Blaze1 Posted June 22, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 22, 2020 hink441's posts showing some A-6 tailhooks reminded me one one of my favourite aircraft, so here are some pictures:. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted June 23, 2020 Share #2 Posted June 23, 2020 The A-6 is one of my favorites also!! A picture of me with the VA-36 Line rats at NAS Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico 1992 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze1 Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted June 23, 2020 1 hour ago, hink441 said: The A-6 is one of my favorites also!! A picture of me with the VA-36 Line rats at NAS Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico 1992 hink if that's not a tanker, do you recall if it was a TRAM or SWIP bird? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted June 23, 2020 Share #4 Posted June 23, 2020 13 hours ago, Blaze1 said: hink if that's not a tanker, do you recall if it was a TRAM or SWIP bird? This aircraft (164382) was an A-6E TRAM SWIP. It was one of the last ones made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze1 Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted June 23, 2020 Do you happen to know if it was a fully upgraded bird? I ask because SWIP introduced new weapons primarily and the Integrated Missile Panel, as well as a few other minor upgrades, but there other upgrades not under the SWIP umbrella such as the AN/ALR-67 and composite wings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hink441 Posted June 23, 2020 Share #6 Posted June 23, 2020 I don’t recall seeing any A-6 fleet aircraft that were not fully modified after 1990. SWIP, Plastic wings, etc etc. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze1 Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share #7 Posted June 23, 2020 Cheers.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze1 Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted June 23, 2020 A few more pictures: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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