Type: all-weather shipborne attack aircraft
Bureau Number: 152599
Powerplant: two 41.40-kN (9040-lb-thrust) Pratt & Whitney J52-P-8B non-afterburning turbojets
Maximum speed: 1037 km/h (643 mph) clean at sea level
Maximum Climb rate: 2323 m/min (7620 fpm) at sea level
Range: 1627 km (1008 miles) with maximum military load; ferry range 5222 km (3240 miles)
Service ceiling: 12,925 m (42,400 ft)
Weights: empty 12,132 kg (26,690 lb); maximum take-off for catapult launch 26,580 kg (58,478 lb)
Armament: a maximum of 8165 kg (17,963 lb) ordnance and external fuel
Dimensions:
Span: 16.15 m (53 ft)
Length: 16.69 m (54 ft 9 in)
Height: 4.93 m (16 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 49.13 m2 (529 sq ft)
Developed as a carrier based attack aircraft, Intruder gave the Navy and Marines a high degree of bombing accuracy at night and in poor weather. The A-6 served in Vietnam, engagements in Lebanon and Libya in the 1980's and the 1991 Gulf War. Placed into service in the early 1960's, the A-6 Intruder was retired in 1997.
Fiercely loyal, former crewmembers of the A-6 refer to the Intruder as "the workhorse of naval aviation". The legendary range and load carrying abilities of the A-6 still stand as some of the finest performance characteristics in the history of naval aviation.
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