Date:
Feb 1963
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28 Feb 1997
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Surname/tag: MILITARY_AND_WAR
Location: [unknown]
Surname/tag: MILITARY_AND_WAR
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- The Grumman A-6 Intruder was an American, twinjet all-weather attack aircraft built by Grumman Aerospace. In service with the United States Navy and Marine Corps between 1963 and 1997, the Intruder was designed as an all-weather medium attack aircraft to replace the piston-engined Douglas A-1 Skyraider. [1]
- The Navy's experience in the Korean War showed the need for a new long-range strike aircraft with high subsonic performance at very low altitude--an aircraft that could penetrate enemy defenses and find and destroy small targets in any weather. The Grumman A-6 Intruder was designed with these needs in mind.[2]
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- Specifications: A6A[3]
Length | 54 feet 7 inches (16.1 meters) |
Height | 15 feet 7 inches (4.74 meters) |
Wingspan | 53 feet (16.1 meters) |
Max Speed | 648 miles per hour (1036 km/h) |
Ceiling | 40,600 feet (12,374 m) |
Maximum Takeoff Weight | 60,626 pounds (27,524 kg) |
Range | 1,077 miles (1,733 km) – full combat load |
Powerplant | Two Pratt & Whitney J52-P8B engines (9,300 pounds thrust each) |
Crew | 2 (Side by Side Seating, Pilot and Bombardier/Navigator) |
- Armament
Quantity | |
10 | 2.75″ Rocket Pod |
10 | 5″ Zuni Rocket Pod |
28 | Mk-20 Rockeye |
28 | Mk-81 (250 lbs) |
28 | Mk-82 Snakeye |
13 | Mk-83 (1,000 lbs) |
5 | Mk-84 (2,000 lbs) |
20 | Mk-117 (750 lbs) |
28 | CBU-78 |
GBU-10E Laser Guided Bomb | |
GBU-12D Laser Guided Bomb | |
GBU-16B Laser Guided Bomb | |
AGM-123A Skipper II | |
AGM-45 Shrike | |
AGM-62 Walleyes | |
Mk-77 Napalm | |
AIM-9 Sidewinder |
- Variants
- A6B
- The A6B received specialized equipment to detect and track enemy radar sites and to guide AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-78 Standard anti-radiation missiles, 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.
- A6C
- The A6C was fitted with a "Trails/Roads Interdiction Multi-sensor" (TRIM) pod in the fuselage for FLIR and low-light TV cameras, as well as a "Black Crow" engine ignition detection system. Radars were also upgraded, with AN/APQ-112 replacing earlier AN/APQ-103 in A-6B, and AN/APN-186 navigational radar replacing earlier AN/APN-153 in earlier A-6B. A vastly improved Sperry Corporation AN/APQ-127 radar replaced earlier AN/APG-46 fire control radar in A-6A
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KA-6D |
- KA-6D
- The KA-6D replaced both the KA-3B and EA-3B Skywarrior. During the early 1970s, 78 A-6As and 12 A-6Es were converted for use as tanker aircraft, providing aerial refueling support to other strike aircraft
- A6E
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A6E |
- The A6E was equipped with a microminiaturized digital computer, a solid state weapons release system, and a single, integrated track and search radar. The target recognition/attack multi-sensor (TRAM) version of the A-6E was introduced to the fleet in 1979. It was equipped with a chin turret containing a forward-looking infra-red (FLIR) system and a laser designator and receiver. Composite wing replacement and systems/weapons improvement programs (SWIP) maintained full A-6E combat systems capability for the A6E[4]
- Squadrons
- Note:
- For a grouping of profiles of persons affiliated with this aircraft, see the category for the A-6 Intruder
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Sources
- ↑ https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=A6+Intruder
- ↑ https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/grumman-6e-intruder.
- ↑ Military Machine, Grumman A-6 Intruder, Jan 01, 2019, Colin Ritsick
- ↑ FAS Military Analysis Network
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