The Grumman A-6 Intruder is a twinjet all-weather attack aircraft developed and manufactured by American aircraft company Grumman Aerospace. It was formerly operated by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps.

The LTV A-7 Corsair II is an American carrier-capable subsonic light attack aircraft designed and manufactured by Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV). The A-7 was developed during the early 1960s as replacement for the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.

Side-by-side comparison of the Grumman A-6 Intruder against the LTV A-7 Corsair II.

May 9, 2022 · A pair of A-7E Corsair IIs of Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46), one of the last squadrons to operate the long-serving attack aircraft, returns to the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy …

The acquisition of the A-7P Corsair II was the result of many attempts by Portugal to replace its F-86F Sabre in the air defense role and, to some extent, the Fiat G.91 in the ground attack role.

Introduced on the A-6E version of the aircraft, the Target Recognition Attack Multisensors (TRAM) system combined Forward Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR)/laser sensors with an onboard computer.

Aug 11, 2010 · What distinguished these two aircraft from each other? The carrier I served on had both A-6 ’s and A-7 ’s. Looking at the Wikipedia articles shows me that the A-6 had a slightly higher bomb load and a second seat for the BN. But the A-7 had slightly better speed and appears to have been much cheaper.

On April 19, 1960, the aircraft prototype took to the sky for the first time. In comparison to its antecedent and other attack aircraft of its kind, the A-6 Intruder featured an interconnected avionics system. It can accommodate two crew members; a pilot and a weapons officer seating in a tandem configuration.

Aug 24, 2015 · The Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair II was a carrier-capable subsonic light attack aircraft introduced to replace the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk.

Apr 18, 2017 · Flight testing revealed that performance was not significantly improved by variable thrust direction so the swiveling exhaust nozzles were removed. This was the reason for the …