On April 19th, 1960, the prototype Grumman A-6 Intruder, Grumman model G-128 and designated the YA2F-1, BuAer 147864, lifted off from Grumman’s Calverton facility for the first time. Nearly thirty-seven years and 693 Intruders later, on February 28th, 1997, VA-34 the ‘Blue Blasters’, retired the Navy’s last operational A-6E Intruders.