Sixty-five years ago today, on April 19, 1960, the Grumman A-6 Intruder took to the skies for the first time. The aircraft was born out of a 1957 request by the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Aeronautics for a ...

Summary and Key Points: The A-12 Avenger II was designed to be the U.S. Navy’s ultimate carrier-launched stealth bomber, replacing the A-6 Intruder with a platform capable of penetrating deep into ...

Both the Russian and American aircraft are entering the end of their useful service lives, as ground anti-air defenses grow increasingly sophisticated. Arguably the most distinctive feature of the A-6 ...

Serving for thirty-six years, the A-6 was a hallmark of the Navy and Marine Corps’ offensive capabilities. The airframe resulted from a Bureau of Aeronautics request for an all-weather attack aircraft ...

The United States of America's Defense Department awarded McDonnell Douglas and General Electric a $4.8-billion contract to develop a potential replacement for the U.S. Navy's A-6 Intruder in 1984.