Khanh Province

Notable Awards ★ Purple Heart

None of us would be who we are or have what we have if not for the strengths and sacrifices of others. Most of us enjoy lives of relative freedom. Our freedom has come at an enormous cost, the price paid by those who gave their all in service to their country, states, and communities. Each of them is a beloved member of our global family.


The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta-winged, single turbojet-engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company and later by McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated A4D under the U.S. Navy's pre-1962 designation system.

The Skyhawk is a relatively lightweight aircraft, with a maximum takeoff weight of 24,500 pounds (11,100 kg) and a top speed of 670 miles per hour (1,080 km/h). The aircraft's five hardpoints support a variety of missiles, bombs, and other munitions. It is capable of carrying a bomb load equivalent to that of a World War II–era Boeing B-17 bomber. It can deliver nuclear weapons using a low-altitude bombing system and a "loft" delivery technique. The Wright J65 turbojet engine originally powered the A-4; from the A-4E onwards, the Pratt & Whitney J52 engine was used.

Skyhawks played key roles in the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Falklands War. Sixty years after the aircraft's first flight in 1954, some of the 2,960 produced (through February 1979) remain in service with the Argentine Air Force and Brazilian Naval Aviation.


Synopsis: A jet fighter is flying low over a rural landscape where multiple explosions and fires are visible in the background. The aircraft, adorned with military markings, appears to be on a combat mission, evidenced by the armed missiles attached to its wings.

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March 8th, 2024

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