We had them on my deployments, along with A7's and F-14's. yeah, I'm old lol. F-14 was my fav, of course, but those A6's were really cool...they grow on you . A7 was getting phased out and 18's were getting phased in around that time as well (late 80's).

Several Grumman A-6 docs on YT for anyone interested, but his is a good one...