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 ...

RICHMOND, Ind. — Mike Nocton watched intently Sunday as the A-6E Intruder progressed across plywood — laid to prevent the 26,000-pound airplane from bogging in the soggy turf — toward a cement pad at ...

The United States Navy’s A-6 Intruder is a testament to the evolution and potency of America’s naval aviation program. In 1957, the Navy put out a call for an all-weather attack aircraft to be a ...

Key Points and Summary - The A-6 Intruder gave the Navy and Marines something they lacked in the early jet age: a long-range, all-weather attack aircraft that could hit hard at night and in bad ...

Arguably the most distinctive feature of the A-6 was its side-by-side cockpit configuration, which of course was quite uncommon for military aircraft. The A-6 Intruder was not regarded for its ...

An unarmed intruder managed to breach Joint Base Andrews in Maryland – the home of Air Force One, officials said. The suspect — described by base officials only as an adult male — gained “unauthorized ...