page_title: List of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk operators
section_title: United States Navy
hierarchical_section_title: List of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk operators / Military operators /  United States / United States Navy
caption_attribution_description: A McDonnell Douglas TA-4F Skyhawk (BuNo 153491) of Attack Squadron VA-164 Ghost Riders. VA-164 was assigned to Carrier Air Wing 21 (CVW-21) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hancock (CVA-19) in the early 1970s. Two TA-4Fs were assigned to VA-164 as laser designator aircraft for laser guided bombs dropped by the squadron's A-4Fs.
context_page_description: The List of Douglas A-4 Skyhawk operators lists the countries and their military units that operate or have operated the Skyhawk.
context_section_description: VA-12 
  VA-15 
  VA-22 
  VA-23 
  VA-34 
  VA-36 
  VA-43 
  VA-44 
  VA-45 
  VA-46 
  VA-55 
  VA-56 
  VA-64 
  VA-66 
  VA-72 
  VA-76 
  VA-81 
  VA-83 
  VA-86 
  VA-93 
  VA-94 
  VA-95 
  VA-106 
  VA-112 
  VA-113 
  VA-125 
  VA-126 
  VA-127 
  VA-133 
  VA-134 
  VA-144 
  VA-146 
  VA-152 
  VA-153 
  VA-155 
  VA-163 
  VA-164 
  VA-172 
  VA-176
  VA-192 
  VA-195 
  VA-212 
  VA-216 
  VAQ-33
  VC-1 
  VC-2 
  VC-5 
  VC-7 
  VC-8 
  VC-10 
  VC-12 
  VC-13 
  VF-171 
  VFAW-3
  VSF-1 
  VSF-3 
  VSF-76 
  VSF-86 
  VT-7
  VT-21
  VT-22
  VT-23
  VT-24
  VT-25
  VT-86 (NAS Pensacola through 1989)
  RVAH-3
  Navy Fighter Weapons School
  Naval Air Development Center
  Naval Air Test Center
  Naval Test Pilot School
  Naval Weapons Evaluation Facility
caption: A TA-4F of VA-164.