* Specifications *
Length: 54 feet 8 inches
Wing Span: 53 feet
Height: 15 feet 6 inches
Weight: Take-off max gross: 60,400 pounds;
take-off max gross (carrier): 58,600 pounds;
empty weight: 28,000 pounds
Speed: 563 knots
Ceiling: 40,600 feet
Propulsion: Two Pratt & Whitney J52-P8B engines (9,300 pounds thrust each)
Crew: Two
Armament: 10 2.75" Rocket Pod
10 5" Zuni Rocket Pod
28 Mk-20 Rockeye
Mk-77 Napalm
28 Mk-81 (250 lbs)
28 Mk-82 Snakeye
13 Mk-83 (1,000 lbs)
5 Mk-84 (2,000 lbs)
20 Mk-117 (750 lbs)
28 CBU-78
GBU-10E Laser Guided Bomb
GBU-12D Laser Guided Bomb
GBU-16B Laser Guided Bomb
AGM-123A Skipper II
AGM-45 Shrike
AGM-62 Walleyes
AIM-9 Sidewinders

System Weapon Improvement Program, SWIP
AGM-88 HARMs
AGM-84E SLAMs
AGM-65 Maverick Anti-Ship Missile
AIM-120A AMRAAM
Contractor: Grumman Aerospace Corporation
Unit cost $FY98
[Total Program]: $43 million.
Current Inventory: None. Withdrawn from service in early 1997
Deployment: A-6 Squadrons

Navy Aircraft Models Assigned

VA-34* A-6A, -B, -C, -E, KA-6D
VA-35** A-6A, -B, -C, -E, KA-6D
VA-36** A-6E
VA-42** A-6A, -B, -C, -E, KA-6D
VA-52** A-6A, -B, -E, KA-6D
VA-55** A-6E, KA-6D
VA-65** A-6A, -B, -E, KA-6D
VA-75** A-6A, -B, -E, KA-6D
VA-85** A-6A, -E, KA-6D
VA-95** A-6A, -B, -E, KA-6D
VA-115* A-6A, -B, -E, KA-6D
VA-128** A-6A, -E
VA-145** A-6A, -B, -C, -E, KA-6D
VA-155** A-6E, KA-6D
VA-165** A-6A, -B, -C, -E, KA-6D
VA-176** A-6A, -C, -E, KA-6D
VA-185** A-6E, KA-6D
VA-196** A-6A, -B, -E, KA-6D
VA-205** A-6E, KA-6D
VA-304** A-6E, KA-6D
VAH-123** A-6A
VAQ-33** EA-6A
VAQ-129 A-6A (now only EA-6B)
VAQ-209 EA-6A (now only EA-6B)
VAQ-309** EA-6A
VX-5** A-6A, -B, -E, KA-6

* Redesignated strike fighter (VFA) squadron
** Disestablished



Marine Corps Aircraft Models Assigned

VMA(AW)-121* A-6A, -E, KA-6D
VMA(AW)-224* A-6A, -E, KA-6D
VMA(AW)-225*** A-6A
VMA(AW)-242* A-6A, -E
VMA(AW)-332* A-6A, -E
VMA(AW)-533* A-6A, -E, KA-6D
VMAT(AW)-202** A-6A, -E
VMAQ-2 A-6E, EA-6A (now only EA-6B)
VMCJ-1** EA-6A
VMCJ-2**** EA-6A
VMCJ-3** EA-6A

* Redesignated strike fighter (VMFA[AW]) squadron
** Deactivated
*** Deactivated, reactivated as VMFA(AW)
**** Redesignated VMAQ-2