what type of army airplane is this pin?

[on.off]

picked this up today, a small tie tack. does anybody know if this is a specific type of plane?
hard to see in pic but side of plane has the air force star & stripes .

 

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[Peyton Manning]

a6 intruder

 

[old digger]

I remember hearing that they were used in training pilots.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Navy.

They carried four times the bomb load of the B-17E for the same operational range! Never really a trainer - but they were all weather bombers, electric countermeasure, even midair-refuelers for F-14s. Terrifically versatile aircraft.

 

[BLK HOLE]

Yep Navy A-6 Intruder, plane was a beast and could carry a metric butt ton of bombs!

 

[on.off]

thanks guys for your awesome replies!

 

[Batch]

Yep Navy A-6 Intruder, plane was a beast and could carry a metric butt ton of bombs!

Which is 1.6 times more than an imperial butt ton!

 

[unclemac]

had them stationed out my way on the coast

 

[ecmjamsit]

A flying truck! A movie was made about a pilot of one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_of_the_Intruder

 

[uglymailman]

In the 70's I was working in the Colorado River bottoms of Central TX. Those planes flew out of San Angelo (I think) where they trained. They would pop up to be painted by radar then fly for maybe 100 miles along the River, then pop up to be painted again. They sneak up on you with just a little hiss, just enough to get you to turn and look before they blow by you at 50' of altitude, causing you to about load your drawers and did make me drop to the ground. Loud don't describe it. God bless our troops.