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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Entering service and Vietnam War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Entering_service_and_Vietnam_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lebanon_and_later_action" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lebanon_and_later_action"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Lebanon and later action</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Lebanon_and_later_action-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retirement" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retirement"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Retirement</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retirement-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Variants" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Variants"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Variants</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Variants-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Variants subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Variants-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-YA-6A_and_A-6A" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#YA-6A_and_A-6A"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>YA-6A and A-6A</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-YA-6A_and_A-6A-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-A-6B" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#A-6B"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>A-6B</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-A-6B-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-A-6C" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#A-6C"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>A-6C</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-A-6C-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-KA-6D" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#KA-6D"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>KA-6D</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-KA-6D-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-A-6E" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#A-6E"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>A-6E</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-A-6E-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-A-6F_and_A-6G" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#A-6F_and_A-6G"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>A-6F and A-6G</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-A-6F_and_A-6G-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electronic_warfare_versions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electronic_warfare_versions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.7</span> <span>Electronic warfare versions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electronic_warfare_versions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Variant_list" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Variant_list"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.8</span> <span>Variant list</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Variant_list-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operators" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operators"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Operators</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operators-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Aircraft_on_display" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Aircraft_on_display"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Aircraft on display</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Aircraft_on_display-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Specifications_(A-6E)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Specifications_(A-6E)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Specifications (A-6E)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Specifications_(A-6E)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_appearances_in_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_appearances_in_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notable appearances in media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_appearances_in_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-References-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle References subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Bibliography" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Bibliography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Bibliography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Bibliography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%87-6_%D8%A5%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="غرومان ايه-6 إنترودر – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="غرومان ايه-6 إنترودر" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%90-6_%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8E%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80" title="Груман А-6 Интрюдър – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Груман А-6 Интрюдър" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Grumman A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Grumman A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6" title="Grumman A-6 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Grumman A-6" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Grumman A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%DB%8C-%DB%B6_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B1" title="گرومن ای-۶ اینترودر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گرومن ای-۶ اینترودر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Grumman A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Grumman A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Grumman A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%B8%EB%9F%AC%EB%A8%BC_A-6_%EC%9D%B8%ED%8A%B8%EB%A3%A8%EB%8D%94" title="그러먼 A-6 인트루더 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="그러먼 A-6 인트루더" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Grumman A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-6_Intruder" title="A-6 Intruder – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Grumman A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-6_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%93%D7%A8" title="A-6 אינטרודר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="A-6 אינטרודר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%E2%80%936_Intruder" title="A–6 Intruder – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="A–6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-6_Intruder" title="A-6 Intruder – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6" title="Grumman A-6 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Grumman A-6" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-6_(%E8%88%AA%E7%A9%BA%E6%A9%9F)" title="A-6 (航空機) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="A-6 (航空機)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Grumman A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Grumman A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Grumman A-6 Intruder – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Grumman A-6 Intruder" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a 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class="infobox-above">A-6 Intruder</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grumman_KA-6D_Intruder_of_VA-34_in_flight,_in_1988.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Grumman_KA-6D_Intruder_of_VA-34_in_flight%2C_in_1988.jpg/300px-Grumman_KA-6D_Intruder_of_VA-34_in_flight%2C_in_1988.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Grumman_KA-6D_Intruder_of_VA-34_in_flight%2C_in_1988.jpg/450px-Grumman_KA-6D_Intruder_of_VA-34_in_flight%2C_in_1988.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Grumman_KA-6D_Intruder_of_VA-34_in_flight%2C_in_1988.jpg/600px-Grumman_KA-6D_Intruder_of_VA-34_in_flight%2C_in_1988.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2535" data-file-height="1713" /></a></span> <div class="ib-aircraft-caption">KA-6D Intruder of Attack Squadron 34 (VA-34 "Blue Blasters")</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">Attack aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aerial_tanker" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerial tanker">Aerial tanker</a> (KA-6D variant)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">National origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">Manufacturer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Grumman" title="Grumman">Grumman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Retired from military use</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary users</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a><div> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number built</th><td class="infobox-data">693</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manufactured</th><td class="infobox-data">1962–1992</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Introduction date</th><td class="infobox-data">1963</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data">19 April 1960</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Retired</th><td class="infobox-data">28 April 1993 (USMC) <br />28 February 1997 (USN)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Developed into</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler">Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Grumman A-6 Intruder</b> is an American <a href="/wiki/Twinjet" title="Twinjet">twinjet</a> all-weather <a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">attack aircraft</a> developed and manufactured by American aircraft company <a href="/wiki/Grumman" title="Grumman">Grumman Aerospace</a> and formerly operated by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a>. </p><p>It was designed in response to a 1957 requirement issued by the <a href="/wiki/Bureau_of_Aeronautics" title="Bureau of Aeronautics">Bureau of Aeronautics</a> for an all-weather <a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">attack aircraft</a> for Navy long-range interdiction missions and with <a href="/wiki/STOL" title="STOL">short takeoff and landing (STOL)</a> capability for Marine close air support. It was to replace the <a href="/wiki/Piston-engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Piston-engine">piston-engined</a> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider" title="Douglas A-1 Skyraider">Douglas A-1 Skyraider</a>. The requirement allowed one or two engines, either turbojet or turboprop.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The winning proposal from Grumman used two <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J52" title="Pratt & Whitney J52">Pratt & Whitney J52</a> turbojet engines. The Intruder was the first Navy aircraft with an integrated airframe and weapons system. Operated by a crew of two in a <a href="/wiki/Tandem#Side-by-side_seating" title="Tandem">side-by-side seating</a> configuration, the workload was divided between the pilot and weapons officer (bombardier/navigator or BN). In addition to conventional munitions, it could also carry <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_weapon" title="Nuclear weapon">nuclear weapons</a>, which would be delivered using <a href="/wiki/Toss_bombing" title="Toss bombing">toss bombing</a> techniques. On 19 April 1960, the first prototype made its <a href="/wiki/Maiden_flight" title="Maiden flight">maiden flight</a>. </p><p>The A-6 was in service with the United States Navy and Marine Corps between 1963 and 1997, during which time multiple variants were prototyped and produced. Two of the more successful variants developed were the <a href="/wiki/EA-6B_Prowler" class="mw-redirect" title="EA-6B Prowler">EA-6B Prowler</a>, a specialized <a href="/wiki/Electronic_warfare" title="Electronic warfare">electronic warfare</a> derivative, and the KA-6D tanker version.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was deployed during various overseas conflicts, including the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>. The A-6 was intended to be superseded by the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_A-12_Avenger_II" title="McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II">McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II</a>, but this program was ultimately canceled due to cost overruns. Thus, when the A-6E was scheduled for retirement, its precision strike mission was initially taken over by the <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">Grumman F-14 Tomcat</a> equipped with a <a href="/wiki/LANTIRN" title="LANTIRN">LANTIRN</a> pod. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Background">Background</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a result of the fair-weather limitation of the <a href="/wiki/Propeller_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Propeller (aircraft)">propeller-driven</a> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-1_Skyraider" title="Douglas A-1 Skyraider">A-1 Skyraider</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> and the advent of turbine engines, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> issued preliminary requirements in 1955 for an all-weather <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">carrier-based</a> <a href="/wiki/Attack_aircraft" title="Attack aircraft">attack aircraft</a>. The U.S. Navy published an Operational Requirements Document (ORD) for it in October 1956. It released a <a href="/wiki/Request_For_Proposal" class="mw-redirect" title="Request For Proposal">Request For Proposals</a> (RFP) in February 1957.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RFP called for a 'close air support attack bomber capable of hitting the enemy at any time'. Aviation authors <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gunston" title="Bill Gunston">Bill Gunston</a> and Peter Gilchrist observe that this specification was shaped by the service's Korean War experiences, during which air support had been frequently unavailable unless fair weather conditions were present.<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_209_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_209-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response to the RFP, a total of eleven design proposals were submitted by eight different companies, including <a href="/wiki/Bell_Helicopter" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell Helicopter">Bell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Aircraft_Company" title="Douglas Aircraft Company">Douglas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grumman" title="Grumman">Grumman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Corporation" title="Lockheed Corporation">Lockheed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin_Company" title="Glenn L. Martin Company">Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_American_Aviation" title="North American Aviation">North American</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vought" title="Vought">Vought</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Grumman's submission was internally designated as the <i>Type G-128</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_209_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_209-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following evaluation of the bids, the U.S. Navy announced the selection of Grumman on 2 January 1958. The company was awarded a contract for the development of their submission, which had been re-designated <i>A2F-1</i>, in February 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:YA2F-1_tilting_pipes_NAN6-60.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/YA2F-1_tilting_pipes_NAN6-60.jpg/250px-YA2F-1_tilting_pipes_NAN6-60.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/YA2F-1_tilting_pipes_NAN6-60.jpg/375px-YA2F-1_tilting_pipes_NAN6-60.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/YA2F-1_tilting_pipes_NAN6-60.jpg/500px-YA2F-1_tilting_pipes_NAN6-60.jpg 2x" data-file-width="637" data-file-height="279" /></a><figcaption>YA2F-1 showing the original tilting tailpipes</figcaption></figure> <p>Grumman's design team was led by Robert Nafis and Lawrence Mead, Jr.<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_209_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_209-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mead later played a lead role in the design of the <a href="/wiki/Lunar_Excursion_Module" class="mw-redirect" title="Lunar Excursion Module">Lunar Excursion Module</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">Grumman F-14 Tomcat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team was spread between two sites, the company's manufacturing plant at <a href="/wiki/Bethpage,_New_York" title="Bethpage, New York">Bethpage</a> and the testing facilities at <a href="/wiki/Naval_Weapons_Industrial_Reserve_Plant,_Calverton" title="Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Calverton">Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Calverton</a>. During September 1959, the design was approved by the Mock-Up Review Board.<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_209_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_209-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The A2F-1 design incorporated several cutting-edge features for the era. In the early 1960s, it was novel for a fighter-sized aircraft to have sophisticated avionics that used multiple computers. This design experience was taken into consideration by NASA in their November 1962 decision to choose Grumman over other companies like General Dynamics-Convair (the <a href="/wiki/F-111" class="mw-redirect" title="F-111">F-111</a> had computerized avionics capabilities comparable to the A-6, but did not fly until 1964) to build the Lunar Excursion Module, which was a small-sized spacecraft with two onboard computers.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Test_program">Test program</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Test program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first prototype YA2F-1, lacking radar and the navigational and attack avionics, made its first flight on 19 April 1960,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wapj12_p40_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapj12_p40-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the second prototype flying on 28 July 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-wapj12_p41_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapj12_p41-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The test program required to develop the aircraft took a long time. The very advanced navigation and attack equipment required a lot of development and changes had to be made to correct aerodynamic deficiencies and remove unwanted features.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Extending the <a href="/wiki/Air_brake_(aeronautics)" title="Air brake (aeronautics)">air brakes</a>, which were mounted on the rear fuselage, changed the downwash at the horizontal <a href="/wiki/Tailplane" title="Tailplane">tailplane</a> which overloaded its actuator so the tailplane was moved rearwards by 16 inches (41 cm). Later evaluation of the aircraft showed that the airbrakes were not effective enough in controlling the speed of the aircraft and they were moved to the wing-tips.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Early production aircraft were fitted with both the fuselage and wingtip air brakes, although the fuselage-mounted ones were soon disabled, and were removed from later aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-wapj12_p41_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapj12_p41-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trailing edge of each wing-tip split to form a much more effective speed-brake which projected above and below the wing when extended. </p><p>The rudder needed a wider chord at its base to give greater exposed area to assist spin recovery. </p><p>A major difference between the first six production aircraft and subsequent aircraft were the jet nozzles; close-air support by the Marine Corps required STOL performance to operate from forward airstrips. Jet deflection using tilting tailpipes was proposed. The performance benefits from varying the angle were not worthwhile, whether operating from short strips or carriers, and they were fixed at a 7 degree downward angle.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_development">Further development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Further development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During February 1963, the A-6 was introduced to service with the US Navy; at this point, the type was, according to Gunston and Gilchrist, "the first genuinely all-weather attack bomber in history".<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_210_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_210-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, early operating experiences found the aircraft to be imposing very high maintenance demands, particularly in the Asian theatre of operations, and serviceability figures were also low. In response, the Naval Avionics Lab launched a substantial and lengthy program to improve both the reliability and performance of the A-6's avionics suite.<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_210_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_210-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The successful performance of the A-6 in operations following these improvements ended proposals to produce follow-on models that featured downgraded avionics.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrews_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrews-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Various specialized variants of the A-6 were developed, often in response to urgent military requirements raised during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_21011_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_21011-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>A-6C</i>, a dedicated interdictor, was one such model, as was the <i>KA-6D</i>, a <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling#Buddy_store" title="Aerial refueling">buddy store</a>-equipped aerial refueling tanker. Perhaps the most complex variant was the <a href="/wiki/EA-6B_Prowler" class="mw-redirect" title="EA-6B Prowler">EA-6B Prowler</a>, a specialized <a href="/wiki/Electronic_warfare" title="Electronic warfare">electronic warfare</a> derivative. The last variant to be produced was the <i>A-6E</i>, first introduced in 1972; it features extensive avionics improvements, including the new <a href="/wiki/AN/APG-76#AN/APQ-148" title="AN/APG-76">APQ-148</a> multimode radar, along with minor airframe refinements.<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_21011_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_21011-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last A-6E was delivered in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1980s, a further model, designated <i>A-6F</i>, was being planned. Intended to feature the <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_F404" title="General Electric F404">General Electric F404</a> <a href="/wiki/Turbofan" title="Turbofan">turbofan</a> engine, as well as various avionics and airframe improvements, this variant was cancelled under the presumption that the in-development <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_A-12_Avenger_II" title="McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II">McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II</a> would be entering production before long.<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_211_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_211-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-flyint_2011_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flyint_2011-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Instead, a life-extension program involving the re-winging of existing A-6E aircraft was undertaken; initially a metal wing had been used before a <a href="/wiki/Graphite" title="Graphite">graphite</a>-<a href="/wiki/Epoxy" title="Epoxy">epoxy</a> <a href="/wiki/Composite_material" title="Composite material">composite</a> wing was developed during the late 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_21112_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_21112-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other improvements were introduced to the fleet around this time, including <a href="/wiki/GPS" class="mw-redirect" title="GPS">GPS</a> receivers, new computers and radar sets, more efficient J-52-409 engines, as well as increased compatibility with various additional missiles.<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_212_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_212-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-6E_VA-34_landing_on_USS_America_(CV-66)_1983.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/A-6E_VA-34_landing_on_USS_America_%28CV-66%29_1983.JPEG/220px-A-6E_VA-34_landing_on_USS_America_%28CV-66%29_1983.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/A-6E_VA-34_landing_on_USS_America_%28CV-66%29_1983.JPEG/330px-A-6E_VA-34_landing_on_USS_America_%28CV-66%29_1983.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/A-6E_VA-34_landing_on_USS_America_%28CV-66%29_1983.JPEG/440px-A-6E_VA-34_landing_on_USS_America_%28CV-66%29_1983.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="2178" data-file-height="1488" /></a><figcaption>An A-6E landing on the aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_America_(CV-66)" title="USS America (CV-66)">USS America (CV-66)</a>, showing the split airbrakes on the tips of its left wing</figcaption></figure> <p>The Grumman A-6 Intruder is a two-seat twin-engined monoplane, equipped to perform carrier-based attack missions regardless of prevailing weather or light conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_209_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_209-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cockpit used an unusual double pane windscreen and <a href="/wiki/Side-by-side_seating" class="mw-redirect" title="Side-by-side seating">side-by-side seating</a> arrangement in which the pilot sat in the left seat, while the bombardier/navigator (BN) sat to the right and slightly below to give the pilot an adequate view on that side. In addition to a radar display for the BN, a unique instrumentation feature for the pilot was a cathode ray tube screen that was known as the Vertical Display Indicator (VDI). This display provided a synthetic representation of the world in front of the aircraft, along with steering cues provided by the BN, enabling head-down navigation and attack at night and in all weather conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrews_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrews-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The A-6's wing was relatively efficient at subsonic speeds, particularly when compared to supersonic fighters such as the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II" title="McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II">McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II</a>, which are also limited to subsonic speeds when carrying a payload of bombs. The wing was also designed to provide a favorable level of maneuverability even while carrying a sizable bomb load. A very similar wing would be put on pivots on Grumman's later supersonic <a href="/wiki/Swing-wing" class="mw-redirect" title="Swing-wing">swing-wing</a> Grumman F-14 Tomcat, as well as similar landing gear.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For its day, the Intruder had sophisticated <a href="/wiki/Avionics" title="Avionics">avionics</a>, with a high degree of integration.<sup id="cite_ref-bomber_209_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_209-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To aid in identifying and isolating equipment malfunctions, the aircraft was provided with automatic diagnostic systems, some of the earliest computer-based analytic equipment developed for aircraft. These were known as Basic Automated Checkout Equipment, or BACE (pronounced "base"). There were two levels, known as "Line BACE" to identify specific malfunctioning systems in the aircraft, while in the hangar or on the flight line; and "Shop BACE", to exercise and analyze individual malfunctioning systems in the maintenance shop. This equipment was manufactured by <a href="/wiki/Litton_Industries" title="Litton Industries">Litton Industries</a>. Together, the BACE systems greatly reduced the Maintenance Man-Hours per Flight Hour, a key index of the cost and effort needed to keep military aircraft operating.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2011</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Entering_service_and_Vietnam_War">Entering service and Vietnam War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Entering service and Vietnam War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-65_on_flight_on_1_August_1983_(6392725).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-65_on_flight_on_1_August_1983_%286392725%29.jpg/220px-Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-65_on_flight_on_1_August_1983_%286392725%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-65_on_flight_on_1_August_1983_%286392725%29.jpg/330px-Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-65_on_flight_on_1_August_1983_%286392725%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-65_on_flight_on_1_August_1983_%286392725%29.jpg/440px-Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-65_on_flight_on_1_August_1983_%286392725%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2036" /></a><figcaption>An A-6E Intruder aircraft assigned to <a href="/wiki/USS_Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="USS Dwight D. Eisenhower">USS <i>Dwight D. Eisenhower</i></a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Several_A-6_aircraft_parked_with_EA-6_and_S-3_aboard_CV-67.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Several_A-6_aircraft_parked_with_EA-6_and_S-3_aboard_CV-67.jpg/220px-Several_A-6_aircraft_parked_with_EA-6_and_S-3_aboard_CV-67.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Several_A-6_aircraft_parked_with_EA-6_and_S-3_aboard_CV-67.jpg/330px-Several_A-6_aircraft_parked_with_EA-6_and_S-3_aboard_CV-67.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Several_A-6_aircraft_parked_with_EA-6_and_S-3_aboard_CV-67.jpg/440px-Several_A-6_aircraft_parked_with_EA-6_and_S-3_aboard_CV-67.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1864" data-file-height="2830" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_S-3_Viking" title="Lockheed S-3 Viking">S-3A Viking</a>, A-6E Intruder, and an <a href="/wiki/EA-6B_Prowler" class="mw-redirect" title="EA-6B Prowler">EA-6B Prowler</a> aircraft are parked on the flight deck of aircraft carrier <a href="/wiki/USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)" title="USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)">USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i></a> during a storm.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Intruder received a new standardized <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense" title="United States Department of Defense">US DoD</a> designation of <i>A-6A</i> in the Autumn of 1962, and entered squadron service in February 1963. The A-6 became both the U.S. Navy's and U.S. Marine Corps's principal medium and all-weather/night attack aircraft from the mid-1960s through the 1990s and as an aerial tanker either in the dedicated KA-6D version or by use of a <a href="/wiki/Buddy_store" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddy store">buddy store</a> (D-704). Whereas the A-6 fulfilled the USN and USMC all-weather ground-attack/strike mission role, this mission in the USAF was served by the <a href="/wiki/Republic_F-105_Thunderchief" title="Republic F-105 Thunderchief">Republic F-105 Thunderchief</a> and later the <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics_F-111_Aardvark" title="General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark">F-111</a>, the latter which also saw its earlier F-111A variants converted to a radar jammer as the <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_EF-111A_Raven" title="General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven">EF-111 Raven</a>, analogous to the USN and USMC EA-6B Prowler. </p><p>A-6 Intruders first saw action during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, where the craft were used extensively against targets in <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>. The aircraft's long range and heavy payload (18,000 pounds or 8,200 kilograms) coupled with its ability to fly in all weather made it invaluable during the war. However, its typical mission profile of flying low to deliver its payload made it especially vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire, and in the eight years the Intruder was used during the Vietnam War, the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps lost a total of 84 A-6 aircraft of various series. The first loss occurred on 14 July 1965 when an Intruder from <a href="/wiki/Second_VA-75_(U.S._Navy)" title="Second VA-75 (U.S. Navy)">VA-75</a> operating from <a href="/wiki/USS_Independence_(CV-62)" title="USS Independence (CV-62)">USS <i>Independence</i></a>, flown by LT Donald Boecker and LT Donald Eaton, commenced a dive on a target near Laos. An explosion under the starboard wing damaged the starboard engine, causing the aircraft to catch fire and the hydraulics to fail. Seconds later the port engine failed, the controls froze, and the two crewmen ejected. Both crewmen survived. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marine_A-6_Intruder_destroyed_at_Danang_Airfield_1968.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Marine_A-6_Intruder_destroyed_at_Danang_Airfield_1968.jpg/220px-Marine_A-6_Intruder_destroyed_at_Danang_Airfield_1968.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Marine_A-6_Intruder_destroyed_at_Danang_Airfield_1968.jpg/330px-Marine_A-6_Intruder_destroyed_at_Danang_Airfield_1968.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Marine_A-6_Intruder_destroyed_at_Danang_Airfield_1968.jpg/440px-Marine_A-6_Intruder_destroyed_at_Danang_Airfield_1968.jpg 2x" data-file-width="488" data-file-height="244" /></a><figcaption>A U.S. Marine Corps A-6 Intruder destroyed by a rocket and mortar bombardment on <a href="/wiki/Da_Nang_Air_Base" title="Da Nang Air Base">Da Nang Air Base</a> in 1968 during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Of the 84 Intruders lost to all causes during the war, ten were shot down by <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Surface-to-air missiles">surface-to-air missiles</a> (SAMs), two were shot down by MiGs, 16 were lost to operational causes, and 56 were lost to conventional ground fire and <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft artillery">AAA</a>. The last Intruder to be lost during the war was from <a href="/wiki/Second_VA-35_(U.S._Navy)" title="Second VA-35 (U.S. Navy)">VA-35</a>, flown by LT C. M. Graf and LT S. H. Hatfield, operating from <a href="/wiki/USS_America_(CV-66)" title="USS America (CV-66)">USS <i>America</i></a>; they were shot down by ground fire on 24 January 1973 while providing close air support. The airmen ejected and were rescued by a Navy helicopter. Twenty U.S. Navy aircraft carriers rotated through the waters of Southeast Asia, providing air strikes, from the early 1960s through the early 1970s. Nine of those carriers lost A-6 Intruders: <a href="/wiki/USS_Constellation_(CV-64)" title="USS Constellation (CV-64)">USS <i>Constellation</i></a> lost 11, <a href="/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-61)" title="USS Ranger (CV-61)">USS <i>Ranger</i></a> lost eight, <a href="/wiki/USS_Coral_Sea_(CV-43)" title="USS Coral Sea (CV-43)">USS <i>Coral Sea</i></a> lost six, <a href="/wiki/USS_Midway_(CV-41)" title="USS Midway (CV-41)">USS <i>Midway</i></a> lost two, USS <i>Independence</i> lost four, <a href="/wiki/USS_Kitty_Hawk_(CV-63)" title="USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)">USS <i>Kitty Hawk</i></a> lost 14, <a href="/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-60)" title="USS Saratoga (CV-60)">USS <i>Saratoga</i></a> lost three, <a href="/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)" title="USS Enterprise (CVN-65)">USS <i>Enterprise</i></a> lost eight, and USS <i>America</i> lost two.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although capable of embarking aboard aircraft carriers, most U.S. Marine Corps A-6 Intruders were shore based in <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> at <a href="/wiki/Chu_Lai_Air_Base" title="Chu Lai Air Base">Chu Lai</a> and <a href="/wiki/Da_Nang_Air_Base" title="Da Nang Air Base">Da Nang</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Air_Base_Nam_Phong" title="Royal Thai Air Base Nam Phong">Nam Phong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lebanon_and_later_action">Lebanon and later action</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Lebanon and later action"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A-6 Intruders were later used in support of other operations, such as the <a href="/wiki/Multinational_Force_in_Lebanon" title="Multinational Force in Lebanon">Multinational Force in Lebanon</a> in 1983. On 4 December, one <a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">LTV A-7 Corsair II</a> and one Intruder were downed by Syrian missiles. The Intruder's pilot, Lieutenant Mark Lange, and bombardier/navigator Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Goodman" title="Bobby Goodman">Robert "Bobby" Goodman</a> ejected immediately before the crash;<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lange died of his injuries while Goodman was captured and taken by the Syrians to <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a> where he was released on 3 January 1984. Later in the 1980s, two <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">Naval Reserve</a> A-7 Corsair II light attack squadrons, <a href="/wiki/VA-205_(U.S._Navy)" title="VA-205 (U.S. Navy)">VA-205</a> and <a href="/wiki/VA-304_(U.S._Navy)" title="VA-304 (U.S. Navy)">VA-304</a>, were reconstituted as medium attack squadrons with the A-6E at <a href="/wiki/NAS_Atlanta" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Atlanta">NAS Atlanta</a>, Georgia and <a href="/wiki/NAS_Alameda" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Alameda">NAS Alameda</a>, California, respectively. </p><p>Intruders also saw action in April 1986 operating from the aircraft carriers USS <i>America</i> and <i>Coral Sea</i> during the bombing of <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> (<a href="/wiki/Operation_El_Dorado_Canyon" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation El Dorado Canyon">Operation El Dorado Canyon</a>). The squadrons involved were <a href="/wiki/VFA-34" title="VFA-34">VA-34</a> "Blue Blasters" (from USS <i>America</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Second_VA-55_(U.S._Navy)" title="Second VA-55 (U.S. Navy)">VA-55</a> "Warhorses" (from USS <i>Coral Sea</i>). </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-6E_Intruder_preps_for_launch_aboard_CVN-65.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/A-6E_Intruder_preps_for_launch_aboard_CVN-65.jpg/220px-A-6E_Intruder_preps_for_launch_aboard_CVN-65.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/A-6E_Intruder_preps_for_launch_aboard_CVN-65.jpg/330px-A-6E_Intruder_preps_for_launch_aboard_CVN-65.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/A-6E_Intruder_preps_for_launch_aboard_CVN-65.jpg/440px-A-6E_Intruder_preps_for_launch_aboard_CVN-65.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1094" /></a><figcaption>An A-6E Intruder prepares for launch aboard <a href="/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)" title="USS Enterprise (CVN-65)">USS <i>Enterprise</i></a></figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a> in 1991, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps A-6s flew more than 4,700 combat sorties, providing close air support, destroying enemy air defenses, attacking Iraqi naval units, and hitting strategic targets. They were also the U.S. Navy's primary strike platform for delivering <a href="/wiki/Laser-guided_bomb" title="Laser-guided bomb">laser-guided bombs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-A-6E_Intruder_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-6E_Intruder-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. Navy operated them from the aircraft carriers <a href="/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-60)" title="USS Saratoga (CV-60)">USS <i>Saratoga</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)" title="USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)">USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i></a>, USS <i>Midway</i>, USS <i>Ranger</i>, USS <i>America</i> and <a href="/wiki/USS_Theodore_Roosevelt_(CVN-71)" title="USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71)">USS <i>Theodore Roosevelt</i></a>, while U.S. Marine Corps A-6s operated ashore, primarily from <a href="/wiki/Shaikh_Isa_Air_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaikh Isa Air Base">Shaikh Isa Air Base</a> in Bahrain. Three A-6s were shot down in combat by SAMs and AAA.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Intruder's large blunt nose and slender tail inspired a number of nicknames, including "Double Ugly", "The Mighty Alpha Six", "Iron Tadpole" and also "Drumstick".<sup id="cite_ref-Caldwell_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Caldwell-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the Gulf War, Intruders were used to patrol the no-fly zone in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> and provided air support for U.S. Marines during <a href="/wiki/Operation_Restore_Hope" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Restore Hope">Operation Restore Hope</a> in Somalia. The last A-6E Intruder left U.S. Marine Corps service on 28 April 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-USMCHistoryDiv_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USMCHistoryDiv-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Navy A-6s saw further duty over <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia</a> in 1994. </p><p>On 4 June 1996, during <a href="/wiki/Exercise_RIMPAC" class="mw-redirect" title="Exercise RIMPAC">RIMPAC</a> a US Navy A-6E performing the unusual target towing task to train Japanese Navy air defense crews was mistakenly engaged and shot down by the Japanese destroyer <a href="/wiki/JS_Y%C5%ABgiri" title="JS Yūgiri">JS Yūgiri</a> with its <a href="/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS" title="Phalanx CIWS">Phalanx CIWS</a> gun. Both the pilot and BN ejected and were recovered.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retirement">Retirement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite the production of new airframes in the 164XXX Bureau Number (BuNo) series just before and after the Gulf War, augmented by a rewinging program of older airframes, the A-6E and KA-6D were quickly phased out of service in the mid-1990s in a U.S. Navy cost-cutting move driven by the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Secretary_of_Defense" title="Office of the Secretary of Defense">Office of the Secretary of Defense</a> to reduce the number of different type/model/series (T/M/S) of aircraft in carrier air wings and U.S. Marine aircraft groups. </p><p>The A-6 was intended to be replaced by the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_A-12_Avenger_II" title="McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II">McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II</a>, but that program was canceled due to cost overruns.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Intruder remained in service for a few more years before being retired in favor of the <a href="/wiki/LANTIRN" title="LANTIRN">LANTIRN</a>-equipped <a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">F-14D Tomcat</a>, which was in turn replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet" title="Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet">F/A-18E/F Super Hornet</a> in the U.S. Navy and the twin-seat <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_F/A-18_Hornet" title="McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet">F/A-18D Hornet</a> in the U.S. Marine Corps. During the 2010s, the <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_Carrier-Launched_Airborne_Surveillance_and_Strike" title="Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike">Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike</a> program was at one point intended to produce an <a href="/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle" title="Unmanned aerial vehicle">unmanned aerial vehicle</a> (UAV) successor to the Intruder's long-distance strike role, but the initiative has since changed priorities towards the tanker mission instead.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last Intruders were retired on 28 February 1997. </p><p>Many in the US defense establishment in general, and <a href="/wiki/Naval_Aviation" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Aviation">Naval Aviation</a> in particular, questioned the wisdom of a shift to a shorter range carrier-based strike force, as represented by the Hornet and Super Hornet, compared to the older generation aircraft such as the Intruder and Tomcat. However, the availability of USAF <a href="/wiki/Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker</a> and <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender</a> tankers modified to accommodate USN, USMC and <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> tactical aircraft in all recent conflicts was considered by certain senior decision makers in the Department of Defense to put a lesser premium on organic aerial refueling capability in the U.S. Navy's carrier air wings and self-contained range among carrier-based strike aircraft. Although the Intruder could not match the F-14's or the F/A-18's speed or air-combat capability, the A-6's range and load-carrying ability are still unmatched by newer aircraft in the fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-flyint_2011_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-flyint_2011-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the time of retirement, several retired A-6 airframes were awaiting rewinging at the <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a> facility at <a href="/wiki/St._Augustine_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Augustine Airport">St. Augustine Airport</a>, Florida; these were later sunk off the coast of <a href="/wiki/St._Johns_County" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Johns County">St. Johns County</a>, Florida to form a <a href="/wiki/Artificial_reef" title="Artificial reef">fish haven</a> named "Intruder Reef".<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Surviving aircraft fitted with the new wings, and later production aircraft (i.e., BuNo 164XXX series) not earmarked for museum or non-flying static display were stored at the <a href="/wiki/309th_Aerospace_Maintenance_and_Regeneration_Group" title="309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group">AMARG</a> storage center at <a href="/wiki/Davis-Monthan_Air_Force_Base" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan Air Force Base">Davis-Monthan Air Force Base</a>, Arizona.<sup id="cite_ref-intruderassociation.org_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-intruderassociation.org-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="Special:EditPage/Grumman A-6 Intruder">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2011</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="YA-6A_and_A-6A">YA-6A and A-6A</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: YA-6A and A-6A"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-6As_VMA(AW)-242_1975.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/A-6As_VMA%28AW%29-242_1975.jpeg/220px-A-6As_VMA%28AW%29-242_1975.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/A-6As_VMA%28AW%29-242_1975.jpeg/330px-A-6As_VMA%28AW%29-242_1975.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/A-6As_VMA%28AW%29-242_1975.jpeg/440px-A-6As_VMA%28AW%29-242_1975.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2601" data-file-height="1731" /></a><figcaption>A-6A of VMA (AW)-242 in 1975</figcaption></figure> <p>The eight prototypes and pre-production Intruder aircraft were sometimes referred to with the <i>YA-6A</i> designation.<sup id="cite_ref-Jenkins_p100_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p100-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These were used in the development and testing of the A-6A Intruder. </p><p>The initial version of the Intruder was built around the complex and advanced <i>DIANE</i> (Digital Integrated Attack/Navigation Equipment) suite, intended to provide a high degree of bombing accuracy even at night and in poor weather. DIANE consisted of multiple <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> systems: the <a href="/wiki/Norden_Systems" title="Norden Systems">Norden Systems</a> <a href="/wiki/AN/APQ-92" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/APQ-92">AN/APQ-92</a> search radar replacing the YA-6A's AN/APQ-88, and a separate AN/APG-46 for tracking, the AN/APN-141 radar altimeter, and an AN/APN-122 <a href="/wiki/Doppler_radar" title="Doppler radar">Doppler navigational radar</a> to provide position updates to the Litton AN/ASN-31 <a href="/wiki/Inertial_navigation_system" title="Inertial navigation system">inertial navigation system</a>. An air-data computer and the AN/ASQ-61 ballistics computer integrated the radar information for the bombardier/navigator in the right-hand seat. <a href="/wiki/TACAN" class="mw-redirect" title="TACAN">TACAN</a> and <a href="/wiki/Automatic_Direction_Finder" class="mw-redirect" title="Automatic Direction Finder">ADF</a> systems were also provided for navigation. When it worked, DIANE was perhaps the most capable navigation/attack system of its era, giving the Intruder the ability to fly and fight in even very poor conditions (particularly important over <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>). It suffered numerous teething problems, and it was several years before its reliability was established. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-6B_Intruder_of_VA-75_aboard_USS_Saratoga_(CVA-60)_in_1971.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/A-6B_Intruder_of_VA-75_aboard_USS_Saratoga_%28CVA-60%29_in_1971.jpg/220px-A-6B_Intruder_of_VA-75_aboard_USS_Saratoga_%28CVA-60%29_in_1971.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/A-6B_Intruder_of_VA-75_aboard_USS_Saratoga_%28CVA-60%29_in_1971.jpg/330px-A-6B_Intruder_of_VA-75_aboard_USS_Saratoga_%28CVA-60%29_in_1971.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/A-6B_Intruder_of_VA-75_aboard_USS_Saratoga_%28CVA-60%29_in_1971.jpg/440px-A-6B_Intruder_of_VA-75_aboard_USS_Saratoga_%28CVA-60%29_in_1971.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>A-6B on the <a href="/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-60)" title="USS Saratoga (CV-60)">USS <i>Saratoga</i></a> in 1971</figcaption></figure> <p>Total A-6A production was 480, excluding the prototype and pre-production aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-Jenkins_p100_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p100-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 47 A-6As were converted to other variants.<sup id="cite_ref-Jenkins_p100_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p100-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A-6B">A-6B</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: A-6B"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To provide U.S. Navy squadrons with a <a href="/wiki/Suppression_of_Enemy_Air_Defenses" title="Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses">defense suppression</a> aircraft to attack enemy anti-aircraft defense and SAM systems, a mission dubbed "<a href="/wiki/Operation_Iron_Hand" title="Operation Iron Hand">Iron Hand</a>" by the U.S. Navy, 19 A-6As were converted to <i>A-6B</i> version during 1967 to 1970.<sup id="cite_ref-Jenkins_p33_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jenkins_p33-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The A-6B had many of its standard attack systems removed in favor of specialized equipment to detect and track enemy radar sites and to guide <a href="/wiki/AGM-45_Shrike" title="AGM-45 Shrike">AGM-45 Shrike</a> and <a href="/wiki/AGM-78_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-78 Standard">AGM-78 Standard</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-radiation_missile" title="Anti-radiation missile">anti-radiation missiles</a>, with AN/APQ-103 radar replacing earlier AN/APQ-92 used in the A-6A, plus AN/APN-153 navigational radar replacing earlier AN/APN-122, again used in the A-6A. </p><p>Between 1968 and 1977, several Intruder squadrons operated A-6Bs alongside their regular A-6As. Five were lost to all causes, and the surviving aircraft were later converted to <i>A-6E</i> standard in the late 1970s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A-6C">A-6C</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: A-6C"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-6C_VA-35_CVA-66_1972.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/A-6C_VA-35_CVA-66_1972.jpg/220px-A-6C_VA-35_CVA-66_1972.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/A-6C_VA-35_CVA-66_1972.jpg/330px-A-6C_VA-35_CVA-66_1972.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/A-6C_VA-35_CVA-66_1972.jpg/440px-A-6C_VA-35_CVA-66_1972.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="306" /></a><figcaption>A-6C of VA-35 <i>Black Panthers</i></figcaption></figure> <p>12 A-6As were converted in 1970 to <i>A-6C</i> standard for night attack missions against the <a href="/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_trail" title="Ho Chi Minh trail">Ho Chi Minh trail</a> in Vietnam. They were fitted with a "Trails/Roads Interdiction Multi-sensor" (TRIM) pod in the fuselage for <a href="/wiki/FLIR" class="mw-redirect" title="FLIR">FLIR</a> and low-light TV cameras, as well as a "Black Crow" engine ignition detection system. Radars were also upgraded, with the AN/APQ-112 replacing the earlier AN/APQ-103, and an AN/APN-186 navigational radar replacing the earlier AN/APN-153. A vastly improved <a href="/wiki/Sperry_Corporation" title="Sperry Corporation">Sperry Corporation</a> AN/APQ-127 radar replaced the AN/APG-46 fire control radar. One of these aircraft was lost in combat; the others were later refitted to A-6E standard after the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="KA-6D">KA-6D</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: KA-6D"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KA-6_F-14_DN-ST-87-10386.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/KA-6_F-14_DN-ST-87-10386.jpg/220px-KA-6_F-14_DN-ST-87-10386.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/KA-6_F-14_DN-ST-87-10386.jpg/330px-KA-6_F-14_DN-ST-87-10386.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/KA-6_F-14_DN-ST-87-10386.jpg/440px-KA-6_F-14_DN-ST-87-10386.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2991" data-file-height="1953" /></a><figcaption>A KA-6D refueling an F-14A in 1987</figcaption></figure> <p>To replace both the KA-3B and EA-3B Skywarrior during the early 1970s, 78 A-6As and 12 A-6Es were converted for use as <a href="/wiki/Tanker_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tanker (aircraft)">tanker</a> aircraft, providing <a href="/wiki/Aerial_refueling" title="Aerial refueling">aerial refueling</a> support to other strike aircraft. The DIANE system was removed and an internal refueling system was added, sometimes supplemented by a D-704 refueling pod on the centerline pylon. The KA-6D theoretically could be used in the day/visual bombing role, but it apparently never was, with the standard load-out being four fuel tanks. Because it was based on a tactical aircraft platform, the KA-6D provided a capability for mission tanking, the ability to keep up with strike aircraft and refuel them in the course of a mission. A few KA-6Ds went to sea with each Intruder squadron. Their operation was integrated into the Intruder squadrons, as A-6 crew were trained to operate both aircraft and the NATOPS covered both the A6 and KA-6D. These aircraft were always in short supply, and frequently were "cross decked" from a returning carrier to an outgoing one. Many KA-6 airframes had severe G restrictions, as well as fuselage stretching due to almost continual use and high number of catapults and traps. The retirement of the aircraft left a gap in US Navy and Marine Corps refueling tanker capability. At least 16 KA-6Ds served in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Navy <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_S-3_Viking" title="Lockheed S-3 Viking">Lockheed S-3 Viking</a> filled that gap until the new F/A-18E/F Super Hornet became operational. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A-6E">A-6E</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: A-6E"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-6E_Intruder_over_Spain_in_Operation_Matador.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/A-6E_Intruder_over_Spain_in_Operation_Matador.jpg/220px-A-6E_Intruder_over_Spain_in_Operation_Matador.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/A-6E_Intruder_over_Spain_in_Operation_Matador.jpg/330px-A-6E_Intruder_over_Spain_in_Operation_Matador.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/A-6E_Intruder_over_Spain_in_Operation_Matador.jpg/440px-A-6E_Intruder_over_Spain_in_Operation_Matador.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1426" data-file-height="1015" /></a><figcaption>An A-6E 'SWIP' Intruder of VA-34 flying over Spain during Exercise Matador.</figcaption></figure> <p>The definitive attack version of the Intruder with vastly upgraded navigation and attack systems, introduced in 1970 and first deployed on 9 December 1971. The earlier separate search and track (fire control) radars of the A-6A/B/C were replaced by a single Norden AN/APQ-148 multi-mode radar, and onboard computers with a more sophisticated (and generally more reliable) IC based system, as opposed to the A-6A's DIANE discrete transistor-based technology. A new AN/ASN-92 inertial navigation system was added, along with the CAINS (Carrier Aircraft Inertial Navigation System), for greater navigation accuracy. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Last_VA-34_A-6E_Intruder_launch_from_USS_George_Washington_(CVN-73)_on_22_July_1996_(6526829).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Last_VA-34_A-6E_Intruder_launch_from_USS_George_Washington_%28CVN-73%29_on_22_July_1996_%286526829%29.jpg/220px-Last_VA-34_A-6E_Intruder_launch_from_USS_George_Washington_%28CVN-73%29_on_22_July_1996_%286526829%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Last_VA-34_A-6E_Intruder_launch_from_USS_George_Washington_%28CVN-73%29_on_22_July_1996_%286526829%29.jpg/330px-Last_VA-34_A-6E_Intruder_launch_from_USS_George_Washington_%28CVN-73%29_on_22_July_1996_%286526829%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Last_VA-34_A-6E_Intruder_launch_from_USS_George_Washington_%28CVN-73%29_on_22_July_1996_%286526829%29.jpg/440px-Last_VA-34_A-6E_Intruder_launch_from_USS_George_Washington_%28CVN-73%29_on_22_July_1996_%286526829%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1451" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Final VA-34 A-6E SWIP Intruder launch from the flight deck of <a href="/wiki/USS_George_Washington_(CVN-73)" title="USS George Washington (CVN-73)">USS <i>George Washington</i></a>, 1996.</figcaption></figure> <p>Beginning in 1979, all A-6Es were fitted with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=AN/AAS-33&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AN/AAS-33 (page does not exist)">AN/AAS-33</a> DRS (Detecting and Ranging Set), part of the 'Target Recognition and Attack Multi-Sensor' (TRAM) system, a small, gyroscopically stabilized turret, mounted under the nose of the aircraft, containing a <a href="/wiki/Forward-looking_infra-red" class="mw-redirect" title="Forward-looking infra-red">forward-looking infra-red</a> (FLIR) boresighted with a <a href="/wiki/Laser" title="Laser">laser</a> spot-tracker/designator and <a href="/wiki/IBM" title="IBM">IBM</a> <a href="/wiki/IBM_System/4_Pi" title="IBM System/4 Pi">AN/ASQ-155</a> computer. TRAM was matched with a new Norden AN/APQ-156 radar. The BN could use both TRAM imagery and radar data for extremely accurate attacks, or use the TRAM sensors alone to attack without using the Intruder's radar (which might warn the target). TRAM also allowed the Intruder to autonomously designate and drop <a href="/wiki/Laser-guided_bomb" title="Laser-guided bomb">laser-guided bombs</a>. In addition, the Intruder used an Airborne <a href="/wiki/Moving_target_indicator" class="mw-redirect" title="Moving target indicator">Moving Target Indicator</a> (AMTI), which allowed the aircraft to track a moving target (such as a tank or truck) and drop ordnance on it even though the target was moving. Also, the computer system allowed the use of Offset Aim Point (OAP), giving the crew the ability to drop on a target unseen on radar by noting coordinates of a known target nearby and entering the offset range and bearing to the unseen target. </p><p>In the 1980s, the A-6E TRAM aircraft were converted to the A-6E 'Weapons Control System Improvement' (WCSI) version to extend weapons capability. This added the ability to carry and target some of the first generation precision guided weapons, like the <a href="/wiki/AGM-84_Harpoon" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-84 Harpoon">AGM-84 Harpoon</a> missile, and <a href="/wiki/AGM-123_Skipper" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-123 Skipper">AGM-123 Skipper</a>. WCSI equipped aircraft were eventually modified to have a limited capability to use the <a href="/wiki/AGM-84E_SLAM" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-84E SLAM">AGM-84E SLAM</a> standoff land attack missile. Since the Harpoon and SLAM missiles had common communication interfaces, WCSI aircraft could carry and fire SLAM missiles, but needed a nearby A-6E SWIP to guide them to target. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AN-APQ-148_Radar,_Norden,_1972_-_National_Electronics_Museum_-_DSC00068.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/AN-APQ-148_Radar%2C_Norden%2C_1972_-_National_Electronics_Museum_-_DSC00068.JPG/170px-AN-APQ-148_Radar%2C_Norden%2C_1972_-_National_Electronics_Museum_-_DSC00068.JPG" decoding="async" width="170" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/AN-APQ-148_Radar%2C_Norden%2C_1972_-_National_Electronics_Museum_-_DSC00068.JPG/255px-AN-APQ-148_Radar%2C_Norden%2C_1972_-_National_Electronics_Museum_-_DSC00068.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/AN-APQ-148_Radar%2C_Norden%2C_1972_-_National_Electronics_Museum_-_DSC00068.JPG/340px-AN-APQ-148_Radar%2C_Norden%2C_1972_-_National_Electronics_Museum_-_DSC00068.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="4060" /></a><figcaption>Norden <a href="/wiki/AN/APQ-148" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/APQ-148">AN/APQ-148</a> Radar<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In the early 1990s, some surviving A-6Es were upgraded under SWIP (Systems/Weapons Improvement Program) to enable them to use the latest precision-guided munitions, including <a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">AGM-65 Mavericks</a>, AGM-84E SLAMs, <a href="/wiki/AGM-62_Walleye" title="AGM-62 Walleye">AGM-62 Walleyes</a> and the <a href="/wiki/AGM-88_HARM" title="AGM-88 HARM">AGM-88 HARM</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-radiation_missile" title="Anti-radiation missile">anti-radiation missile</a> as well as additional capability with the AGM-84 Harpoon. A co-processor was added to the AN/ASQ-155 computer system to implement the needed MIL-STD-1553 digital interfaces to the pylons, as well as an additional control panel. After a series of wing-fatigue problems, about 85% of the fleet was fitted with new graphite/epoxy/titanium/aluminum composite wings. The new wings proved to be a mixed blessing, as a composite wing is stiffer and transmits more force to the fuselage, accelerating fatigue in the fuselage. In 1990, the decision was made to terminate production of the A-6. Through the 1970s and 1980s, the A-6 had been in low-rate production of four or five new aircraft a year, enough to replace mostly accidental losses. The final production order was for 20 aircraft of the SWIP configuration with composite wings, delivered in 1993. </p><p>A-6E models totaled 445 aircraft, about 240 of which were converted from earlier A-6A/B/C models. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A-6F_and_A-6G">A-6F and A-6G</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: A-6F and A-6G"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-6F_1987_DN-SC-88-00704.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/A-6F_1987_DN-SC-88-00704.JPEG/220px-A-6F_1987_DN-SC-88-00704.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/A-6F_1987_DN-SC-88-00704.JPEG/330px-A-6F_1987_DN-SC-88-00704.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/A-6F_1987_DN-SC-88-00704.JPEG/440px-A-6F_1987_DN-SC-88-00704.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="3578" data-file-height="2295" /></a><figcaption>A-6F prototype in 1987</figcaption></figure> <p>An advanced <i>A-6F Intruder II</i> was proposed in the mid-1980s that would have replaced the Intruder's elderly <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J52" title="Pratt & Whitney J52">Pratt & Whitney J52</a> <a href="/wiki/Turbojet" title="Turbojet">turbojets</a> with non-afterburning versions of the <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_F404" title="General Electric F404">General Electric F404</a> <a href="/wiki/Turbofan" title="Turbofan">turbofan</a> used in the F/A-18 Hornet, providing substantial improvements in both power and fuel economy. The A-6F would have had totally new <a href="/wiki/Avionics" title="Avionics">avionics</a>, including a Norden <a href="/wiki/AN/APQ-173" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/APQ-173">AN/APQ-173</a> <a href="/wiki/Synthetic_aperture_radar" class="mw-redirect" title="Synthetic aperture radar">synthetic aperture radar</a> and multi-function cockpit displays – the APQ-173 would have given the Intruder air-to-air capacity with provision for the <a href="/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM" title="AIM-120 AMRAAM">AIM-120 AMRAAM</a>. Two additional wing pylons were added, for a total of seven stations. </p><p>Although five development aircraft were built, the U.S. Navy ultimately chose not to authorize the A-6F, preferring to concentrate on the <a href="/wiki/A-12_Avenger_II" class="mw-redirect" title="A-12 Avenger II">A-12 Avenger II</a>. This left the service in a quandary when the A-12 was canceled in 1991. </p><p>Grumman proposed a cheaper alternative in the <i>A-6G</i>, which had most of the A-6F's advanced electronics, but retained the existing engines.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This, too, was canceled. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electronic_warfare_versions">Electronic warfare versions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Electronic warfare versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler">Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grumman_EA-6A_156983_VMCJ-2_America_30.09.74_edited-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Grumman_EA-6A_156983_VMCJ-2_America_30.09.74_edited-2.jpg/220px-Grumman_EA-6A_156983_VMCJ-2_America_30.09.74_edited-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Grumman_EA-6A_156983_VMCJ-2_America_30.09.74_edited-2.jpg/330px-Grumman_EA-6A_156983_VMCJ-2_America_30.09.74_edited-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Grumman_EA-6A_156983_VMCJ-2_America_30.09.74_edited-2.jpg/440px-Grumman_EA-6A_156983_VMCJ-2_America_30.09.74_edited-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="694" /></a><figcaption>US Marine Corps EA-6A Intruder electronics aircraft of VMCJ-2 <i>Playboys</i> aboard USS <i>America</i> in 1974 during a visit to <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>An <a href="/wiki/Electronic_warfare" title="Electronic warfare">electronic warfare</a> (EW)/<a href="/wiki/Electronic_countermeasures" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic countermeasures">Electronic countermeasures</a> (ECW) version of the Intruder was developed early in the aircraft's life for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">USMC</a>, which needed a new ECM platform to replace its elderly <a href="/wiki/Douglas_F3D_Skyknight" title="Douglas F3D Skyknight">F3D-2Q Skyknights</a>. An EW version of the Intruder, initially designated <i>A2F-1H</i> (rather than A2F-1Q, as "Q" was being split to relegate it to passive electronic warfare and "H" to active) and subsequently redesignated <i>EA-6A</i>, first flew on 26 April 1963. It had a <a href="/wiki/Bunker_Ramo_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Bunker Ramo Corporation">Bunker-Ramo</a> AN/ALQ-86 ECM suite, with most electronics contained on the walnut-shaped pod atop the vertical fin. They were equipped with AN/APQ-129 fire control radar, and theoretically capable of firing the <a href="/wiki/AGM-45_Shrike" title="AGM-45 Shrike">AGM-45 Shrike</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-radiation_missile" title="Anti-radiation missile">anti-radiation missile</a>, although they were apparently not used in that role. The navigational radar is AN/APN-153. </p><p>Only 28 EA-6As were built (two prototypes, 15 new-build, and 11 conversions from A-6As), serving with U.S. Marine Corps squadrons in <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam</a>. It was phased out of front line service in the mid-1970s, remaining in use in reserve VMCJ units with the USMC and then the United States Navy in specialized VAQ units, primarily for training purposes. The last EA-6A had been retired by 1993. </p><p>A much more highly specialized derivative of the Intruder was the <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler">EA-6B Prowler</a>, having a "stretched" airframe with two additional systems operators, and more comprehensive systems for the electronic warfare and <a href="/wiki/SEAD" class="mw-redirect" title="SEAD">SEAD</a> roles. A derivative of AN/APQ-156, AN/APS-130 was installed as the main radar for EA-6B. The navigational radar was upgraded to AN/APS-133 from the AN/APN-153 on EA-6A. In total, 170 were produced. The EA-6B took on the duties of the U.S. Air Force <a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_EF-111A_Raven" title="General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven">EF-111 Raven</a> when the DoD decided to let the U.S. Navy handle all electronic warfare missions. The Prowler has been replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_EA-18G_Growler" title="Boeing EA-18G Growler">EA-18G Growler</a> in the U.S. Navy and was retired from USMC service in 2019. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Variant_list">Variant list</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Variant list"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>YA2F-1</dt> <dd>Pre-production aircraft, eight built with the first four with rotating jet exhaust pipes, redesignated YA-6A in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>A2F-1</dt> <dd>First production variant with fixed tailpipe, 484 built, redesignated <i>A-6A</i> in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>YA2F-1H</dt> <dd>Prototype electronic warfare variant, one modified from A2F-1, redesignated <i>YEA-6A</i> in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>A2F-1H</dt> <dd>Electronic warfare variant of the A2F-1 redesignated <i>EA-6A</i> in 1962<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>YA-6A</dt> <dd>Pre-production aircraft redesignated from YA2F-1 in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>A-6A</dt> <dd>First production variant redesignated from A2F-1 in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>YEA-6A</dt> <dd>One YA2F-1H electronic warfare variant prototype redesignated in 1962.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>EA-6A</dt> <dd>Electronic warfare variant redesignated from A2F-1H, had a redesigned fin and rudder and addition of an ECM radome, able to carry underwing ECM pods, three YA-6A and four A-6As converted and 21 built.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>NA-6A</dt> <dd>The redesignation of three YA-6As and three A-6As. The six aircraft were modified for special tests.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>NEA-6A</dt> <dd>One EA-6A aircraft was modified for special test purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>TA-6A</dt> <dd>Proposed trainer variant with three-seat, not built.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>A-6B</dt> <dd>Variant fitted with avionics for the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), 19 conversions from A-6A.<sup id="cite_ref-Andrews_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Andrews-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">EA-6B Prowler</a></dt> <dd>Electronic warfare variant of the A-6A with longer fuselage for four crew.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>YEA-6B</dt> <dd>The designation of two EA-6B prototypes, which were modified for special test purposes.</dd> <dt>A-6C</dt> <dd>A-6A conversion for low-level attack role with electro-optical sensors, twelve converted.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>KA-6D</dt> <dd>A-6A conversion for flight-refueling, 58 converted.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-52_in_flight,_in_1981_(6379373).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-52_in_flight%2C_in_1981_%286379373%29.jpg/220px-Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-52_in_flight%2C_in_1981_%286379373%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-52_in_flight%2C_in_1981_%286379373%29.jpg/330px-Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-52_in_flight%2C_in_1981_%286379373%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-52_in_flight%2C_in_1981_%286379373%29.jpg/440px-Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_of_VA-52_in_flight%2C_in_1981_%286379373%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2836" data-file-height="1912" /></a><figcaption>A-6E Intruder of VA-52, 1981</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>A-6E</dt> <dd>A-6A with improved electronics.<sup id="cite_ref-andrade_40-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-andrade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>A-6E TRAM</dt> <dd>A-6E upgraded with the AN/AAS-33 Target Recognition Attack Multi-Sensor or "TRAM" pod. Capable of dropping Laser Guided Bombs without a targeting pod. Can also carry the <a href="/wiki/Harpoon_(missile)" title="Harpoon (missile)">AGM-84 Harpoon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>A-6E SWIP</dt> <dd>A-6E TRAM upgraded with the <a href="/wiki/AN/ALR-67_radar_warning_receiver" title="AN/ALR-67 radar warning receiver">AN/ALR-67 RWR</a> and ability to carry the <a href="/wiki/AGM-88_HARM" title="AGM-88 HARM">AGM-88 HARM</a>, <a href="/wiki/AGM-62_Walleye" title="AGM-62 Walleye">AGM-62 Walleye</a>, <a href="/wiki/AGM-84E_Standoff_Land_Attack_Missile" title="AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile">AGM-84E SLAM</a> and <a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">AGM-65 Maverick</a>. Several versions had new composite wings.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>A-6F Intruder II</dt> <dd>Advanced version with updated electronics and <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_F404" title="General Electric F404">General Electric F404</a> turbofans; only 5 built.</dd> <dt>A-6G</dt> <dd>Proposed cheaper alternative to the A-6F, with its advanced electronics, but existing J52 turbojets.</dd> <dt>G-128-12</dt> <dd>Unbuilt single-seat A-6 based design proposal for the VA(L) competition for <a href="/wiki/A-4_Skyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="A-4 Skyhawk">A-4 Skyhawk</a> replacement based on existing design. Contract ultimately awarded to the <a href="/wiki/LTV_A-7_Corsair_II" title="LTV A-7 Corsair II">LTV A-7 Corsair II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Buttler_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buttler-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_A-6_Intruder_operators" class="mw-redirect" title="List of A-6 Intruder operators">List of A-6 Intruder operators</a></div> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> (1963–1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a> (1963–1993)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_on_display">Aircraft on display</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Aircraft on display"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Intruder_on_display.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Intruder_on_display.jpg/220px-Intruder_on_display.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Intruder_on_display.jpg/330px-Intruder_on_display.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Intruder_on_display.jpg/440px-Intruder_on_display.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>A Grumman A-6 Intruder on display at Grumman Memorial Park</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20180328_A-6_Intruder_Udvar-Hazy_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/20180328_A-6_Intruder_Udvar-Hazy_2.jpg/220px-20180328_A-6_Intruder_Udvar-Hazy_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/20180328_A-6_Intruder_Udvar-Hazy_2.jpg/330px-20180328_A-6_Intruder_Udvar-Hazy_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/20180328_A-6_Intruder_Udvar-Hazy_2.jpg/440px-20180328_A-6_Intruder_Udvar-Hazy_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5406" data-file-height="3543" /></a><figcaption>An A-6 Intruder on display at the <a href="/wiki/Udvar-Hazy_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Udvar-Hazy Center">Udvar-Hazy Center</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A-6E_Intruder_Pax_River_Museum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/A-6E_Intruder_Pax_River_Museum.jpg/220px-A-6E_Intruder_Pax_River_Museum.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/A-6E_Intruder_Pax_River_Museum.jpg/330px-A-6E_Intruder_Pax_River_Museum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/A-6E_Intruder_Pax_River_Museum.jpg/440px-A-6E_Intruder_Pax_River_Museum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4893" data-file-height="2438" /></a><figcaption>An A-6E Intruder on display at Patuxent River Naval Air Museum</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For EA-6A and EA-6B, see <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler">Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler</a>.</div> <dl><dt>YA-6A</dt></dl> <ul><li>147865 – <a href="/wiki/Marine_Corps_Air_Station_Cherry_Point" title="Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point">Cherry Point</a> Historical Aircraft Park, <a href="/wiki/Havelock,_North_Carolina" title="Havelock, North Carolina">Havelock, North Carolina</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> displayed as an EA-6A.</li> <li>147867 – Alleghany Arms & Armory Museum, <a href="/wiki/Smethport,_Pennsylvania" title="Smethport, Pennsylvania">Smethport, Pennsylvania</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>KA-6D</dt></dl> <ul><li>149482 – <a href="/wiki/Naval_Air_Station_Whidbey_Island" title="Naval Air Station Whidbey Island">NAS Whidbey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oak_Harbor,_Washington" title="Oak Harbor, Washington">Oak Harbor, Washington</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> displayed as an A-6E.</li> <li>151826 – <a href="/wiki/Battleship_Memorial_Park" title="Battleship Memorial Park">Battleship Memorial Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mobile,_Alabama" title="Mobile, Alabama">Mobile, Alabama</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>152910 – <a href="/wiki/Oakland_Aviation_Museum" title="Oakland Aviation Museum">Oakland Aviation Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oakland,_California" title="Oakland, California">Oakland, California</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <dl><dt>A-6E</dt></dl> <ul><li>151782 – <a href="/wiki/USS_Midway_Museum" title="USS Midway Museum">USS Midway Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Diego,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego, California">San Diego, California</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>152599 – <a href="/wiki/Patriots_Point" title="Patriots Point">Patriots Point</a> Naval & Maritime Museum, <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pleasant,_South_Carolina" title="Mount Pleasant, South Carolina">Mount Pleasant, South Carolina</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>152603 – Richmond Municipal Airport, <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Indiana" title="Richmond, Indiana">Richmond, Indiana</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>152907 – NAS Whidbey, Oak Harbor, Washington.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>152923 – <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Naval_Station" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Naval Station">Norfolk Naval Station</a>/Chambers Field (former <a href="/wiki/NAS_Norfolk" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Norfolk">NAS Norfolk</a>), <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>152935 – <a href="/wiki/Empire_State_Aerosciences_Museum" title="Empire State Aerosciences Museum">Empire State Aerosciences Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glenville,_New_York" title="Glenville, New York">Glenville, New York</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>152936 – United States Naval Museum of Armament and Technology, NCC China Lake (North), <a href="/wiki/Ridgecrest,_California" title="Ridgecrest, California">Ridgecrest, California</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>154131 – Walker Field Colorado Park, <a href="/wiki/Grand_Junction,_Colorado" title="Grand Junction, Colorado">Grand Junction, Colorado</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>154162 – <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs_Air_Museum" title="Palm Springs Air Museum">Palm Springs Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palm_Springs,_California" title="Palm Springs, California">Palm Springs, California</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>154167 – <a href="/wiki/Steven_F._Udvar-Hazy_Center" title="Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center">Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Air_and_Space_Museum" title="National Air and Space Museum">NASM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>154170 – <a href="/wiki/Flying_Leatherneck_Aviation_Museum" title="Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum">Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/MCAS_Miramar" class="mw-redirect" title="MCAS Miramar">MCAS Miramar</a>, San Diego, California<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>154171 – <a href="/wiki/Estrella_Warbird_Museum" title="Estrella Warbird Museum">Estrella Warbird Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paso_Robles,_California" title="Paso Robles, California">Paso Robles, California</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>155595 – <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_Air_Museum" title="Pacific Coast Air Museum">Pacific Coast Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa,_California" title="Santa Rosa, California">Santa Rosa, California</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>155610 – <a href="/wiki/National_Naval_Aviation_Museum" title="National Naval Aviation Museum">National Naval Aviation Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/NAS_Pensacola" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Pensacola">NAS Pensacola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola, Florida</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>155627 – <a href="/wiki/NAS_Fallon" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Fallon">NAS Fallon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fallon,_Nevada" title="Fallon, Nevada">Fallon, Nevada</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>155629 – <a href="/wiki/Hickory_Aviation_Museum" title="Hickory Aviation Museum">Hickory Aviation Museum</a>, Hickory NC<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>155644 – <a href="/wiki/Yanks_Air_Museum" title="Yanks Air Museum">Yanks Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chino,_California" title="Chino, California">Chino, California</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>155648 – <a href="/wiki/Aviation_History_%26_Technology_Center" title="Aviation History & Technology Center">Aviation History & Technology Center</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dobbins_ARB" class="mw-redirect" title="Dobbins ARB">Dobbins ARB</a> (formerly Atlanta NAS), <a href="/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>155661 – <a href="/wiki/Camp_Blanding" title="Camp Blanding">Camp Blanding</a> Museum and Memorial Park, <a href="/wiki/Camp_Blanding,_Florida" class="mw-redirect" title="Camp Blanding, Florida">Camp Blanding, Florida</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>155713 – <a href="/wiki/Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum" title="Pima Air & Space Museum">Pima Air & Space Museum</a> (adjacent to <a href="/wiki/Davis-Monthan_AFB" class="mw-redirect" title="Davis-Monthan AFB">Davis-Monthan AFB</a>), <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>156997 – <a href="/wiki/Patuxent_River_Naval_Air_Museum" title="Patuxent River Naval Air Museum">Patuxent River Naval Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/NAS_Patuxent_River" class="mw-redirect" title="NAS Patuxent River">NAS Patuxent River</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lexington_Park,_Maryland" title="Lexington Park, Maryland">Lexington Park, Maryland</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>157001 – Naval Inventory Control Point, <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania" class="mw-redirect" title="Philadelphia, Pennsylvania">Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>157024 – Defense General Supply Center, <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>158532 – <a href="/wiki/USS_Lexington_(CV-16)#USS_Lexington_Museum" title="USS Lexington (CV-16)">USS <i>Lexington</i> Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi, Texas</a><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>158794 – <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Flight" title="Museum of Flight">Museum of Flight</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>159567 – Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, <a href="/wiki/Dahlgren,_Virginia" title="Dahlgren, Virginia">Dahlgren, Virginia</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>159568 – <a href="/wiki/Patuxent_River_NAS" class="mw-redirect" title="Patuxent River NAS">Patuxent River NAS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lexington_Park,_Maryland" title="Lexington Park, Maryland">Lexington Park, Maryland</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>159579 – <a href="/wiki/Castle_Air_Museum" title="Castle Air Museum">Castle Air Museum</a>, Atwater, California<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (November 2023)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>159901 – <a href="/wiki/NAF_El_Centro" class="mw-redirect" title="NAF El Centro">NAF El Centro</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Centro,_California" title="El Centro, California">El Centro, California</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>160995 – <a href="/wiki/Yanks_Air_Museum" title="Yanks Air Museum">Yanks Air Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chino,_California" title="Chino, California">Chino, California</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>161676 – Lycoming County Veterans Memorial Park, <a href="/wiki/Williamsport,_Pennsylvania" title="Williamsport, Pennsylvania">Williamsport, Pennsylvania</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>162182 – <a href="/wiki/Valiant_Air_Command_Warbird_Museum" title="Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum">Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Space_Coast_Regional_Airport" title="Space Coast Regional Airport">Space Coast Regional Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Titusville,_Florida" title="Titusville, Florida">Titusville, Florida</a><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>162195 – <a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Aerospace_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego Aerospace Museum">San Diego Aerospace Museum</a>, San Diego, California.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>162206 – <a href="/wiki/Oregon_Air_and_Space_Museum" title="Oregon Air and Space Museum">Oregon Air and Space Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eugene,_Oregon" title="Eugene, Oregon">Eugene, Oregon</a><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>164378 – Eastern Carolina Aviation Exhibit, <a href="/wiki/Havelock,_North_Carolina" title="Havelock, North Carolina">Havelock, North Carolina</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>164384 – Grumman Memorial Park, <a href="/wiki/Long_Island,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Long Island, New York">Long Island, New York</a>.</li></ul> <dl><dt>A-6F</dt></dl> <ul><li>162184 – <a href="/wiki/Cradle_of_Aviation_Museum" title="Cradle of Aviation Museum">Cradle of Aviation Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garden_City,_New_York" title="Garden City, New York">Garden City, New York</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>162185 – <a href="/wiki/Intrepid_Sea-Air-Space_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum">Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, New York<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(A-6E)"><span id="Specifications_.28A-6E.29"></span>Specifications (A-6E)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Specifications (A-6E)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_3-view_line_drawing.png" class="mw-file-description" title="3-view line drawing of the Grumman A-6E Intruder"><img alt="3-view line drawing of the Grumman A-6E Intruder" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_3-view_line_drawing.png/220px-Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_3-view_line_drawing.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_3-view_line_drawing.png/330px-Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_3-view_line_drawing.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_3-view_line_drawing.png/440px-Grumman_A-6E_Intruder_3-view_line_drawing.png 2x" data-file-width="1199" data-file-height="1910" /></a><figcaption>3-view line drawing of the Grumman A-6E Intruder</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grumman_A-6A_Intruder_weapon_load_display,_1962_(NNAM.2011.003.240.028).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Grumman_A-6A_Intruder_weapon_load_display%2C_1962_%28NNAM.2011.003.240.028%29.jpg/220px-Grumman_A-6A_Intruder_weapon_load_display%2C_1962_%28NNAM.2011.003.240.028%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Grumman_A-6A_Intruder_weapon_load_display%2C_1962_%28NNAM.2011.003.240.028%29.jpg/330px-Grumman_A-6A_Intruder_weapon_load_display%2C_1962_%28NNAM.2011.003.240.028%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Grumman_A-6A_Intruder_weapon_load_display%2C_1962_%28NNAM.2011.003.240.028%29.jpg/440px-Grumman_A-6A_Intruder_weapon_load_display%2C_1962_%28NNAM.2011.003.240.028%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1898" data-file-height="1515" /></a><figcaption>A-6 ordnance, 1962</figcaption></figure> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> <i>Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83</i><sup id="cite_ref-jawa82_p377-8_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jawa82_p377-8-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Jet Bombers: From the Messerschmitt Me 262 to the Stealth B-2</i><sup id="cite_ref-bomber_213_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bomber_213-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>General characteristics</b></span> </p><ul><li><b>Crew:</b> 2 (pilot, bombardier/navigator)</li> <li><b>Length:</b> 54 ft 9 in (16.69 m)</li> <li><b>Wingspan:</b> 53 ft 0 in (16.15 m)</li> <li><b>Width:</b> 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m) wing folded</li> <li><b>Height:</b> 16 ft 2 in (4.93 m)</li> <li><b>Wing area:</b> 528.9 sq ft (49.14 m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(aeronautics)" title="Aspect ratio (aeronautics)">Aspect ratio</a>:</b> 5.31:1<sup id="cite_ref-quest_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quest-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 26,660 lb (12,093 kg)</li> <li><b>Max takeoff weight:</b> 60,400 lb (27,397 kg) (shore-based operations)</li> <li><b>Fuel capacity:</b> 2,385 US gal (1,986 imp gal; 9,030 L) (internal fuel)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Zero-lift_drag_coefficient" title="Zero-lift drag coefficient">Zero-lift drag coefficient</a>:</b> 0.0144<sup id="cite_ref-quest_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quest-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Powerplant:</b> 2 × <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_J52" title="Pratt & Whitney J52">Pratt & Whitney J52</a>-P8B <a href="/wiki/Turbojet" title="Turbojet">turbojets</a>, 9,300 lbf (41 kN) thrust each</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Maximum speed:</b> 560 kn (640 mph, 1,040 km/h) at sea level</li> <li><b>Cruise speed:</b> 412 kn (474 mph, 763 km/h)</li> <li><b>Stall speed:</b> 98 kn (113 mph, 181 km/h) (flaps down)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/V_speeds#VNE" title="V speeds">Never exceed speed</a>:</b> 700 kn (810 mph, 1,300 km/h)</li> <li><b>Combat range:</b> 878 nmi (1,010 mi, 1,626 km) (with max payload)</li> <li><b>Ferry range:</b> 2,818 nmi (3,243 mi, 5,219 km)</li> <li><b>Service ceiling:</b> 42,400 ft (12,900 m)</li> <li><b>g limits:</b> -2.4 to 6.5</li> <li><b>Rate of climb:</b> 7,620 ft/min (38.7 m/s)</li> <li><b>Lift-to-drag:</b> 15.2<sup id="cite_ref-quest_68-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quest-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Take-off run to 50 ft (15 m):</b> 4,530 ft (1,380 m)</li> <li><b>Landing run from 50 ft (15 m):</b> 2,540 ft (770 m)</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Armament</b></span><br /> </p> <ul><li><b>Hardpoints:</b> Five hardpoints with a capacity of 3,600 lb (1,600 kg) each (4 under wings, 1 under fuselage), 18,000 lb (8,200 kg) total, with provisions to carry combinations of: <ul><li><b>Rockets:</b> <br /> <ul><li>12× LAU-10 4-round 5 inch (127 mm) <a href="/wiki/Zuni_(rocket)" title="Zuni (rocket)">Zuni</a> pods</li> <li>12× LAU-68 7-round 2.75 inch (70 mm) <a href="/wiki/Folding-Fin_Aerial_Rocket" title="Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket">FFAR</a> pods</li> <li>12× LAU-61/LAU-68 19-round 2.75 inch (70 mm) FFAR pods</li></ul></li> <li><b>Missiles:</b> <br /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AGM-45_Shrike" title="AGM-45 Shrike">AGM-45 Shrike</a> anti-radar missile<sup id="cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sacA-6E-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> × 2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-78_Standard_ARM" title="AGM-78 Standard ARM">AGM-78 Standard ARM</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-radar_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-radar missile">anti-radar missile</a><sup id="cite_ref-wapj12_p44_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapj12_p44-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> × 2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-62_Walleye" title="AGM-62 Walleye">AGM-62 Walleye</a> TV-guided <a href="/wiki/Glide_bomb" title="Glide bomb">glide bomb</a><sup id="cite_ref-wapj12_p56_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapj12_p56-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-65_Maverick" title="AGM-65 Maverick">AGM-65 Maverick</a> <a href="/wiki/Air-to-ground_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Air-to-ground missile">air-to-ground missile</a><sup id="cite_ref-wapj12_p56_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapj12_p56-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> × 6</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harpoon_(missile)" title="Harpoon (missile)">AGM-84 Harpoon</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-ship_missile" title="Anti-ship missile">anti-ship missile</a><sup id="cite_ref-wapj12_p56_71-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapj12_p56-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>/<a href="/wiki/AGM-84E_Standoff_Land_Attack_Missile" title="AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile">AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile</a><sup id="cite_ref-wapj12_p57_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapj12_p57-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> × 4</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-88_HARM" title="AGM-88 HARM">AGM-88 HARM</a> anti-radar missile</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AGM-123_Skipper" class="mw-redirect" title="AGM-123 Skipper">AGM-123 Skipper</a> air-to-ground missile</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AIM-9_Sidewinder" title="AIM-9 Sidewinder">AIM-9 Sidewinder</a> air-to-air missile<sup id="cite_ref-AI1186_p229_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AI1186_p229-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ADM-141_TALD" title="ADM-141 TALD">ADM-141 TALD</a> decoy missiles<sup id="cite_ref-wapj12_p60_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wapj12_p60-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>Bombs:</b> <br /> <ul><li>28× <a href="/wiki/Mark_82_bomb" title="Mark 82 bomb">Mk 82</a> 500 lb (227 kg) GP bombs or <a href="/wiki/CBU-100_Cluster_Bomb" title="CBU-100 Cluster Bomb">Mk 20 Rockeye II</a> <a href="/wiki/Cluster_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Cluster bomb">cluster bomb</a><sup id="cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sacA-6E-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>13× <a href="/wiki/Mark_83_bomb" title="Mark 83 bomb">Mk 83</a> 1,000 lb (454 kg) GP bombs<sup id="cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sacA-6E-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5× <a href="/wiki/Mark_84_bomb" title="Mark 84 bomb">Mk 84</a> 2,000 lb (907 kg) GP bombs<sup id="cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sacA-6E-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5× <a href="/wiki/GBU-12" class="mw-redirect" title="GBU-12">GBU-12</a>/<a href="/wiki/GBU-16" class="mw-redirect" title="GBU-16">16</a>/<a href="/wiki/GBU-10" class="mw-redirect" title="GBU-10">10</a> laser-guided bombs</li> <li>5× <a href="/wiki/CBU-72" title="CBU-72">CBU-72</a> Fuel-Air Explosives<sup id="cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sacA-6E-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Up to three <a href="/wiki/B43_nuclear_bomb" title="B43 nuclear bomb">B43</a>, <a href="/wiki/B57_nuclear_bomb" title="B57 nuclear bomb">B57</a> or <a href="/wiki/B61_nuclear_bomb" title="B61 nuclear bomb">B61</a> nuclear weapons<sup id="cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sacA-6E-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><b>Other:</b> <br /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Captor_mine" class="mw-redirect" title="Captor mine">Mk 60 Captor Mine</a></li> <li>Up to 5× 300 US gal (250 imp gal; 1,100 L) drop tanks</li> <li>Various practice stores, chaff launchers, baggage pods, flares<sup id="cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sacA-6E-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_appearances_in_media">Notable appearances in media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Notable appearances in media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_in_fiction#A-6_Intruder" title="Aircraft in fiction">Aircraft in fiction § A-6 Intruder</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p> <b>Related development</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler">Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler</a></li></ul> <p><b>Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Buccaneer" title="Blackburn Buccaneer">Blackburn Buccaneer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dassault-Breguet_Super_%C3%89tendard" title="Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard">Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-17" title="Sukhoi Su-17">Sukhoi Su-17</a></li></ul> <p> <b>Related lists</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incidents_involving_the_Grumman_A-6_Intruder" title="List of accidents and incidents involving the Grumman A-6 Intruder">List of accidents and incidents involving the Grumman A-6 Intruder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_attack_aircraft" title="List of attack aircraft">List of attack aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="List of military aircraft of the United States">List of military aircraft of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_aerial_refueling_aircraft" title="List of United States military aerial refueling aircraft">List of United States military aerial refueling aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_military_electronics_of_the_United_States" title="List of military electronics of the United States">List of military electronics of the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_A-6_Intruder&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/8358348">"A-6 Intruder/151826"</a> Retrieved: 9 December 2019.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.midway.org/Aircraft-Museum">"A-6 Intruder/151782."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130325094835/http://www.midway.org/Aircraft-Museum">Archived</a> 25 March 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>USS Midway Museum.</i> Retrieved: 10 March 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.patriotspoint.org/pdf/aircraft/a-6e_intruder.pdf">"A-6 Intruder/152599."</a> <i>Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum.</i> Retrieved: 10 March 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.esam.org/images/A-6E%20Photo1.JPG">"A-6 Intruder/152935."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150724023248/http://www.esam.org/images/A-6E%20Photo1.JPG">Archived</a> 24 July 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Empire State Aerosciences Museum.</i> Retrieved: 23 July 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.palmspringsairmuseum.org/aircrafts.htm">"A-6 Intruder/154162."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120317173342/http://palmspringsairmuseum.org/aircrafts.htm">Archived</a> 17 March 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Palm Springs Air Museum.</i> Retrieved: 10 March 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19940152000">"A-6 Intruder/154167."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130210150607/http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19940152000">Archived</a> 10 February 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>NASM.</i> Retrieved: 10 March 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flyingleathernecks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Aircraft_Listing.pdf">"A-6 Intruder/154170."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030559/http://flyingleathernecks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Aircraft_Listing.pdf">Archived</a> 4 March 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum.</i> Retrieved: 23 July 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ewarbirds.org/a6.html">"A-6 Intruder/154171."</a> <i>Estrella Warbird Museum.</i> Retrieved: 10 March 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pacificcoastairmuseum.org/aircraft/A6EIntruder.asp">"A-6 Intruder/155595."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130308050422/http://pacificcoastairmuseum.org/aircraft/A6EIntruder.asp">Archived</a> 8 March 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Pacific Coast Air Museum.</i> Retrieved: 10 March 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/attractions/aircraft-exhibits/item/?item=a-6e_intruder">"A-6 Intruder/155610."</a> <i>National Naval Aviation Museum.</i> Retrieved: 23 July 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hickoryaviationmuseum.org/flight-line.html">Flight Line</a>. hickoryaviationmuseum.org.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://yanksair.com/Products/63/111/Grumman-G-128-Intruder-A-6E-2/">"A-6 Intruder/155644."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140106034329/https://yanksair.com/Products/63/111/Grumman-G-128-Intruder-A-6E-2/">Archived</a> 6 January 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Yanks Air Museum</i>. Retrieved: 10 March 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/grumman-a-6e-intruder">"A-6 Intruder/155713."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150723221015/http://www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/grumman-a-6e-intruder">Archived</a> 23 July 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Pima Air & Space Museum.</i> Retrieved: 23 July 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://usslexington.com/aircraft/a-6e-intruder/">"A-6 Intruder/158532."</a> <i>USS Lexington Museum.</i> Retrieved: 10 March 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/grumman-6e-intruder">"A-6 Intruder/158794."</a> <i>Museum of Flight.</i> Retrieved: 10 March 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.castleairmuseum.org/collection">"Our Collection"</a>. <i>Castle Air Museum</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 November</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Castle+Air+Museum&rft.atitle=Our+Collection&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.castleairmuseum.org%2Fcollection&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGrumman+A-6+Intruder" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://yanksair.com/Products/62/111/Grumman-G-128-Intruder-A-6E/">"A-6 Intruder/160995."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140106034326/https://yanksair.com/Products/62/111/Grumman-G-128-Intruder-A-6E/">Archived</a> 6 January 2014 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Yanks Air Museum</i>. Retrieved: 10 March 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vacwarbirds.net/warbird-museum/vac-aircraft-inventory/">"A-6 Intruder/162182."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150729082314/http://www.vacwarbirds.net/warbird-museum/vac-aircraft-inventory/">Archived</a> 29 July 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Valiant Air Command Museum</i>. Retrieved: 23 July 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090420053843/http://www.oasm.info/featured_aircrafts.php">"A-6 Intruder/162206."</a> <i>Oregon Air and Space Museum.</i> Retrieved: 10 March 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/permanent_exhibits/jet_gallery/grumman_a6-f_intruder.html">"A-6 Intruder II/162184."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150907231241/http://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/permanent_exhibits/jet_gallery/grumman_a6-f_intruder.html">Archived</a> 7 September 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Cradle of Aviation Museum</i>. Retrieved: 23 July 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/AircraftCollection.aspx">"A-6 Intruder II/162185."</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151219014823/http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/AircraftCollection.aspx">Archived</a> 19 December 2015 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum.</i> Retrieved: 23 July 2015.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-jawa82_p377-8-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-jawa82_p377-8_66-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Taylor 1982, pp. 377–378.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bomber_213-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-bomber_213_67-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gunston and Gilchrist 1993, p. 213.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-quest-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-quest_68-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-quest_68-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-quest_68-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Loftin, LK, Jr. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-468/cover.htm"><i>Quest for Performance: The Evolution of Modern Aircraft. NASA SP-468</i>.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060613210139/http://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-468/cover.htm">Archived</a> 13 June 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <i>nasa.gov</i>. Retrieved: 22 April 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sacA-6E-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-sacA-6E_69-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alternatewars.com/SAC/A-6E_Intruder_(TRAM)_SAC_-_November_1979.pdf">"NAVAIR 00-110AA6-5: Standard Aircraft Characteristics: A-6E (TRAM) Intruder"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. US Navy. 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Leicester, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-904597-22-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-904597-22-9">0-904597-22-9</a>.</li> <li>Buttler, Tony (2010). American Secret Projects: Bombers, Attack and Anti-Submarine Aircraft 1945 to 1974. Hinckley, England: Midland Publishing. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85780-331-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85780-331-0">978-1-85780-331-0</a></li> <li>Donald, David and Jon Lake. <i>Encyclopedia of World Military Aircraft</i>. London: Aerospace Publishing, Single Volume edition, 1996. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-874023-95-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-874023-95-6">1-874023-95-6</a>.</li> <li>Dorr, Robert F. <i>Grumman A-6 Intruder</i>. London: Osprey Publishing, 1987. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85045-816-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-85045-816-1">0-85045-816-1</a>.</li> <li>Dorr, Robert F. 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"Intruders and Prowlers". <i><a href="/wiki/Air_International" title="Air International">Air International</a></i>, November 1986, Vol. 31, No. 5. pp. 227–236, 250–252. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0306-5634">0306-5634</a>.</li> <li>Gunston, Bill and Mike Spick. <i>Modern Air Combat</i>. New York: Crescent Books, 1983. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-517-41265-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-517-41265-9">0-517-41265-9</a>.</li> <li>Gunston, Bill and Peter Gilchrist. <i>Jet Bombers: From the Messerschmitt Me 262 to the Stealth B-2</i>. 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North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2001. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85780-115-6" title="Special:BookSources/1-85780-115-6">1-85780-115-6</a>.</li> <li>Jenkins, Dennis R. <i>Grumman A-6 Intruder</i>. Warbird Tech. <b>33</b>. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2002. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-58007-050-7" title="Special:BookSources/1-58007-050-7">1-58007-050-7</a>.</li> <li>Miska, Kurt H. "Grumman A-6A/E Intruder; EA-6A; EA-6B Prowler (Aircraft in Profile number 252)". <i>Aircraft in Profile, Volume 14</i>. Windsor, Berkshire, UK: Profile Publications Ltd., 1974, pp. 137–160. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85383-023-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-85383-023-1">0-85383-023-1</a>.</li> <li>Morgan, Mark and Rick Morgan. <i>Intruder: The Operational History of Grumman's A-6</i>. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2004. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7643-2100-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-7643-2100-5">0-7643-2100-5</a>.</li> <li>Morgan, Rick. <i>A-6 Intruder Units of the Vietnam War (Osprey Combat Aircraft #93)</i>. 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href="/wiki/Template:Grumman_aircraft" title="Template:Grumman aircraft"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Grumman_aircraft" title="Template talk:Grumman aircraft"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Grumman_aircraft" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Grumman aircraft"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Grumman_and_Northrop_Grumman_aircraft" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Grumman" title="Grumman">Grumman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman" title="Northrop Grumman">Northrop Grumman</a> aircraft</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Manufacturer<br /> designations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">G-1</a> (floats only)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vought_O2U_Corsair" title="Vought O2U Corsair">G-2</a> (floats only)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-3 (page does not exist)">G-3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-4&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-4 (page does not exist)">G-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">G-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">G-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">G-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F2F" title="Grumman F2F">G-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">G-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">G-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">G-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">G-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XSBF" title="Grumman XSBF">G-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_J2F_Duck" title="Grumman J2F Duck">G-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-16</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-17&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-17 (page does not exist)">G-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">G-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">G-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-24</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-25&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-25 (page does not exist)">G-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-26</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-27&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-27 (page does not exist)">G-27</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-29&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-29 (page does not exist)">G-29</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-30&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-30 (page does not exist)">G-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">G-34</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-35&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-35 (page does not exist)">G-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">G-37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">G-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">G-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbia_XJL" title="Columbia XJL">G-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-44_Widgeon" title="Grumman G-44 Widgeon">G-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">G-45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">G-46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">G-47</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-48&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-48 (page does not exist)">G-48</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-49&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-49 (page does not exist)">G-49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">G-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">G-51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">G-52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">G-53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">G-54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTB2F" title="Grumman XTB2F">G-55</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">G-56</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-57&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-57 (page does not exist)">G-57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">G-58</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">G-59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">G-60</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">G-61</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-62&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-62 (page does not exist)">G-62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Kitten" title="Grumman Kitten">G-63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-65_Tadpole" title="Grumman G-65 Tadpole">G-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTSF" title="Grumman XTSF">G-66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">G-67</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-68&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-68 (page does not exist)">G-68</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">G-69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">G-70</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-71&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-71 (page does not exist)">G-71</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Kitten" title="Grumman Kitten">G-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-73_Mallard" title="Grumman G-73 Mallard">G-73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-44_Widgeon" title="Grumman G-44 Widgeon">G-74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">G-75</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-76&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-76 (page does not exist)">G-76</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-77&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-77 (page does not exist)">G-77</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-78&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-78 (page does not exist)">G-78</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">G-79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">G-80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Kitten" title="Grumman Kitten">G-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">G-82</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF10F_Jaguar" title="Grumman XF10F Jaguar">G-83</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-84&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-84 (page does not exist)">G-84</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-85&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-85 (page does not exist)">G-85</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-86&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-86 (page does not exist)">G-86</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-87</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-88</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-89</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">G-90</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-91&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-91 (page does not exist)">G-91</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-92&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-92 (page does not exist)">G-92</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-93</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-1_Tracer" title="Grumman E-1 Tracer">G-94</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-95</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-96</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-97&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-97 (page does not exist)">G-97</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">G-98</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">J</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-99</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-101</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-102&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-102 (page does not exist)">G-102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-104</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">G-105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-106</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-107&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-107 (page does not exist)">G-107</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-108&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-108 (page does not exist)">G-108</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-109&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-109 (page does not exist)">G-109</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-110&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-110 (page does not exist)">G-110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-112</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-113&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-113 (page does not exist)">G-113</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-114&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-114 (page does not exist)">G-114</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-115&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-115 (page does not exist)">G-115</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-116&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-116 (page does not exist)">G-116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-1_Tracer" title="Grumman E-1 Tracer">G-117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-118" title="Grumman G-118">G-118</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-119&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-119 (page does not exist)">G-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-121</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-122&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-122 (page does not exist)">G-122</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye" title="Grumman E-2 Hawkeye">G-123</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-124&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-124 (page does not exist)">G-124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-125</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-126</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-127&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-127 (page does not exist)">G-127</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G-128</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G-129</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-130&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-130 (page does not exist)">G-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-132" title="Grumman G-132">G-132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">G-134</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-137</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-142</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-143&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-143 (page does not exist)">G-143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">G-154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">G-159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Ag_Cat" title="Grumman Ag Cat">G-164</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-165</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-170&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-170 (page does not exist)">G-170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-191</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-211</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-214&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-214 (page does not exist)">G-214</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-215 (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-215 (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-226</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-231</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-234</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-235&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-235 (page does not exist)">G-235</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-242&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-242 (page does not exist)">G-242</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-244</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-251</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-262</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">G-273</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-279&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-279 (page does not exist)">G-279</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-283&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-283 (page does not exist)">G-283</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-288</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-296&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-296 (page does not exist)">G-296</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-300&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-300 (page does not exist)">G-300</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">G-303</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-305</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-306&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-306 (page does not exist)">G-306</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">G-310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-315</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-327&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-327 (page does not exist)">G-327</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-333</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-341</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">G-342</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-344&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-344 (page does not exist)">G-344</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-356&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-356 (page does not exist)">G-356</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-359&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-359 (page does not exist)">G-359</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-371&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-371 (page does not exist)">G-371</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-376&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-376 (page does not exist)">G-376</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module" title="Apollo Lunar Module">G-378</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">G-391</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-399&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-399 (page does not exist)">G-399</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module" title="Apollo Lunar Module">G-413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">G-426</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G-429</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">G-431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">G-436</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-450&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-450 (page does not exist)">G-450</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G-467</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-484&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-484 (page does not exist)">G-484</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-486&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-486 (page does not exist)">G-486</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-487&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-487 (page does not exist)">G-487</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-511&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-511 (page does not exist)">G-511</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-516&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-516 (page does not exist)">G-516</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-518&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-518 (page does not exist)">G-518</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-532&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-532 (page does not exist)">G-532</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-550&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-550 (page does not exist)">G-550</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-607&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-607 (page does not exist)">G-607</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-612&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-612 (page does not exist)">G-612</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-613&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-613 (page does not exist)">G-613</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-618&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-618 (page does not exist)">G-618</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-623&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-623 (page does not exist)">G-623</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-636&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-636 (page does not exist)">G-636</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-674&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-674 (page does not exist)">G-674</a></li> <li>G-680 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">P</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-698&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-698 (page does not exist)">G-698</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">G-704</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-711&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-711 (page does not exist)">G-711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_X-29" title="Grumman X-29">G-712</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_X-29" title="Grumman X-29">G-723</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">G-728</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-730&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-730 (page does not exist)">G-730</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">G-744</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-754&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-754 (page does not exist)">G-754</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Grumman_G-755&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Grumman G-755 (page does not exist)">G-755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flxible_Metro" title="Flxible Metro">G-870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">G-1128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_II" title="Grumman Gulfstream II">G-1159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Model_400" class="mw-redirect" title="Northrop Grumman Model 400">Model 400</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By role</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">FF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F2F" title="Grumman F2F">F2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">F3F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat" title="Grumman F4F Wildcat">F4F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">XF5F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">XP-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">F6F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XP-50" title="Grumman XP-50">XP-65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F7F_Tigercat" title="Grumman F7F Tigercat">F7F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">F8F</a></li> <li>F9F <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">-1 to -5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">-6 to -8</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">F-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF10F_Jaguar" title="Grumman XF10F Jaguar">XF10F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-11_Tiger" title="Grumman F-11 Tiger">F11F/F-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">F11F-1F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-118" title="Grumman G-118">G-118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_F-111B" title="General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B">F-111B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-14_Tomcat" title="Grumman F-14 Tomcat">F-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YF-23" title="Northrop YF-23">NATF-23</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bombers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit" title="Northrop B-2 Spirit">B-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-21_Raider" title="Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider">B-21</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Attack/Patrol</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">TBF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTSF" title="Grumman XTSF">XTSF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTB2F" title="Grumman XTB2F">TB2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">AF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">S-2</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">A-6</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Recon/Scouts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">SF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XSBF" title="Grumman XSBF">XSBF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-1_Tracer" title="Grumman E-1 Tracer">E-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">OV-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">EA-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye" title="Grumman E-2 Hawkeye">E-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Utility/Transports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">UC-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">JF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_J2F_Duck" title="Grumman J2F Duck">J2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_J2F_Duck" title="Grumman J2F Duck">OA-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">JRF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">J3F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">OA-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">OA-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-44_Widgeon" title="Grumman G-44 Widgeon">OA-14/J4F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">U-16/JR2F/UF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-1_Trader" title="Grumman C-1 Trader">C-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-2_Greyhound" title="Grumman C-2 Greyhound">C-2</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Civil aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-73_Mallard" title="Grumman G-73 Mallard">Mallard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Ag_Cat" title="Grumman Ag Cat">Ag Cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Kitten" title="Grumman Kitten">Kitten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-65_Tadpole" title="Grumman G-65 Tadpole">Tadpole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">Gulfstream I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_II" title="Grumman Gulfstream II">Gulfstream II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Lunar_Module" title="Apollo Lunar Module">Apollo Lunar Module</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS" title="Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS">E-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-10_MC2A" title="Northrop Grumman E-10 MC2A">E-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Dynamics%E2%80%93Grumman_EF-111A_Raven" title="General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven">EF-111</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk">Q-4</a>/<a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-4C_Triton" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-8_Fire_Scout" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout">Q-8</a>/<a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-8C_Fire_Scout" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout">C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-180" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-180">Q-180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_X-29" title="Grumman X-29">X-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus" title="Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus">X-47A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B" title="Northrop Grumman X-47B">X-47B</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Bat" title="Northrop Grumman Bat">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Firebird" title="Northrop Grumman Firebird">Firebird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Switchblade" title="Northrop Grumman Switchblade">Switchblade</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By name</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Ag_Cat" title="Grumman Ag Cat">Ag Cat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_HU-16_Albatross" title="Grumman HU-16 Albatross">Albatross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_TBF_Avenger" title="Grumman TBF Avenger">Avenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Bat" title="Northrop Grumman Bat">Bat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F8F_Bearcat" title="Grumman F8F Bearcat">Bearcat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F-9_Cougar" title="Grumman F-9 Cougar">Cougar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_JF_Duck" title="Grumman JF Duck">Duck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_FF" title="Grumman FF">Fifi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Firebird" title="Northrop Grumman Firebird">Firebird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-8C_Fire_Scout" title="Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout">Fire Scout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk" title="Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk">Global Hawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-21_Goose" title="Grumman G-21 Goose">Goose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_C-2_Greyhound" title="Grumman C-2 Greyhound">Greyhound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_AF_Guardian" title="Grumman AF Guardian">Guardian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F3F" title="Grumman F3F">Gulfhawk III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_I" title="Grumman Gulfstream I">Gulfstream I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Gulfstream_II" title="Grumman Gulfstream II">Gulfstream II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_E-2_Hawkeye" title="Grumman E-2 Hawkeye">Hawkeye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F6F_Hellcat" title="Grumman F6F Hellcat">Hellcat</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Intruder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF10F_Jaguar" title="Grumman XF10F Jaguar">Jaguar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS" title="Northrop Grumman E-8 Joint STARS">Joint STARS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_Kitten" title="Grumman Kitten">Kitten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_G-73_Mallard" title="Grumman G-73 Mallard">Mallard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_OV-1_Mohawk" title="Grumman OV-1 Mohawk">Mohawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F9F_Panther" title="Grumman F9F Panther">Panther</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47A_Pegasus" title="Northrop Grumman X-47A Pegasus">Pegasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_EA-6B_Prowler" title="Grumman EA-6B Prowler">Prowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_B-21_Raider" title="Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider">Raider</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XF5F_Skyrocket" title="Grumman XF5F Skyrocket">Skyrocket</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_B-2_Spirit" title="Northrop B-2 Spirit">Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_F11F-1F_Super_Tiger" title="Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger">Super Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_Switchblade" title="Northrop Grumman Switchblade">Switchblade</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Douglas_XA-2" title="Douglas XA-2">A-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">A-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">A-4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">A-5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_Falcon" title="Curtiss Falcon">A-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fokker_XA-7" title="Fokker XA-7">A-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_A-8" title="Curtiss A-8">A-8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_YP-24" title="Lockheed YP-24">A-9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_YA-10_Shrike" title="Curtiss YA-10 Shrike">A-10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_P-30" title="Consolidated P-30">A-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_A-12_Shrike" title="Curtiss A-12 Shrike">A-12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-13" title="Northrop YA-13">A-13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XA-14" title="Curtiss XA-14">A-14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_B-10" title="Martin B-10">A-15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_YA-13" title="Northrop YA-13">A-16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northrop_A-17" title="Northrop A-17">A-17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_A-18_Shrike" title="Curtiss A-18 Shrike">A-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_V-11" title="Vultee V-11">A-19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-20_Havoc" title="Douglas A-20 Havoc">A-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stearman_XA-21" title="Stearman XA-21">A-21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Maryland" title="Martin Maryland">A-22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Baltimore" title="Martin Baltimore">A-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_SBD_Dauntless" title="Douglas SBD Dauntless">A-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldiver" title="Curtiss SB2C Helldiver">A-25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader" title="Douglas A-26 Invader">A-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-27" title="North American A-27">A-27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">A-28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Hudson" title="Lockheed Hudson">A-29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Baltimore" title="Martin Baltimore">A-30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_A-31_Vengeance" title="Vultee A-31 Vengeance">A-31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_XA-32" title="Brewster XA-32">A-32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_A-33" title="Douglas A-33">A-33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brewster_SB2A_Buccaneer" title="Brewster SB2A Buccaneer">A-34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_A-31_Vengeance" title="Vultee A-31 Vengeance">A-35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_A-36" title="North American A-36">A-36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_D-2" title="Hughes D-2">A-37</a><sup><small>2</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_XA-38_Grizzly" title="Beechcraft XA-38 Grizzly">A-38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaiser-Fleetwings_A-39" title="Kaiser-Fleetwings A-39">A-39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss_XBTC" title="Curtiss XBTC">A-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vultee_XA-41" title="Vultee XA-41">A-41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_XB-42_Mixmaster" title="Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster">A-42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curtiss-Wright_XF-87_Blackhawk" title="Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk">A-43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_XB-53" title="Convair XB-53">A-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_XB-51" title="Martin XB-51">A-45</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tri-Service sequence<br />(1962–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main sequence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>A-1<sup><small>3</small></sup> <ul><li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related designations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_AC-47_Spooky" title="Douglas AC-47 Spooky">AC-47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_AC-119" title="Fairchild AC-119">AC-119</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_AC-130" title="Lockheed AC-130">AC-130</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_T-6_Texan_II" title="Beechcraft T-6 Texan II">AT-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairchild_AU-23_Peacemaker" title="Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker">AU-23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helio_AU-24_Stallion" title="Helio AU-24 Stallion">AU-24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_Harrier" title="Hawker Siddeley Harrier">AV-8</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II" title="McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II">AV-8B</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_AV-8B_Harrier_II" title="McDonnell Douglas AV-8B 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