- Vietnam War
- U.S. Navy
- A-4E (A4D-5) - upgraded to Pratt & Whitney J52-P-6A engine, strengthened airframe with two more weapon pylons (for a total of five), improved avionics, with TACAN, Doppler navigation radar, radar altimeter, toss-bombing computer, and AJB-3A low-altitude bombing system. Redesignated A-4E in 1962. 499 built.
- A-4F - upgrade of A-4E with extra avionics housed in a hump on the fuselage spine (this feature later retrofitted to A-4Es and some A-4Cs), wing-top spoilers to reduce landing roll out, nose wheel steering, and more powerful J52-P-8A engine. 147 built. Some served with Blue Angels acrobatic team from 1973 to 1986.
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