This is Without a Doubt the Weirdest Ejection in US Navy History
A good friend of mine who, in his younger days, flew the Grumman A-6 Intruder strike jet for the US Navy once gruffly told me: “They don’t make ’em like the [read more...]
Grumman A-6 Intruder
The Last Time Iran Tangled With the US, the Navy Unleashed Its A-6 Intruders to Great Effect
On the evening of April 14th, 1988, the crew of the USS Samuel B. Roberts were on alert as they navigated through an eastbound shipping lane in the Persian Gulf in support of [read more...]
Intruder II
From the flight deck of the Intrepid, the A-6F Intruder. The A6F, first known as the A-6E Upgrade, was designed as an advanced version of the A-6E Intruder, then already in [read more...]
First Flight of the Intruder
On this day in 1960 the A-6 Intruder had its maiden flight. Designed by Gruman Aerospace, it served as an all-weather medium attack aircraft from 1963 until 1997, replacing [read more...]
