Grumman A-6 Intruder – Gaëtan Marie's Aviation Profiles https://www.gaetanmarie.com High Quality Digital Aviation Art Thu, 09 Jun 2016 21:39:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.gaetanmarie.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/cropped-Favicon-32x32.png Grumman A-6 Intruder – Gaëtan Marie's Aviation Profiles https://www.gaetanmarie.com 32 32 Grumman A-6 Intruder https://www.gaetanmarie.com/grumman-a-6-intruder-2/ https://www.gaetanmarie.com/grumman-a-6-intruder-2/#respond Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:38:18 +0000 https://gaetanmarie.com/?p=848 Continue reading Grumman A-6 Intruder]]> Introduced during the Vietnam war, the A-6 is one of the finest attack aircraft ever built. Continuously improved to carry new sensors and ordnances, the A-6 was finally retired from US Navy service to be replaced by the F/A-18E Super Hornet. This decision has been very vividly criticized.

a6-001

1. A-6A BuNo 155595 of VA-165 Boomers in Fallon, Nevada, in october 1971, shortly before embarking on board USS Constellation for Vietnam.

a6-002

2. A-6A BuNo 154153 of VA-196 at Moffet Field in 1968, shortly before leaving for Vietnam on USS Constellation.

a6-003

3. A-6E BuNo 158535 of VA-34 on board USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), October 1976.

a6-004

4. In 1972, VA-65 received brand-new A-6E Intruders in replacement of its A-6As and promptly painted them in squadron colours as shown here on BuNo 158533.

a6-005

5. A-6E TRAM BuNo 154137 of VA-128 flew in low-viz markings in California in 1993.

]]> https://www.gaetanmarie.com/grumman-a-6-intruder-2/feed/ 0