Combat Experience of A – 6 Intruder aircraft’s

1. December 1983, Intruders from the USS Independence (CV 62) and John F Kennedy (CV 67) participated in air strike against Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley; one Intruder and an A – 7E Corsair were short down by Syrian missile batteries. [1]

2. March 1986, an A – 6 aircraft from the USS Coral Sea (CV 43) fired an AGM – 84 Harpoon missiles at a Libyan Nanuchka – Class corvette, sinking it. [2]

3. April 1986, Intruders from the Coral Sea 9CV 43) and the USS America (CV 66) attacked five targets in northern Libya in retaliation for alleged Libyan involvement in a terrorist bombing in West Berlin. [3]

4. April 1988, A – 6s from the USS Enterprise (CVN 65) attacked Iranian Boghammer patrol boats, sinking one and chasing away four others. [4]

End Note
[1] Laur Timothy M. and Steve L Llanso. Encyclopedia of Modern US Military Weapons. New York: Berkley Books, 1998. p 7
[2] Ibid
[3] Ibid
[4] Ibid