Flight of the Intruder Campaign

The Flight of the Intruder campaign was recently concluded and was themed around building any aircraft that was in the film of the same name. Flight of the Intruder is a 1991 film directed by John Milius, which is based on novel of the same name by A-6 Intruder pilot Stephen Coonts. The film features U.S. Air Force A-1 Skyraiders and an HH-3 "Jolly Green Giant" rescue helicopter in various action sequences, with brief appearances of Navy aircraft including the A-7 Corsair, C-2 Greyhound and the F-4 Phantom II, as well as a North Vietnamese MiG-17. Two early variants of the A-6 Intruder, the A-6A and A-6B, are portrayed in the film are portrayed by A-6E (without the TRAM targeting equipment) as all surviving A-6 variants at the time of filming had been updated to A-6E or KA-6D standards. The A-6A is a conventional bomber and the A-6B carried specialized electronics and weapons for SEAD missions (the Navy called this "Iron Hand", the Air Force called it "Wild Weasel".) Justin McCracken (keeper of souls2099) came up with the idea and led the campaign with the following 4 entrants completing the campaign with some outstanding builds A-6E Intruder by Samantha Scoles (Camogirl) A-6E Intruder by Allen Berry (Tomcat31) A-1J Skyraider by Martin (SUNDON) A-6E Intruder by Nick Sinclair (Blueheeler)