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The A-6 Intruder Has a Message for the U.S. Navy

The A-6 Intruder was never pretty, but it was one of the U.S. Navy’s most feared strike aircraft. -Immortalized in Flight of ...
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A-6 Intruder: They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To

The United States Navy’s A-6 Intruder is a testament to the evolution and potency of America’s naval aviation program. In 1957, the Navy put out a call for an all-weather attack aircraft to be a ...
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The A-6 Intruder Was a Legend for Way Too Many Reasons

The A-6 made her maiden flight on 19 April 1960 and was officially introduced into USN/USMC service in 1963, making history (bad pun intended vis-a-vis the movie quote in my opening paragraph) as the ...
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A-6 Intruder: Meet the World’s First All-Weather Attack Warplane

Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The Grumman A-6 Intruder, introduced in 1963, was the first all-weather attack aircraft used by the US Navy and Marine Corps. Designed to perform long-range ...