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n April 19th, 1960, the prototype
Grumman A-6 Intruder, Grumman
model G-128 and designated the YA2F-
1, BuAer 147864, lifted off from Grumman’s
Calverton facility for the irst time. Nearly
thirty-seven years and 693 Intruders later,
on February 28th, 1997, VA-34 the ‘Blue
Blasters’, retired the Navy’s last operational
A-6E Intruders. 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 penetrate enemy defences and
ind and destroy small targets in any weather.
So, the A-6 Intruder was designed with these
needs in mind and was a true ‘bomb truck’.
From the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts
of Iraq the Intruder proved its worth, able
to carry a plethora of weaponry and pack a
mighty punch. The aircraft also served as an
airborne tanker with the KA-6D version. The
Intruder was highly successful
in US Navy service and was
also adopted by the US
Marine Corps until being
replaced, as with the
Navy by the F/A-18
Hornet. The Intruder wasone of a kind, and we
probably never see
another aircraft like it,
or one as capable. From
the Intruder airframe came
the EA-6A electronic warfare
version, and then the far more sophisticated EA-6B
‘Prowler’, a four-seat EW variant, packed with
jamming equipment and electronics. Like the A-6,
the Prowler was used by both the Navy and Marine
Corps, and has now also now been retired, its roles
now being undertaken by the EA-18G ‘Growler’.
The history, variants, systems and war roles of the
Intruder and Prowler are detailed in this new MDF
Scaled Down, which will be a source of reference for
both the enthusiast and modeller alike.The Grumman
A-6 INTRUDER
& the EA-6A & EA-6B Prowler
By Andy Evans
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