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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — In a highly unusual breach of security last month at the air base that operates the Air Force One presidential aircraft, an apparently aimless intruder went undetected for several hours ...

Click to open image viewer. 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 ...