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U.S. Navy Grumman A-6E Intruders of VA-65 "Tigers" in flight on 20 April 1987
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U.S. Navy Grumman A-6E Intruders of VA-65 "Tigers" in flight on 20 April 1987
A U.S. Navy Grumman A-6E Intruder from Attack Squadron VA-85 Black Falcons mid 1978. (NMNA)
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(5/21/1987) An air-to-air right side view of, from front to back, an A-7E Corsair II aircraft, an F/A-18A Hornet aircraft and an A-6E Intruder aircraft from Naval Strike Warfare Center, Naval Air Station, Fallon, Nev Camera Operator: Robert L. Lawson/Released/Nara
Grumman A-6E Intruder US Navy BuNo 155629 by Chris Murkin Via Flickr: Grumman A-6E Intruder US Navy BuNo 155629 Hickory Aviation Museum North Carolina Photo taken 12th July 2025 HAC_5314
National Aviation Day
In celebration of National Aviation Day, which is observed each year on Orville Wright’s birthday, we are sharing this post from Archives Technician Kim.
During this period of teleworking due to the coronavirus, Kim has been updating finding aids for Record Group 181: Records of Naval Stations and Shore Establishments. Finding aids are tools that help a user find information in a specific record group, collection, or series of archival materials.
Kim has been updating the finding aid for the Naval Weapons Center at China Lake, California. While researching the topic, she was browsing the National Archives Catalog and found this nice image of an A-6E Intruder aircraft during an early morning test flight in November 1988.
The A-6 Intruder was designed as a long-range, all-weather aircraft that was first flown in 1960. For more information about this aircraft, see the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum webpage.
Item: An A-6E Intruder aircraft in flight over the Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, during an early morning test flight, 11/10/1988. Series: Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982 - 2007. Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008. (National Archives Identifier 6440298).
A-6E Intruder dropping a string of Mk 82 bombs
A-6E Intruder from Attack Squadron 176 (VA-176) "Thunderbolts" is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal (CV-59) http://bit.ly/2sLUqox