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A-6 Intruder Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions (Paperback)
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Grumman's A-6 Intruder served as the Navy's pre-eminent
all-weather, medium attack aircraft from 1963 to 1997. Nearly 700
were built. The Intruder was aptly named, as the A-6 quickly proved
it could perform its mission -- flying low and alone in any weather
- better than any aircraft of its era. Known for its versatility,
the subsonic Intruder also gained a workhorse reputation due to its
range, ability to carry vast quantities of ordnance and fuel, and
its day and night striking capability. The A-6 served with
distinction in Vietnam, where it dropped more ordnance than the
B-52. Flying low-level raids, the aircraft was susceptible to
ground fire. 84 Intruders were lost, but the toughness of the
planes and their pilots made them legendary, and inspired the book
and film The Flight of the Intruder. In the years after Vietnam,
the aircraft built on its reputation. It served in the skies over
Lebanon in support of United Nations actions and flew punitive
raids on Libya in 1986, neatly evading over 100 guided missiles in
the process. During Operation Desert Storm, the plane logged more
than 4,700 combat sorties. The A-6 was retired by the Marine Corps.
in 1993, and by the U.S. Navy in 1997. A variant, the EA-6B
electronic warfare platform continues to fly. This pilot's manual
for the A-6 was originally printed by Grumman and the U.S. Navy.
Originally classified "restricted," it has now been declassified
and is here reprinted in book form.
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