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Thank god I got to see and hear the A-6/KA-6 f and the EA-6B fly on numerous occasions. Those jokers were loud!

 

Maybe the Marines will get some spare parts freed up? Although I believe they are scheduled to start getting rid of their Prowler airframes in less than two years.

 

Now if the Navy can figure out how to fit a radar dish on top of an F-18, they will truly get their wish...a hornet only service with more money to throw at F-35 "testing".

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i fell in love with the A-6 (don't laugh!) after playing AND watching 'Flight of the Intruder', despite it's nose (or is it inspite of?) it's like an ugly child only a mother could, er, would love. :biggrin:

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A proud career for that bird....yeah, I too fell in love with it after reading the FOTI novel, the movie and the game. The Blue Blasters and the Main Battery had some bad a$$ helmets also

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i fell in love with the A-6 (don't laugh!) after playing AND watching 'Flight of the Intruder', despite it's nose (or is it inspite of?) it's like an ugly child only a mother could, er, would love. :biggrin:

I did not watch Flight Of The Intruder before loving this plane !

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I wonder if the USAF has cross-trained any of its pilots into the E/F/A-18 community or shifted any crews to the USMC? When the EF-111 was retired they dumped some of those crews into Prowlers.

 

Also, anyone know what the Marines are going to do once they get rid of their EA-6Bs?

 

They have sworn-off any variant of the F-18E/F. If they get rid of their Prowlers that would leave the Marines without their own dedicated EW aircraft since the early 1950s.

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truly a legendary aircraft.

 

I was lucky enough to bag one trap (right seat) in a KA-6D on a tanker hop. Quite the experience.

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