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Description
| Notes: ALL-WEATHER, LOW-ALTITUDE, CARRIER-BASED attack aircraft for land and sea interdiction and close air support (2 CREW) . | |||
| Manufacturer: | Grumman |
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| Base model: | A-6 | ||
| Designation: | A-6 | ||
| Version: | A | ||
| Nickname: | Intruder | ||
| Equivalent to: | A2F-1 A2F1A2F-1 | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Tri-Service | ||
| Designation Period: | 1962-Present | ||
| Basic role: | Attack | ||
| Crew: | Pilot & Bombardier-Navigator | ||
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Specifications
| Length: | 54' 9" | 16.6 m | |
| Height: | 16' 2" | 4.9 m | |
| Wingspan: | 53' 0" | 16.1 m | |
| Wingarea: | 529.0 sq ft | 49.1 sq m | |
| Empty Weight: | 25,298 lb | 11,473 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 53,699 lb | 24,353 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 2 | ||
| Powerplant: | Pratt & Whitney J52-P-8A | ||
| Thrust (each): | 9,300 lb | 4,217 kg | |
Performance
| Range: | 1,350 miles | 2,173 km | |
| Cruise Speed: | 481 mph | 774 km/h | 418 kt |
| Max Speed: | 646 mph | 1,040 km/h | 562 kt |
| Climb: | 6,950 ft/min | 2,118 m/min | |
| Ceiling: | 40,250 ft | 12,268 m | |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Western Aerospace Museum | Oakland | California |
A-6A on display
Western Aerospace Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| William Newman Arlington Heights, IL | Remembering those who flew A-6A's and did not yet return home...!
VA-35 Black Panthers - A6-A Bureau Number: 152594 Loss: 05-19-1967 Alpha Mission to Hanoi - USS Enterprise LCDR James Kelly Patterson, USN - BN See: www.prisoner-of-war.com 05/23/2013 @ 12:36 [ref: 67831] |
| John del Ferraro , NM | I was a AMS 3 in VA 35 at Oceana deployed on the USS Coral Sea for West PAC Vietnam in 1969. The A6 was one tough Aircraft carried a lot of ordinance and flew in any weather. 12/06/2012 @ 08:25 [ref: 67392] |
| John del Ferraro , NM | I was a AMS 3 in VA 35 at Oceana deployed on the USS Coral Sea for West PAC Vietnam in 1969. The A6 was one tough Aircraft carried a lot of ordinance and flew in any weather. 12/06/2012 @ 08:25 [ref: 67390] |
| Rick Kearney , MI | Served as a Fire Control Tech in VMA (AW)-332 at Cherry Point, NC and Yuma,AZ as well as in VMA533 at Iwakuni, Japan. 332 in 70-71, 533 71-71, and 332 again 71-73. 02/28/2012 @ 08:30 [ref: 53468] |
| Bob 84,Pa.15330, PA | I was attached with vma(aw) 224 on CVA 43,the Coral Sea 71-72. I maintained V.D.I.s and R.D.C. systems 12/11/2011 @ 03:39 [ref: 51077] |
| Tom Queret Sugar Land, TX | I was attached to Atkron 35 (We get ours at night) from NAS Oceana, Va Beach, VA. We were attached to the USS Enterprise and did 2 tours (67-69) of duty over in VietNam as well as spending some time in the North Korean Sea with the Pueblo Incident. I was a plane captain for the A6A Aircraft #505 Hooter Intruder. Amazed at the payload of 500 lb bombs & missles it could carry and the ability for low level flying at night. The was a movie called "The Flight of the Intruder" starring Danny Glover. Got to see it........ 04/27/2011 @ 05:10 [ref: 37574] |
| ADJ /2 P.0.SMITH , CT | SERVED IN VA-115 (ARABS, WHIDBY ISLAND WASHIHGTON) APPROX 6/69 TO 2/72...DEPLOYED ABOARD USS MIDWAY (NOW A MUSEUM IN SAN DIEGO) TO TONKIN GOLF(COMBAT ZONE) WHERE I WORKED AS A TROUBLE SHOOTER AND CATAPULT CHECKER. ON THE FLIGHT DECK ,HIGH SPEED TURN QUALIFIED FOR TRIMMING ENGINES AND CHECK CREW.WE ALSO LOADED A COUPLE OF BOMBS TO PASS TIME BETWEEN LAUNCHES...VERY PROUD TO SERVE MY COUNTRY AND BE IN TRUSTED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY IN THE SERVICE. 03/24/2011 @ 11:16 [ref: 37024] |
| John Wallis ADCS (Ret.) Richmond, KY | I was attached to VA-196 from March '67 to Oct '69. Made two cruises with the Main Battery aboard the USS Constellation. The A6 was an awesome aircraft. Still amazes me that it could carry such a huge weapons load. As a mech in power plants my first real thrill was the first time I got to turn-up one of these babies. WOW!! I often think of the fine pilots and B/N's that we lost during that time. Our hero's. May they have eternal peace. 10/23/2010 @ 07:29 [ref: 31635] |
| niles smith , OH | I was aboard the USS Kitty Hawk for two cruises
with VA-85. I'm still proud to say that. I have the newspaper articles about the intruder's last flights. It's still sad to read them. The A-6 did so much and all it asked in return was some polishing and some gas. Smitty 08/26/2010 @ 15:10 [ref: 29369] |
| Jim Wetzel Terrell, TX | Trained as an AQ at Millington, TN then sent to VA-42 at NAS Oceana for C-school. Deployed with VA-35 aboard Enterprise in 1967-1968, then Coral Sea in 1969-1970. While in Oceana myself and another AQ were tuning the on-board computer and radars on one of VA-35's aircraft in the hanger. We had all the required test equipment in place and were midway through the test run when I realized the ordinance panel hadn't been set to indicate a shutter drop at the release point. The switches were 2-position switches and without looking up I cycled all 5 into the wrong position which, at the moment of simulated release, blew down 2 300-gal external fuel cells. We were quite the taalk of the squadron for a week or two... 03/21/2009 @ 16:38 [ref: 23989] |
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