This Intruder was delivered to the US Navy as A-6A in 1970. It was transferred to the USMC, served Marine Attack Squadron (All Waether) 242 "Bats", and later -224 Fighting Bengals and -332 "Moonlighters" after which it was moved to the US Navy reserves. The Intruder was retired to AMARC on 22 July 1994 and received inventory code 5A0117. It left for HVF West Tucson on 21 May 2015 and was scrapped.

A Marine Attack Squadron (All Waether) 242 "Bats" Intruder at the platform of its homebase El Toro. The squadron converted to F/A-18D in December 1990. This 161680 was retired to AMARC on 17 June 1996 after serving US Navy squadron VA-165. It received inventory code 5A190. The Intruder remained in storage in the Arizona desert up to 10 May 2016 and was shortly after scrapped by HVF West at Tucson.

Ready for another flight, this A-6E was delivered to the US Navy as A-6A in 1971. It was transferred to the USMC in 1989 and started to serve Marine Attack Squadron (All Waether) 242 "Bats". Later on it was returned to the US Navy and from that massive force retired to AMARC on 22 July 1996 and received inventory code 5A0203. It left for HVF West Tucson in October 2015 and was scrapped.

Photographer A. Watanabe.

A-6E "BATMEN" on short final to El Toro with an IFE and about to take the cable