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A-6 Intruder: They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To
Grumman (now Northrop-Grumman) answered the call. They presented the plans for the A-6 Intruder. From there, the A-6 made its maiden flight in April 1960, confirming that a new age of carrier ...
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On the Prowl
The two-seat Grumman A-6 Intruder, an all-weather, Vietnam-era attack airplane for the U.S. Navy, later became the four-seat, advanced electronic warfare Prowler, which added two electronic ...
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The Navy Should Have Built the Super Tomcat-21
Knowing that the F-14’s days were numbered and that the Navy was looking for a warbird to bridge the gap between the outgoing A-6 Intruder and the incoming F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet, Grumman saw a ...