A-6 Intruder | The "Iron Tadpole" Or "Drumstick" | Grumman All Weather Marine corps Attack Aircraft

Teak right ..go on...tell the public (chinese, russians, among many others) how this planes operate, their capabilities, how many normally parked on deck...😂😂😂😂and other things, like which is its soft belly, etc.

"When tales are told in the halls of fame, when warriors meet you'll hear these names: Skyhawk, Crusader, Intruder, Phantom, Thud"

Kuwait got invaded on the 2nd of August not the 20th. Was with an EA6B squadron at the time. I declined An offered to be an enlisted back seater when I saw wing cracks being repaired with bondo from the auto body shop

The electronic warfare capabilities of this aircraft and others saved my butt multiple times when I was a younger Marine in Iraq. These aircraft along with the F18 Growler and F16's have jamming capabilities and during the 2nd battle of Fallujah in Nov and Dec of 04 it was nothing to look up to the sky and see 50 or more of our aircraft just orbiting the city jamming the signals the insurgents were using to detonate the IED's and while they were jamming they would just wait on an air strike mission to be called in. They would swoop in and put warheads on the enemy's foreheads and go right back up to an orbital pattern and keep on jamming signals. I knew about this capability a few years before as when I was stationed at Camp Lejeune NC we would get these and the F18 Growlers from the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point up the road would fly patterns over our base and sometimes our barracks. Whenever one of the electronic attack planes would fly over us all signal went out. Cell Phone service dropped, radio stations went out, even the Play Stations and XBox would shut off and reset.

All our military pilots are worthy of a grateful nation but the US Navy Aviator is the very finest to wear the wings. Again, all my respect to the US military pilot. All are highly trained to fly the very finest weapons within our militia.

This was my bird. Aviation Electronics Tech (AIMD) SeaOpDet NAS Whidbey Island WA. RADCOM/MINISACE.

Vma121 green knights.was plane captain.kudos to ep carroll.

VA-65 88-92 AMS2

it's a pity that the naval carrier borne A-6E Intruder (Block 30) maritime multi role all weather strike fighter didn't have a built-in internal cannon . . .

I love this bird !

Back in the day I was a Crew Chief on a KC-135 water burner . Great Coffee POT !
Lol.
But anyways we were working on the B Model .
Ever see the movie "flight of the intruder" that was a great movie .

OK oceana,still loud as fk hahaha

Loudest airplane ive heard lol,when I was in Coast Guard A school our barracks were next to runway in elizabeth city nc,the A6 guys would do touch and goes early in morning from langley va etc,loud as fck hahaha.

Always thought the A6 was a pretty aircraft. Especially for a jet.

A slight touch of US PR around the 7 minute mark
NO ONE with half a clue thought Saddam intended to push on BEYOND Kuwait
Thing is, Kuwait WAS historically an Iraqi province. You can be sure the script writers - or those who briefed the scrip writers to slip that in - knew it full well. Politics Hey? 🙄 Doesn't impinge on an Exellent aircraft 'though.

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I help build every A-6E at Grumman on Long Island from 1986 to the last one including all the A-6F’s. It was my favorite Grumman Aircraft to work on!!!! Built like a tank!! They didn’t call Grumman the “Ironworks” for nothing!

I was VA-176 Thunderbolts.75-79

They are really fucking loud when they fly over. I guess it's where the engines are, and how exposed they are.

I was privileged to be a NavAir Deputy Program Manager in PMA-234 from 1986 to 1989. The A-6 series were absolutely superb attack weapons systems, and the A-6F would have been the ideal — effective and affordable — bridge to eventual manned VLO precision attack in the 1990 through 2020 timeframe. The A-12 was simply unattainable (weight, carrier suitability, stability and control, and cost). SecDef’s Cheney’s decision to terminate the A-6F and to utilize its programmed RDT&E,N and APN funds in a forlorn hope that the Avenger II would miraculously overcome its mammoth deficiencies was absolutely — and arrogantly — stupid.

I was in an A6 squadron back in 1981. Stationed at Oceana. I was on watch one night in the hanger when I heard a load noise and a bang! A pilot was doing some checks in the EA-6B cockpit and he bumped the ejection by accident. It shot him through the roof of the hanger. It was so loud it left my ears ringing for hours. I looked up to see a bloody hole in the roof of the hanger. He was dead. There was another time when as a plane captain I was doing a start up run on the mains during chain down when a pair of F14 Toms flew over and broke the sound barrier at about 600 ft. above. I had my head gear with ear muffs on but it broke the windows of the hanger and injured several on the ground. I was almost deaf even with the ear muffs on but those without where in bad shape! The pilots were de-commissioned and jailed for their actions. To this day I will never forget these incidents. The military is a crazy life. You would think that it is all pro but it is not like that. Mostly it is a cluster F--K and totally unpredictable.

I STRONGLY recommend reading
Launch the Intruders: A Naval Attack Squadron in the Vietnam War, 1972 (Modern War Studies) Paperback – April 30, 2005
by Carol Reardon (Author)

Story about VA 75 aboard Saratoga, 72 - 73. Fantastic book, real stories I was aboard and remember it all too well. Sometimes I'm still there. RIP to all shipmates that never came back.

My dad flew assault helicopter battalions over Korea. Wonderful place!

I went to nas ocean a to train for marines

I went to nas ocean a to train for marines

I was plane captain in vma 21 green knights in 73.shocked to see green knight emblem

I was a hydraulic mechanic on the USS CORAL SEA 1972 furring operation linebacker, VMA-AW-224, rejoined my original squadron VMA-AW-533, at the Rose Garden, Nam phong, Thailand, until I returned to Cherry Point 73-74 😎👍

Every plane should look like the a6.... Just scaled and modified to the mission.... 🥲😍

I read a book paperback called Flight Of The Intruder.

The hell is wrong with your voice?

I was attached to this Squdron

Is the video narrator with a cold? Does he have a stuffy nose? (Is that how you say it in English?)

Flys better, cheaper, and carries a bigger payload than the A10. Also easy to provide modern upgrades. Why did we get rid of this again??

hmm. another video stated that not one intruder was lost to combat, then this pilot states that one was lost and he knew the crew member, so who is not telling the truth?

I became a US Marine in June of '82. By the end of April '83 my MOS was 7011 Launch & Recovery. But by '83 the launch portion was gone. We were known as EAF'rs (EE-FERS) Expeditionary Air fields. We were trained to setup a portable airfield anywhere in the world. Plus we ran the shore based arresting gear. Running & maintaining the primary M-21's (Diesel retrieve engines) E-28's (Gasoline) emergency gear. And the M-5 abort chain gear. 1 late night we got a call from El Toro tower stating that they had an A-6 requesting an emergency, total hydraulic failure. Our crew scrambled & got out to our primary gear on I believe but not for sure it was on 34 right. It took quite awhile until we saw the landing light on the nose. I was on point, after we had arrested the bird, I signaled the pilot to raise the tail hook, but he just shrugged his shoulders & raised his hands up. Crash crew(ARFF) was placing buckets under the A-6 catching the fluid. We had to use a come a long to raise the tail hook high enough to clear the deck pendant to free the aircraft. The WSO climbed down from the A-6 & walked off, (didn't say a word nor looked back) into the darkness towards his squadron, I guess he'd had enough! Any Navy Marine Corps aircraft with a tail hook we could trap it. I've trapped them all. Even a few Air force birds! They have their own gear, I believe it's called Bach 5 (respectively)
Semper Gumby!! - Gunny M.

The A6 always looked like the F3D to me

As a civilian; Aircraft like these A-6 Intruders are much appreciated for there longevity.There is only a handful of aircraft that can boast a 30 year record of service, & most of those were introduced in the 60's . The only exception would be the B-52, & the P-47. It's nice to see how long a existing platform can be approved upon, & still perform as intended with upgrades. The A-6 did this several time over.Thanks for the informative video.

i was in Marine All Weather Attack Squadron 224 (was decommissioned in 1999) deployed to the USS Coral Sea CVA-43 (cut up for scrap 1999) which was an A-6 squadron. We went on Yankee Station in Sept. 1971 and left sometime in Aug. 1972 if I remember correctly. The A-6 is the reason I lost my hearing as no hearing protection was required back then. While off the coast of Vietnam I made Sgt. E-5. I helped to arm the A-6's and built many tail fin assemblies for the Mk V 750 lb. bombs. We even used laser guided bombs which were the grand dad to the JDAM's of the 1980's. A-6A, A-6B, KA-6D tanker and EA-6B Prowler aircraft were flown in our squadron. There were two F-4 Phantom fighter squadrons aboard (Navy) VF-111 and VF-51and two A-7 Corsair squadrons (Navy) VA-22 (and can't remember the other) aboard. We were the only Marine squadron on the USS Coral Sea for the '71 - '72 WestPac cruise. Tail identifier was NL for the Coral Sea. That was such a long time ago it's hard to remember everything especially after my heart surgery in 2018. I was out (unconscious) for over a week. None lost to enemy fire is bullshit. Tell that to Lt. Joseph McDonald's widow. Tell that to Capt. David B. Williams' widow. We lost several crews to enemy action in Vietnam. Cheers from eastern Tennessee

VA-165 Boomers very proud to belong with them it's been a long time, NAS Whidbey Island. All weather attack any weather any direction go and come back.

When I was young, an A-6 crashed near my home in WV. It was shocking to hear that testimony. Someone obviously was distracted in awe, and both pilots paid the ultimate price.

Whether the Shun is shining or the Sheas are Shtorming 😂

I don't believe I'm going to h^ll for 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 every time I watch this!

One of the best plane ever made. Great looking great preformance. . ❤

Says NAVY on the plane???

I was a Plane Captain on a brand new A6A in 1963 in the first Marine squadron VMA(AW)242 training with the Navy squadron VA42.

I worked for Grumman on Long Island, N.Y. building and overhauling the Intruders. Many aircraft were overhauled multiple times, some as many as three times. It was a brute of an aircraft and built like a tank, simple and rugged construction throughout. One time we had to clear the plant when a worker found an unexploded 37mm round still logged in the tail section ! The A6 programs were killed off because of politics, not it's usefulness.

This is a classic case of its so ugly its beautiful