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Den Grumman A-6 Inntrenger Var en amerikansk, twin jet-motor, mid-wing all-weather angrep fly bygget av Grumman Aerospace. I tjeneste med United States Navy and Marine Corps mellom 1963 og 1997 ble Intruder designet som et allværs medium angrepsfly for å erstatte den stempel-motor Douglas A-1 Skyraider. Da A-6E ble planlagt til pensjonisttilværelsen, ble presisjonsangrepsoppdraget overtatt av Grumman F-14 Tomcat utstyrt med en LANTIRN-pod. Fra A-6 ble et spesialisert elektronisk krigføringsderivat, EA-6, utviklet.

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Den Grumman A-6A Inntrenger was a twin-engine, all-weather attack aircraft that entered service with the US Navy and Marine Corps in the early 1960s. It was designed to deliver conventional or nuclear weapons with high accuracy and reliability, day or night, in any weather conditions. The A-6A was equipped with a sophisticated integrated electronic system called DIANE, which included a radar, an inertial navigation system, and a computer. The A-6A had a side-by-side cockpit arrangement, with the pilot on the left and the bombardier/navigator (BN) on the right.
Den A-6A had a swept wing with variable incidence and spoilers, and a tailhook for carrier landing. The A-6A could carry up to 8,170 kg of ordnance on five external hardpoints, including bombs, rockets, missiles, and mines. The A-6A saw extensive action during the Vietnam War, where it performed various missions such as interdiction, close air support, reconnaissance, and tanker. The A-6A was later upgraded to the A-6E variant, which had improved avionics and weapons systems. The A-6A Intruder was retired from service in 1997, after more than three decades of operation.