The Skyhawk was offered as a contender for the replacement in the KLu of the F84F in the mid '60's (plan C in the evaluation process) which eventually resulted in the procurement of the NF5. In the Navy it was considered as the replacement for the Seahawk on board of the carrier HrMs Karel Doorman, but on second thought it was decided to skip the attack role of the carrier and it was used in the ASW role with S2F Trackers and helicopters instead before being sold to Argentina .End of the fighter story for the MLD. Nevertheles, if the Naval Staff would have had it's way and the carrier would have been retained, the A4 would have been the no 1 option for the reequipment of no 321 Sq RNNAS !!!.
By the way, the guys from 322 Polly Gray Sq. would have been offended being degraded to the mud moving task: "Not a pound for air to ground" was their motto, being pure air defenders in those days .... . The A4's would have been used by the tactical 311 to 316 squadrons of Tactical Air Command of the KLu....
But just the same very nice job Spinners