Volume 10 in Detail & Scale’s Colors & Markings Series was about U.S. Navy and Marine Corps fighter aircraft that had been painted in special markings for the commanding officers of carrier air groups and Marine air wings. In that book we included the F-8 Crusader, the F-4 Phantom, and the F-14 Tomcat. In the years during and since the war in Vietnam, it is these three fighters that have been assigned to the various fighter squadrons in both the Navy and the Marine Corps. This new title in the Colors & Markings Series continues our coverage of U.S. Navy CAG markings by illustrating the two primary attack aircraft that have been flown by the Navy’s attack squadrons since the end o1 the war in Vietnam. These are the A-6 Intruder and the A-7 Corsair II. and they are presented in that order in this publication. While both of these aircraft carry out the ground attack mission, they are designed to perform this mission in different ways. The A-6 is a two place, highly sophisticated all-weather aircraft that can attack targets in poor weather and at night. Intruder flight crews will tell you that they prefer to fly when there is “dirty” weather to and from the target. Today, the A-6 has passed its silver anniversary of operational service, and remains the Navy’s and the Marine’s primary attack aircraft. With no replacement yet past the planning stage, the A-6 will be in the operational inventory for several years to come, and will probably serve into the twenty-first century.
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