Den Grumman A-6 inkräktare var ett amerikanskt, tvåmotorigt, mittvingat allvädersattackflygplan byggt av Grumman Aerospace. I tjänst med USA: s flotta och marinkår mellan 1963 och 1997 designades inkräktaren som ett allvädersmedelattackflygplan för att ersätta den kolvmotoriserade Douglas A-1 Skyraider. Eftersom A-6E var planerad för pensionering togs dess precisionsslaguppdrag över av Grumman F-14 Tomcat utrustad med en LANTIRN-pod. Från A-6 utvecklades ett specialiserat derivat för elektronisk krigföring, EA-6.
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Den Grumman A-6A inkräktare 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.
New set of 74 photos of a Grumman A-6E Intruder