A Grumman A-6B <i>Intruder</i> (BuNo. 149957, AC-510) of attack squadron VA-75 <i>Sunday Punchers</i> from the aircraft carrier <i>USS Saratoga (CVA-60)</i> in the summer of 1971. VA-75 was assigned to <i>Attack Carrier Air Wing Three (CVW-3)</i> during a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea from 3 Jun 1971 to 31 Oct 1971. The first ten A-6Bs (BuNos 149949, 149957, and 151588 to 151595) were obtained by stripping off most of the attack systems of existing A-6As, and substituting them with specialized equipment that could detect radars from surface-to-air missiles. They were equipped with the AGM-78 Standard anti-radiation missile, visible on the left inboard pylon of AC-510.
USN
1971
U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News November 1971 <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.history.navy.mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1971/Nov71.pdf">[1]</a>