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A-6F Intruder 2
By tomcat21
this is an what if of an modernized version of the A-6F Intruder 2, based on the A-6E TRAM by Monty CZ, Dave(USAFMTL) and wpnssgt. Due to the curruption of the original file, i decided to just post the INI edits instead. This will work for the A-6E TRAM found on combat ace. and its made to show a somewhat modernized A-6F, with F414 GE400s instead of F404s and dual LAU-105s instead of a the two extra racks in the original A-6F design. everything else is the same, except for a newer radar and search,track and boresight capabilities. I plan to update the loudout lter...but for now, this is just the ini edits. to make this work...you'll have to have the A-6E TRAM by Dave(USAFMTL) and wpnssgt from column5 http://www.column5.us/cgi-bin/counters/uni...ft/A-6E_TRAM.7z
or from combatace http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=1373
**instructions**
to install. unzip and post into the aircraft directory. download the A-6E tram or if you have it already, open it and copy the LOD files, skins, and TGA files from the main directory into the A-6F folder and it should show up in the aircraft directory when you load WOE or WOV. Ive inclueded a the original cockpit file with a few edits *i merged the F-16 and 18's cockpit files into this one while i was tring to update the older A-6E cockpit but nothing worked...and i also renamed some files to show in the A-6e cockpit but most have been returned to normal. So i might have to re edit the cockpit.ini file if something goes screwy with the plane.
also make sure you have the latest weapons updates and edits to be on the safe side, incase something doesnt show. hope you all like it.
All credit goes to Dave(USAFMTL) and wpnssgt for creating the A-6E TRAM. thanks for making such a nice plane
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A-6A Intruder - 'Flight of the Intruder' Special Edition
By allenjb42
A-6A Intruder, 'Flight of the Intruder' Special Edition Readme
This is a modification of the A-6A Intruder by Monty CZ/Column5, released to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the publication of the novel 'Flight of the Intruder' by Stephen Coonts.
Ensure you have the weapons pack installed.
Instalation:
1) Extract A-6A FOTI file into Objects/Aircraft
2) Optional: Extract Menu file to your main SF/WOV/WOE folder
2) Go fly and blow things up!
Contributors:
External model of plane by Monty CZ
Flight model by Column5, modded by gbreuder and allenjb42
Damage model by Monty CZ/Column5
Loadouts modded by allenjb42 to try to reflect the loadouts mentioned in the book for the various missions depicted.
Skins for Devil 505 and VA196 by gbreuder, based on work by pappychecksix
Hangar screen by Wrench, modded by allenjb42
Loading screen - 'Going In Hot' by William S Phillips, depicting 'Flight of the Intruder' author Stephen Coonts in action over Vietnam.
Menu music - samples from the 'Flight of the Intruder' movie soundtrack by Basil Poledouris
Thanks to all of those listed above - they did all the hard work and gave their permissions for release, I just packaged it all together - to Stephen Coonts and of course to TK for creating these great games for us to tinker with.
The Devil 505 skin represents the A-6A flown by Jake Grafton and Morgan McPherson in the book and movie 'Flight of the Intruder' by Stephen Coonts, who really did fly with VA196 over Vietnam. Although Morg gets killed in the first chapter of the book (and after about five minutes of the movie), he and Jake had flown together for two years prior to that point, so you can use the skin to recreate some of their adventures before Morg's untimely death. Besides, you can use the A-6B to fly with Tiger Cole!
Unfortunately there is no publicly available Morgan Mcpherson pilot model at this time, so if someone would be kind enough to make and release one I would be only too pleased to include it in an update.
In view of this, the data.ini is set up to use the Jake Grafton pilot available at Wrench's site at http://wrench1smog.com as the pilot, and the default PILOT as the B/N.
This plane is compatible with all of the A-6 skins currently available. You'll just need to go into the decal.ini file within the skin folder and edit it so that all references to the original A-6 model the skin was made for are changed to A-6A FOTI. Check out the skin folders within this download for an example.
Have fun, and good hunting!
Allen (allenjb42) Burton
Any problems, find me at combatace.com, simhq.com or column5.us
5,044 downloads
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A-6B Intruder
By allenjb42
A-6B Intruder Readme
This is a modification of the A-6A Intruder by Monty CZ/Column5
Ensure you have the weapons pack installed.
Instalation:
1) Extract file into Objects/Aircraft
2) Go fly and blow things up!
Contributors:
External model of plane by Monty CZ
Flight model by Column5, modded by gbreuder and allenjb42
Damage model by Monty CZ/Column5
Skin for VA34 by Paul Nortness
Skin for VA196 by pappychecksix
Screens by gbreuder
Thanks to all of those listed above - they did all the hard work, I just packaged it all together - and of course to TK for creating these great games for us to tinker with.
The VA196 skin represents the A-6B flown by Jake Grafton and Tiger Cole in the book and movie 'Flight of the Intruder' by Stephen Coonts, who really did fly with VA196 over Vietnam. In the book their callsign was Devil 511, and that's the Modex I've given one of the planes here. In the movie the Modex was 520.
The data.ini is set up to use the Flight of the Intruder pilots available at Wrench's site at http://wrench1smog.com
This plane is compatible with all of the A-6 skins currently available. You'll just need to go into the decal.ini file within the skin folder and edit it so that all references to the original A-6 model the skin was made for are changed to A-6B. Check out the skin folders within this download for an example.
Have fun, and good hunting!
Allen (allenjb42) Burton
Any problems, find me at combatace.com, simhq.com or column5.us
This mod is dedicated to LT Al Ashall and LT Bob Duncan, an A-6B crew who's story I came across while researching the plane's service history and tactics at www.virtualwall.org
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LT Al Ashall joined Attack Squadron Eighty-Five (ATKRON 85 or VA-85, squadron callsign BUCKEYE) as a replacement toward the end of the squadron's 1967 Viet Nam deployment. On this cruise, Al was teamed with a first-deployment pilot, LT Bob Duncan.
Homeported at Naval Air Station Oceana (Virginia Beach, VA), VA-85 deployed in USS AMERICA (CV-66) in early 1968. Following work-ups, we proceeded to the South China Sea via Rio de Janario, the Cape of Good Hope, and the Indian Ocean, arriving at Yankee Station the first of May 1968.
VA-85 had 15 INTRUDER aircraft, 12 A-6A bombers and 3 A-6B SAM killers. These three aircraft were partially stripped of the normal DIANE navigation and attack system, and instead were fitted with surface-to-air radar detection equipment and the gear needed to effectively use the Shrike and long-range Standard ARM (Anti-Radiation Missile) missiles. Four crews, including Bob Duncan and Al Ashall, had qualified on the A-6B in addition to their normal A-6A qualifications.
Initially, the A-6B's were used in the same manner as the equivalent USAF Wild Weasel aircraft: they accompanied daylight strike forces as advance Iron Hand and SAM suppressors. Normal weapons configuration was 2 Shrikes on the outboard wing pylons and two Standard ARMs on the inboard pylons, with a drop tank on the centerline. Because of the scarcity of the Standard ARMs, we were encouraged to use them only when a really promising target came up, and then only if the target was beyond Shrike range or if the Shrikes had been expended.
As the cruise progressed, VA-85 increasingly found itself tasked with night single-aircraft missions over North Viet Nam -- exactly what the aircraft was designed for. However, the inability of the A-7As and F-4Bs to operate effectively over land at night meant that there were fewer aircraft over the beach, and consequently these few aircraft drew more concentrated attention from NVN's anti-air defenses.
The A-6B tactics evolved accordingly. An A-6B would launch with the attack birds, and everyone would go their separate ways . . . the attack birds at low level and the A-6B wandering around feet dry at 20,000 feet or so. If and when the NVN gunners lit off their fire control radars, the A-6B would attempt to engage them with either Shrike or Standard ARMs. Given the limited number of A-6Bs, these missions grew to "double-cycles" -- launch and go over the beach with the first batch, go feet wet to refuel when they went home, and be back in position as the second wave came feet dry.
As the weather worsened, the A-6As would operate below the cloud cover while the A-6B would remain above (or in) the clag. This situation exacerbated the A-6B's weakest point: a combination of detection system and missile delivery parameters left the A-6Bs vulnerable to a close-in attack from the rear hemisphere. If the A-6B found itself targeted from the rear, SAMs might arrive before the Shrike or Standard ARM missiles could take out the SAM guidance radars. If you were operating within the cloud layers and couldn't see the SAMs, dodging them became a very tricky affair.
On 29 August 1968 Bob Duncan and Al Ashall were scheduled for one of these missions, a double-cycle in support of two A-6A waves. The first wave came and went with no SAM activity, and the A-6B joined with an EKA-3D to refuel before going feet dry to await the second A-6A wave. Between the A-6B's "Feet dry" call and the arrival of the second A-6A wave, the EKA-3D recorded SAM missile radar activity. As usual, the on-station EC-121 flight following aircraft had lost radar contact with the Buckeye SAM killer after it went feet dry. No calls were heard from the Buckeye A-6B, and it failed to return.
What happened? What is known is simple: The Buckeye flight went feet dry and was not heard from again. What may be surmised is equally simple: The NVN air defenders waited it out until the A-6B was alone over North Vietnam and then took it under fire from the rear quadrant. While the weather low was reasonable, heavy towering cumulus and high layers blanketed North Viet Nam that night -- the worst possible situation for SAM-dodging. It appears likely that the hunter became the hunted, and lost a missile exchange.
Al was carried as "Missing in Action" for ten years; during this time he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander. On 02 August 1978, his status was changed to "Killed in Action".
Bob was carried as "Missing in Action" for seven years; on 22 October 1975, his status was changed to "Killed in Action".
A-6 aircrews were accustomed to operating alone, without radar flight following or other friendly support. Bob and Al recognized the inherent risks and accepted them without qualm. Their professionalism and dedication to duty warrants our respect.
Bob was more restrained and more married than many of the rest of us, which made for quiet liberties. Never the less, he was a solid officer, a professional aviator, a good friend, and very well liked. Thirty-two years later, his death in combat still brings a sense of sorrow and loss.
Al was a quiet gent until you got him on liberty . . . then he could be as rowdy as the next guy. He was a solid officer, a professional aviator, and a good friend. Thirty-two years later, his death in combat still brings a sense of sorrow and loss.
From a friend, squadronmate, roommate, and fellow VA-85 A-6A/A-6B aircrewman,
Ken Davis
A memorial from their shipmates in Attack Squadron 85
virtualwall@alltel.net
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A-6E Intruder (Early model)
By allenjb42
A-6E Intruder Readme
This is a modification of the A-6A Intruder by Monty CZ/Column5
Ensure you have the weapons pack installed.
Instalation:
1) Extract file into Objects/Aircraft
2) Go fly and blow things up!
Contributors:
External model of plane by Monty CZ
Flight model by Column5, modded by gbreuder and allenjb42
Damage model by Monty CZ/Column5
Skins for VA35 and VA52 by Paul Nortness
Screens by Wrench
Thanks to all of those listed above - they did all the hard work, I just packaged it all together - and of course to TK for creating these great games for us to tinker with.
This plane is compatible with all of the A-6 skins currently available. You'll just need to go into the decal.ini file within the skin folder and edit it so that all references to hte original A-6 model the skin was made for are changed to A-6E. Check out the skin folders within this download for an example.
Have fun, and good hunting!
Allen (allenjb42) Burton
Any problems, find me at combatace.com, simhq.com or column5.us
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A-6E Intruder USMC (Early model)
By allenjb42
A-6E_USMC Intruder Readme
This is a modification of the A-6A Intruder by Monty CZ/Column5
Ensure you have the weapons pack installed.
Instalation:
1) Extract file into Objects/Aircraft
2) Go fly and blow things up!
Contributors:
External model of plane by Monty CZ
Flight model by Column5, modded by gbreuder and allenjb42
Damage model by Monty CZ/Column5
Skin for VMA121 by Monty CZ
Skin for VMA533 by Paul Nortness
Hangar Screen by Wrench
Loading screen by Lou Drendel
Thanks to all of those listed above - they did all the hard work, I just packaged it all together - and of course to TK for creating these great games for us to tinker with.
This plane is compatible with all of the A-6 skins currently available. You'll just need to go into the decal.ini file within the skin folder and edit it so that all references to hte original A-6 model the skin was made for are changed to A-6E_USMC. Check out the skin folders within this download for an example.
Have fun, and good hunting!
Allen (allenjb42) Burton
Any problems, find me at combatace.com, simhq.com or column5.us
1,170 downloads
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A-6E USMC
By allenjb42
A-6E USMC
This is a modification of the A-6E TRAM Intruder.
List of changes from A-6E TRAM v1.1
1 Weapons stations de-grouped to enable asymetrical loadouts
2 Added GP to centreline station to allow buddy refueling store
3 Added ARM to wing stations to allow AGM-45,AGM-78 & AGM-88
4 Added CGR to wing stations to allow AGM-84A & AGM-84D
5 Added EOGR to wing stations to allow AGM-84E
6 Added EOGB to wing stations to allow AGM-62 Walleye
7 Added LGR to wing stations to allow AGM-65G
8 Changed Nation to USMC and amended weapons stations to USMC
9 Amended service dates to USMC service dates for A-6E TRAM/SWIP
10 Amended loadout.ini to use real-world loadouts
11 Added new hanger and loading screens by Wrench
Further amendments 25.4.07
12 Added IRM to wing stations to allow AIM-9 (after much debate!)
13 Added NUC to inner wing stations and centreline to allow nuclear bombs
12 Added canopy animation at low speed
14 Deleted Sundowner's VMA533 low viz skin as it's already available with the A-6E TRAM. Added Paul Nortness's VVMA533 low viz and VMA533 high viz skins.
Thanks to USAFMTL and to all those involved in the original A-6 project (listed below) for making this great plane and for their permission to create this mod, to Wrench for the fast work in creating the hangar and loading screens, Paul Nortness for his permission to use his skins and of course to TK for creating these great games for us to tinker with.
Installation:
Copy the A-6E USMC folder to your Strike Fighters AIRCRAFT folder. Copy the two fueltank .bmp's to your weapons folder. This assumes you have the weapons pack installed.
This plane is compatible with all of the A-6E skins currently available. You'll just need to go into the decal.ini file witin the skin folder and edit it so that all references to A-6E_TRAM are changed to A-6E USMC. Check out the skin folder within this download for an example.
Have fun, and good hunting!
Allen (allenjb42) Burton
Any problems, find me at combatace.com, simhq.com or column5.us
1,793 downloads
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A-6E SWIP
By allenjb42
A-6E SWIP
This is a modification of the A-6E TRAM Intruder.
List of changes from A-6E TRAM v1.1
1 Weapons stations de-grouped to enable asymetrical loadouts
2 Added GP to centreline station to allow buddy refueling store
3 Added ARM to wing stations to allow AGM-45,AGM-78 & AGM-88
4 Added CGR to wing stations to allow AGM-84A & AGM-84D
5 Added EOGR to wing stations to allow AGM-84E
6 Added EOGB to wing stations to allow AGM-62 Walleye
7 Amended loadout.ini to use real-world loadouts.
8 Amended service dates and roles to reflect actual use.
9 Added new hangar and loading screens by Wrench
Further amendments 18.5.07
10 Added IRM to wing stations to allow AIM-9 (after much debate!)
11 Added NUC to inner wing stations and centreline to allow nuclear bombs
12 Added canopy animation at low speed
13 Deleted Sundowner's VA75 low viz skin as it's already available with the A-6E TRAM. Added Paul Nortness's VA34 and VA35 low viz skins.
Thanks to USAFMTL and to all those involved in the original A-6 project (listed below) for making this great plane and for their permission to create this mod, to Wrench for the fast work in creating the hangar and loading screens, Paul Nortness for his permission to use his skins, gbreuder for his assistance with various tweaks and of course to TK for creating these great games for us to tinker with.
Installation:
Copy the A-6E SWIP folder to your Strike Fighters AIRCRAFT folder.
Ensure you have the weapons pack installed.
This plane is compatible with all of the A-6E skins currently available. You'll just need to go into the decal.ini file witin the skin folder and edit it so that all references to A-6E_TRAM are changed to A-6E SWIP. Check out the skin folders within this download for an example.
Have fun, and good hunting!
Allen (allenjb42) Burton
Any problems, find me at combatace.com, simhq.com or column5.us
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A6E Tram
By Dave
Original Credits
3D Model: Monty_CZ, wpnssgt
Skins: JSF_Aggie, Paul Nortness, Sundowner, USAFMTL
Flight Model: column5
Drop tanks edits by Fubar512
Version 1.1 Credits
A-6E TRAM Intruder
CREDITS
3D Model: Monty_CZ, wpnssgt
Skins: Sundowner
Flight Model: column5
Drop tanks edits by Fubar512
Ini Work by JSF Aggie
INSTALLATION
Copy the A-6E_TRAM folder to your Strike Fighters AIRCRAFT folder. Copy the two fueltank .bmp's to your weapons folder. This assumes you have the weapons pack installed.
HISTORY (From wikipedia.org)
Development
The Intruder was developed in response to a U.S. Navy specification for an all-weather carrier-based attack aircraft to serve as a replacement for the piston-powered, WWII-era A-1 Skyraider. Grumman was awarded the contract in 1957, and the resulting A2F-1 made its first flight on 19 April 1960. It was redesignated A-6A in the fall of 1962, and entered squadron service in February 1963.
The A-6 became the USN and USMC's principal medium attack aircraft from the mid-1960s through the 1990s. It served in combat in Vietnam and in later engagements in Lebanon and Libya. The Intruder saw further duty in the 1991 Gulf War, but it was phased out of service quickly in the mid-1990s. It was intended for replacement by the A-12 Avenger II, but following that troubled stealth aircraft's cancellation, the Intruder was left to soldier on for a few more years before retiring in favor of the F/A-18 Hornet.
The last Intruders were retired 19 December 1996. Some aircraft were used to form artificial reefs, but the majority are stored at AMARC against possible future need.
Although the Intruder could not match the F/A-18's speed or air-combat capability, the A-6's range and load-carrying ability are sorely missed.
Variants
A-6A
The initial version of the Intruder was built around the complex and advanced DIANE (Digital Integrated Attack/Navigation Equipment), intended to provide a high degree of bombing accuracy even at night and in poor weather. DIANE consisted of multiple radar systems: the Norden AN/APQ-92 search radar and a separate AN/APQ-112 for tracking, AN/APN-141 radar altimeter, and AN/APN-153 Doppler to provide position updates to the AN/ASN-31 inertial navigation system. An air-data computer and ballistics computer integrated the radar information for the bombardier/navigator (BN) in the right-hand seat. TACAN and ADF were also provided for navigational use. When it worked, DIANE was perhaps the most capable nav/attack system of its era, giving the Intruder the ability to fly and fight in even very poor conditions (particularly important over Vietnam and Thailand during the Vietnam War). It suffered numerous teething problems, though, and it was several years before its reliability was established.
Total A-6A production was 488, including six pre-production prototypes. Many of the surviving aircraft were converted to other variants.
A-6B
To provide Navy squadrons with a SEAD aircraft to attack enemy air defense and SAM systems--a mission dubbed "Iron Hand" in Navy parlance--19 A-6As were converted to A-6B standard from 1967 to 1970. The A-6B had many of its standard attack systems removed in favor of special equipment to detect and track enemy radar sights and to guide AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-78 Standard anti-radiation missiles. Five were lost in combat, and the rest were later converted to A-6E standard in the late 1970s.
A-6C
12 A-6As were converted in 1970 to A-6C standard for night attack missions against the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Vietnam. They were fitted with a TRIM (Trails/Roads Interdiction Multi-sensor) pod in the fuselage for FLIR and low-light TV cameras, as well as a "Black Crow" engine ignition detection system. One of these aircraft was lost in combat, the others were later converted to A-6E standard after the war.
KA-6D
In the early 1970s some 78 A-6As and 12 A-6Es were converted for use as tanker aircraft, providing aerial refueling support to other strike aircraft. The DIANE system was removed and an internal refueling system was added, sometimes supplemented by a D-704 refueling pod on the centerline pylon. The KA-6D theoretically could be used in the day/visual bombing role, but it apparently never was, with the standard load-out being four fuel tanks. A few KA-6Ds went to sea with each Intruder squadron, and the retirement of the aircraft left a gap in USN and USMC refueling tanker capability that was only later remedied by the new F/A-18E Super Hornet, which can act as a tanker.
A-6E
The definitive attack version of the Intruder, introduced in 1970, with its first deployment 9 December 1971, with vastly upgraded nav/attack systems. The original search and track radars of the A-6A were replaced by a single AN/APQ-148 multi-mode radar, and the onboard computers with a more sophisticated (and generally more reliable) solid-state electronic system. A new AN/ASN-92 inertial navigation system was added, along with the CAINS (Carrier Aircraft Intertial Navigation System), for greater navigation accuracy. Beginning in 1979 all A-6Es were fitted with the AN/AAS-33 TRAM (Target Recognition and Attack, Multi-Sensor system, a small, gyroscopically stabilized turret under the nose containing FLIR boresighted with a laser spot-tracker/designator. TRAM was matched with a new AN/APQ-156 radar. The BN could use both TRAM imagery and radar data for extremely accurate attacks, or use the TRAM sensors alone to attack without using the Intruder's radar (which might warn the target). TRAM also allowed the Intruder to autonomously designate and drop laser-guided bombs.
In the early 1990s some surviving A-6Es were upgraded under SWIP (Systems/Weapons Improvement Program) to enable them to use the latest precision-guided munitions, including AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-84E SLAM, and the AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missile. SWIP aircraft also received a GPS receiver and new INS and TACAN systems. After a series of wing-fatigue problems, about 85% of the fleet was fitted with new graphite/epoxy/titanium/aluminum composite wings.
A-6E models totaled 445 aircraft, about 240 of which were converted from earlier A-6A/B/C models.
A-6F and A-6G
An advanced A-6F Intruder II was proposed in the mid-1980s that would have replaced the Intruder's elderly Pratt & Whitney J52 turbojets with non-afterburning versions of the General Electric F404 turbofan used in the F/A-18 Hornet, providing substantial improvements in both power and fuel economy. The A-6F would have had totally new avionics, including a Norden AN/APQ-173 synthetic aperture radar and multi-function cockpit displays--the APQ-173 would have given the Intruder air-to-air capacity with provision for the AIM-120 AMRAAM. Two additional wing pylons were added, for a total of seven stations.
Although five development aircraft were built, the Navy ultimately chose not to authorize the A-6F, preferring concentrate on the A-12 Avenger II. This left the service in a quandry when the A-12 was cancelled in 1991.
Grumman proposed a cheaper alternative in the A-6G, which had most of the A-6F's advanced electronics, but retained the existing engines. This, too, was cancelled.
Electronic Warfare Versions
An electronic warfare/ECM version of the Intruder was developed early in the aircraft's life for the USMC, which needed a new ECM platform to replace its elderly F3D-2Q Skyknights. An EW version of the Intruder, initially designated A2F-1Q and subsequently redesignated EA-6A, first flew on 26 April 1963. It had a Bunker-Ramo AN/ALQ-86 ECM suite, with most electronics contained on the walnut-shaped pod atop the vertical fin. They were theoretically capable of firing the AGM-45 Shrike anti-radiation missile, although they were apparently not used in that role.
Only 28 EA-6As were built (two prototypes, 15 new-build, and 11 conversions from A-6As), serving with Marine Corps squadrons in Vietnam. It was phased out of front-line service in the mid-1970s, remaining in use in reserve units with the USMC and then the US Navy primarily for training purposes. The last had been retired completely by 1993.
A much more highly specialized derivative of the Intruder was the EA-6B Prowler, a 'stretched' airframe with two additional systems operators, and more comprehensive systems for the electronic warfare and SEAD roles. 170 were produced. The Prowler remains in service (see separate entry for more information).
Combat Experience
A-6 Intruders first saw action during the Vietnam War, where the craft were used extensively against targets in Vietnam. The aircraft's long range and heavy payload coupled with its ability to fly in all weather made it invaluable during the war. However, its effectiveness in flying low and delivering its payload made it especially vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire and in the eight years the Intruder was used, the U.S. Navy and Marines lost 68 of the aircraft in combat.
Intruders saw action in strikes against the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon in 1983. One Intruder and one A-7 Corsair were lost during the Lebr. The BN could use both TRAM imagery and radar data for extremely accurate attacks, or use the TRAM sensors alone to attack without using the Intruder's radar (which might warn the target). TRAM also allowed the Intruder to autonomously designate and drop laser-guided bombs.
Intruders also saw action operating from the aircraft carriers America CV-66 and Coral Sea CV-41 during Operation "El Dorado Canyon"in April of 1986. The squadrons involved were VA-34 "Blue Blasters" from CV-66 USS America and VA-55 "Warhorses" from the CV-41 USS Coral Sea.
In the early 1990s some surviving A-6Es were upgraded under SWIP (Systems/Weapons Improvement Program) to enable them to use the latest precision-guided munitions, including AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-84 Harpoon, AGM-84E SLAM, and the AGM-88 HARM anti-radiation missile. SWIP aircraft also received a GPS receiver and new INS and TACAN systems. After a series of wing-fatigue problems, about 85% of the fleet was fitted with new graphite/epoxy/titanium/aluminum composite wings.
A-6E models totaled 445 aircraft, about 240 of which were converted from earlier A-6A/B/C models.
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EA-6B
By Agamemnon
Allenjb42 and I would like to present the EA-6B Prowler Version 1.0 By Hawker.
I can not stress this enough PLEASE READ THE README FILE.
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A-6A Intruder
By Monty CZ
A-6A Intruder for Strike Fighters : Project 1 and Vings over Vietnam
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EA-6A Intruder
By Dave
Model: Wpnssgt original by Monty CZ
Skins: pappy
FM: Column5
Project Slave driver: USAFMTL (Also the Hanger Screen)
2,150 downloads
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KA-6D Intruder
By Dave
KA-6D by the Intruders!
On Drums............C5 (FM)
On Bass..........Paul N. (Skins)
On Lead Guitar.......Monty CZ (org. Model)
On Vocals........wpnssgt (reworked Model)
Speaker carrier/Groupie.........USAFMTL (tester)
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