A-6 Intruder: The Attack Aircraft The U.S. Navy And Marines Miss?
ByHarrison Kass
Published11 hours ago
When I was a kid, fixated with military aviation, one plane, in particular, held my attention. It wasn’t the angular F-16 Fighting Falcon or the Top Gun-starring F-14 Tomcat. It wasn’t the BatManesque B-2 Stealth. For whatever reason, my favorite plane, without question, was the rounded, somewhat dopey-looking A-6 Intruder, an all-weather attack aircraft first flown in the 1960s.
Unfortunately, during my childhood in the 80s and 90s, the A-6 was already in the twilight of its service life. Retired in 1997, the tough and simple A-6 has since mostly faded into the annals of aviation history, despite its 36-year run as a reliable craft in service with both the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.
A-6 Takes Flight
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