A-6 Intruder Units 1974-96 - Combat Aircraft 121

摘要

The Grumman Intruder was the 'heavy hitter' of US Navy carrier aviation throughout the Vietnam War. The aircraft emerged from that conflict with a remarkable war record that ensured it would remain on the front line with US Navy and US Marine Corps squadrons well into the 1990s. Author Rick Morgan - a former naval aviator with more than 450 carrier landings to his credit - knows the Intruder story intimately. Beginning in the years immediately following the Vietnam War, the author describes the upgrades made to the conflict-weary airframes, the lessons learned by aircrews, and how tactics and bomb technology transformed the Intruder into a true all-weather precision attack platform.